New era of fish processing at Loch Duart’s Dingwall processing facility

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

New management of plant ‘take stock’ one year on from purchase One year on from acquiring the former Thai Union / Edinburgh Salmon Company processing facility in Dingwall, senior management take stock. The 50,000 sq. ft. premises has been completely revitalised, following its launch in 2020, providing better social distancing and has obtained the British Retail Consortium* ‘AA’ Grade certification. …

Industry first as Loch Duart introduces new ‘person overboard’ system

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Rapidly spreading system alerts, drive forward standards for safety at sea Scottish salmon farm Loch Duart has introduced a new person overboard (POB) system, ensuring even greater safety for all its team who work at sea. The system, which leads the way in the aquaculture sector, is an industry first for Loch Duart which has sea sites off the coast …

Fisheries Trust sea lice auditing set to bring even greater transparency for Loch Duart salmon farms

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Scottish salmon farm Loch Duart has just agreed a programme with the West Sutherland Fisheries Trust (WSFT) for the monitoring and auditing of its weekly sea lice count activities and the resulting data. Loch Duart enjoys farming some of the oldest salmon sites in Scotland from their base in Sutherland, North West Scotland. Badcall Bay, home to their head office, …

Loch Duart introduces first packs of its Label Rouge quality salmon fillets

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

North West Scotland farm develops range from world class processing facility in Dingwall Independent Scottish salmon farm Loch Duart sets the bar high with farming standards – every one of its salmon is raised to the exacting French government-controlled Label Rouge standards.  It is now able to offer its customers Label Rouge fillets in addition to the whole gutted salmon …

New Scottish processing facility for Loch Duart salmon

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Dingwall site ‘closes the circle’ giving, for the first time, total control from egg to plate Loch Duart’s Dingwall fish processing plant is now fully staffed and ready to ‘close the circle’ for the north west based Scottish farming company. With 60 new jobs created at the Dingwall factory, which was acquired in June 2020, Loch Duart now has the …

Loch Duart named a London Stock Exchange Company to Inspire Britain

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Scottish Salmon farm highlighted in celebration of UK’s most dynamic businesses It has just been announced that independent Scottish salmon farm, Loch Duart has been named one of London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain. Now in its seventh edition, the report highlighted Loch Duart as one of the 58 Scottish small and medium-sized businesses that are …

Loch Duart boosts wireless broadband for Sutherland community

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Salmon Pool fund will fill the fibre gap in Scourie The connectivity of the communities in and around the Sutherland village of Scourie is to be transformed by the installation of free wireless broadband for all local residents. Loch Duart, the independent Scottish salmon farm, which is based in the village, has awarded £14,400 from a local community fund to …

Loch Duart invests in fish processing facility

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Independent Scottish salmon farm will create new jobs in Dingwall Loch Duart, the Sutherland and Uists-based producer of farmed salmon, has purchased its own fish processing facility for the first time in the company’s 21-year history.  The future aim is to provide the company with greater flexibility and control than ever before. Loch Duart has acquired the fish processing facility …

Loch Duart Sales Director Andy Bing at BBC Scotland studios in December 2019

Loch Duart Salmon on BBC Radio Scotland

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Co-founder and Sales Director of Loch Duart Salmon, Andy Bing, spoke with BBC Radio Scotland this week about the company’s response to the Covid-19 crisis, discussing the approaches taken to ensure safe farming at sites in North West Scotland, and new routes to market through local fishmongers and home delivery companies across the UK. “There’s been an utterly fantastic response …

Chefs of the future join Loch Duart at Seafood Expo 2020

Dylan Macdonald Loch Duart

Two teenage students have just won the opportunity of a lifetime to visit Brussels, Seafood Expo and prepare their winning salmon dishes for independent salmon farming company Loch Duart. Jaypee Escaro, 18 from Stevenage and Michael Brown, 18 from Letchworth Garden City, are both Level 3 students studying the advanced diploma in professional cookery course at North Hertfordshire college. Loch …