Inverness food firm pivoted in response to lockdown By Andrew Dixon Published: 17:30, 06 March 2021
Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day s newspaper
An Inverness wholesaler moved towards home deliveries as a response to the pandemic restrictions.
The Williamson Group â which is a wholesaler and retailer of food and related produce, as well as having haulage operations â altered its plan around spring last year.
Details are included in a strategic report, written prior to the current lockdown, accompanying the firmâs latest accounts which show a rise in turnover and dip in pre-tax profit for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Highland food firm adapted in response to coronavirus crisis lockdown By Andrew Dixon Published: 12:00, 06 March 2021
Get the Ross-shire Journal sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day s newspaper
A HIGHLAND wholesaler moved towards home deliveries as a response to the pandemic restrictions.
The Williamson Group â which is a wholesaler and retailer of food and related produce, as well as having haulage operations â altered its plan around spring last year.
Details are included in a strategic report, written prior to the current lockdown, accompanying the firmâs latest accounts which show a rise in turnover and dip in pre-tax profit for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Dunns Food & Drinks CEO and SWA chairman Julie Dunn received a grant of £500k
The Scottish government has named 42 wholesalers that have shared in a grant pot of £5.5m.
Five businesses received the maximum £500,000 relief, with the remaining £3m shared out between 37 operators. The smallest grant was just shy of £8,000.
The Grocer understands applications for aid via the Food and Drink Resilience Fund totalled around £15m, with the Scottish Wholesale Association calling for further financial support.
The Scottish government increased the initial fund of £5m by £500,000 following the volume of applications in December.
SWA chairman Julie Dunn’s company Dunns Food & Drinks was one of the wholesalers to receive £500,000, alongside William Morton, Allson Wholesale, JB Foods and Braehead Foods.