A Scottish seafood company has announced it will stop trading 12 years after it opened - with its founder blaming Covid, Brexit and second home owners for depriving it of trade and workers.
Guy Grieve, founder of the The Ethical Shellfish Company, based on the Isle of Mull, said the decision caused “considerable anxiety and heartache" but claimed it had been left with no choice after a period of poor trading.
In a newsletter sent to clients, Grieve blamed numerous challenges the company was unable to overcome from the impact of regulation and globalb warming to the pandemic to Brexit.
