Waitrose salmon supplier Aquascot has appointed a new chairman, Simon Fowler. The executive has spent 34 years at John Lewis Partnership, which owns Waitrose.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has appointed a business engagement director. Sarah Riddle, whose role will be to help drive innovation and support overall growth across the aquaculture sector, has more than 17 years of experience in the industry.

Employee-owned salmon and trout processing business Aquascot has launched a financial support package for workers who choose to self-isolate because of coronavirus.

Scotland’s salmon processors were today coming to terms with the UK government’s announcement of a new points-based immigration policy that could deprive them of a vital source of labour from the European Union.

A Highlands salmon processor has warned that finding good workers is likely to be more difficult now that the UK has left the European Union and has urged Westminster politicians to relax proposed earnings limits for migrants.