Food manufacturing jobs are holding out well in the current recession. And, it seems that new food jobs are being created all the time. A new manufacturing site in Scotland has applied for planning permission to create up to 100 new food jobs in the Stornoway area.
The planning application was submitted by salmon farming company Lighthouse Caledonia to provide a facility to process up to 15,000 tonnes of fish per year. The factory will primarily be used for gutting and filleting and encompass an area covering approximately 7,000 sqm. Located at Arnish just south of Stornoway the facility is hoped to be fully operational before the end of 2010.
Lighthouse Caledonia closed a factory last year when is was under different ownership but this is a move in the right direction for the company who's turnover was £52 million in 2008.
If the 100 new jobs are created in the region it will be brilliant for the local economy and residents who rely on the fishing industry in this part of the world.
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