Salmon exporters in prize line-up

LOCH Duart Salmon, Cooke Aquaculture Scotland and Wester Ross Salmon have all been shortlisted in the HSBC Scottish Export Awards 2017.

The awards, which will be announced at a ceremony in Glasgow on March 22, attracted record nominations this year, with 125 exporters representing £470 million in exports from Scotland.

Loch Duart has been nominated in the large exporter or the year category, which includes companies with a turnover exceeding £15 million. It has also made the export team shortlist, as has Cooke Aquaculture.

Wester Ross has been named in the small exporter of the year shortlist, which covers firms with a turnover between £2 million and £15 million.

St James Smokehouse, one of Scotland’s few family owned traditional smokehouses, has been shortlisted for the most entrepreneurial export of the year prize.