Economic & social
Creating jobs
647
Our farming activities support 647 jobs directly, the majority of them in remote and rural communities, and are estimated to support as many as 3,235 indirect jobs across the supply chain.
Economic & social
Encouraging diversity
83%
17%
Where previously salmon farming was seen as a predominantly male career, we’re now seeing more women apply. Currently, female employees account for 17% of our team; a figure thought to be 3% above the sector global average.
Economic & social
Investing in skills
87
At present, 87 of our employees are being supported to gain a Modern Apprenticeship: 24 within our mainland Scotland region, 23 within Orkney and 40 within Shetland.
Economic & social
Buying Scottish
£100M+
Annually, we now spend in excess of £100M with over 700 Scottish suppliers the length and breadth of Scotland; the result of a long-standing effort to ‘buy Scottish’ wherever possible.
Economic & social
Corporation tax
£2.8M
In 2022 alone, our farming activities contributed £2.8M in corporation tax to HMRC. (2023 figures will be publicly available Autumn 2024.)
Economic & social
Heart of the Community
£1.8M+
Since establishing our Heart of the Community Fund back in 2011, 505 local causes around our regions have shared in 873 grant awards with a combined value in excess of £1.8M.