Salmon sector plea sent to PM hopefuls
A plea is being made to Tory leader candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak for support for the salmon sector.
READ FULL STORYA plea is being made to Tory leader candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak for support for the salmon sector.
READ FULL STORYNew figures have emerged showing the strength of salmon exports.
READ FULL STORYPressure is growing on the UK government to help resolve the problem of mounting hold-ups in fish exports to the EU.
READ FULL STORYFormer isles MSP Tavish Scott has been appointed as new chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO). The body which represents Scotland’s salmon…
READ FULL STORYTwo more candidates have entered the field to replace Tavish Scott in Holyrood.
READ FULL STORYShetlanders will vote for their new MSP in a by-election expected to be held on Thursday 29th August.
READ FULL STORYLong-standing isles MSP Tavish Scott is standing down from his role and quitting politics.
READ FULL STORYFarmers will be gathering at Holyrood on Tuesday to demand change in farming policy.
READ FULL STORYShetland MSP Tavish Scott has challenged Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to recognise the importance of private nurseries in providing childcare outside school hours.
READ FULL STORYAnother call has been made for a fatal accident inquiry to be held into the helicopter crash off Sumburgh which claimed the lives of four
READ FULL STORYA challenge will be laid down to the Scottish government’s Islands Minister this week over the imposition of car parking charges at Sumburgh Airport.
READ FULL STORYA motion has been lodged in the Scottish parliament highlighting the “substantial discrepancy” between isles fuel prices and those in mainland Scotland.
READ FULL STORYMSP Tavish Scott has again questioned the First Minister on Hial’s decision to push ahead with parking charges at Sumburgh Airport after it was announced…
READ FULL STORYShetland can no longer be put in a box – as of today.
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