All Scotland articles – Page 8
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NewsBetter Burger Challenge finalists announced
The Better Burger Challenge, a contest aimed at encouraging pupils to explore product reformulation and create healthier versions of the classic burger, has announced its finalists.Chef Findlater (centre), along with judges Jennifer Robertson (left) of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Moira Stalker of FDF Scotland.Developed in partnership with Food and ...
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NewsScottish Craft Butchers Trade Fair welcomes ‘Butchers Wars’ competition
Talented butchers will go to war in Perth this weekend as they battle it out in what organisers describe as the Scottish meat industry’s most fiercely contested competition.Butchers do battle at a previous Butcher Wars competition in Perth.Butcher Wars – the theatrical challenge of a country’s butchers – is a ...
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NewsNFU Scotland seeks clarification on plans for £33m Government funding
NFU Scotland has written to Scotland’s newly appointed Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary, Shona Robison MSP, seeking confirmation that £33 million deferred from the agricultural budget last year will be returned.Martin Kennedy, president of NFU Scotland, has written to Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary, Shona Robison MSP about ...
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NewsScotch on the menu at Chefs event
Selected chefs from across the country recently put their ‘Scotch’ knowledge to the test as they attended Campbells Prime Meat at their facility near Linlithgow for a presentation on Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork. Chefs visit to Campbells Prime Meat at its facility near Linlithgow.Hosted in collaboration ...
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NewsAppointments to Quality Meat Scotland Board
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands has announced the appointments of three new members to the Quality Meat Scotland Board. Chair of Quality Meat Scotland, Kate Rowell.Kate Rowell, chair of Quality Meat Scotland, said: “The QMS team is pleased to welcome Jilly Duncan Grant, Emma Buckby ...
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NewsNFU Scotland has a new CEO
NFU Scotland has announced the appointment of John Davidson as its new chief executive.NFU Scotland chief executive, John Davidson | Picture credit: Stewart Attwood.Mr Davidson, who is currently the deputy chief executive at the industry leadership body, Scotland Food & Drink, replaces Scott Walker who stepped down from his post ...
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NewsRecord pig prices driven by tight supply
In the week ending April 8th, the GB Standard Pig Price (SPP) reached a new record high of 216.7p/kg deadweight, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).This was 37% higher than the same week last year and 45% above the five-year average. While the market has ...
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NewsScottish Association of Meat Wholesalers appoints new executive manager
The Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW) has appointed Scott Walker as its new executive manager.SAMW's new executive manager, Scott Walker.Walker, who was previously the chief executive of NFU Scotland, takes on the role formerly held by Martin Morgan who sadly passed away in January this year.“Scott joins a long ...
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NewsHunt is on for the world's best haggis
Open season has been declared on the Scottish haggis as the hunt begins to track down the finest.Fife butcher and current Scottish Haggis Champion Tom Courts gets in the mood for the World Haggis Championship.The first ever Haggis World Championship will be staged in Perth on May 14th when producers ...
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NewsPrincess Royal Visits Roxburghshire Monitor Farm
A Roxburgh farm has given a royal welcome to Her Royal Highness Princess Anne as part of the Monitor Farm Programme, supported by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and AHDB.QMS Princess Royal at Cowbog farm.JRB Wilson & Sons, Cowbog Farm – one of nine Monitor Farms in Scotland - hosted HRH, ...
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NewsScottish Young Chef of the Year awarded by QMS
Cliodhna Reid, Commis Chef at Strathearn Restaurant, Gleneagles has been awarded Scottish Young Chef of the Year.Scottish Young Chef of the Year, Cliodhna Reid, commis chef at Strathearn Restaurant, Gleneagles received her award from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) brands development Manager Gordon Newlands and chief executive of Scottish Chefs, Kevin ...
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NewsCall for fresh talent to join the butchery industry
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink, is aiming to change the face of butchery by urging young people and career changers to consider a role within the sector – helping to fill more than 750 potential vacancies in the process.With the average age of a ...
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NewsCattle prices buck seasonal trend in 2023 and reach new record highs
During February, prime cattle prices continued to set new record high levels at Scottish abattoirs according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).Latest figures from the industry body reveal R4L steers reached 489.2p/kg dwt in the week ending February 25th, an increase of 18.5% over the same ...
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NewsQMS reveals four new faces of The Scotch Butchers Club
The club of independent UK butchers who stock the Scotch brands has unveiled four new ambassadors who it hopes will drive the positive messages of the Scottish red meat industry forward.The Scotch Butchers Club, run by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), is a scheme of more than 250 independent butchers and ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland updates Pig Assurance Scheme standards
New Standards are set to go live this spring, following an extensive review by the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) Standards Setting Body for the Pig Assurance Scheme.Effective from 1st May 2023, key changes to the scheme will see mandatory training brought in for stockpersons involved in the moving, handling and ...
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NewsGlobal red meat trade flows set to remain firm in 2023
Farmgate cattle and pig prices have reached a new record high as the lamb trade struggles to match levels of early 2021 and 2022, according to the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). Forecasts from leading agriculture analysts point to further instability in the global red meat market ...
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NewsLamb for St Andrew’s Day boosts sales in the ring
The latest market analysis shows a 20% uplift in liveweight lamb prices in Scotland’s auction markets in November, for a second year in a row, believed to be on the back of the industry initiative, Lamb for St Andrew’s Day. In its support of the Scottish sheep sector, The Institute ...
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NewsScotland's beef herd set to shrink further but sheep flock could increase
NFU Scotland’s 2023 Intentions Survey, which closed earlier in January, has pointed to further shrinkage in Scotland’s beef sector, with many farmers reducing cow numbers alongside indications that some are replacing them with sheep.The survey, supported by Quality Meat Scotland, was set up to assess the scale of change that ...
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NewsThe World Championship Scotch Pie Award goes once again to James Pirie & Son
Butchers James Pirie & Son has been awarded the title World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions. The retailer won the competition in 2020 and in 2018 as well as taking the title World Scotch Pie Champion of Champions in 2021 with their iconic Scotch Pie.Carol Smille with Allan Pirie from ...
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NewsQuality Meat Scotland celebrates Scottish red meat sector at parliamentary event
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) highlighted its plans to support and protect the growth of Scotland’s red meat industry at its recent parliamentary reception.Delegates at the Scottish Parliament attend the QMS Scotch Lamb for St Andrews day. MSP Jim Fairlie (back). Front row L-R: Prof Alice Stanton, Cabinet Secretary Mairi Gougeon, ...
