Salmon producer Loch Duart has bought its own processing facility for the first time in its 21-year history.
The Sutherland and Uists-based salmon farmer is to move in to the former premises of the Edinburgh Salmon Company in Dingwall, Rosshire, which was mothballed in 2018.
Loch Duart is to refurbish the 52,000 sq ft facility, which will create up to 40 jobs. It says the site is well placed for road links to its farms and to the A9 for transport to major markets in the central belt and further afield.
Managing director Mark Warrington said: “This is great news for Loch Duart and for our customers. It’s an investment in our future. Having our own processing facility will eventually allow us to be more flexible and responsive to our customers’ needs as we adapt to changing consumer behaviours in the new world that we all face.”
Loch Duart produces 6,000 tonnes of salmon a year from its farms in Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides. It employs 100 people at its farm sites in Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides and main office in Scourie.
