Seafood firm opens new £6m factory

Scotland's oldest independent seafood manufacturer is anticipating a bright future just 17 months after its existence was threatened by a devastating fire.

At 6.30am on December 5, 2005, a mechanical failure caused a blaze which razed to the ground the Joseph Robertsons (Aberdeen) warehouse in the Torry area of the city.

With its production facilities wiped out the future looked bleak for the company, which was founded in 1892, and its 85 employees.

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TV chefs inspire a new class of schoolboy cooks...

Scotland on Sunday

By EVA LANGLANDS AND MURDO MACLEOD

THERE was a time that schoolboys would do almost anything to escape "girly" cooking lessons. But, inspired by celebrity chefs and the rise of foodie culture, there has been a massive increase in boys taking the subject in Scottish classrooms.
New figures from the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) reveal a rise of almost 60% in three years in the number of boys taking the vocational courses designed to propel them towards professional kitchens.
Old-fashioned home economics - which combined traditional "housewife" skills of cooking and needlework - was revamped in 1999. That, and the rise of role models such as Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver, has given the subject a remarkable boost.

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