SHARES in Parsley Box took a significant blow this week as the Scottish provider of ready meals warned that staffing issues throughout its supply chain have cut its available stock by half.
In an unscheduled trading update, the Edinburgh-based company said it has taken the “difficult decision” to reduce spending on marketing until the supply chain constraints ease.
Shares slumped further in the firm chaired by high-profile entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl and debuted at 200p when it joined the Alternative Investment Market in March.
Historic private bank Coutts launches new drive in Scottish market
A PRIVATE bank and wealth manager which once counted Sir Walter Scott and Andrew Carnegie as clients has launched a new team and enhanced offer to drive its growth in Scotland.
READ MORE: Coutts, which is ultimately part of Royal Bank of Scotland owner NatWest Group, has Scottish roots that stretch back to 1692, and came to prominence through the endeavours of three founding families: the Campbells, Middletons and Coutts.
Scottish freight firm doubles number of haulage drivers
A SCOTTISH freight and logistics firm is moving to a multi-million-pound new depot at Aberdeen Harbour and taking on twice as many drivers.
READ MORE: Streamline Shipping Group has almost doubled warehouse capacity at its Aberdeen headquarters with a new 7,800 m2 harbourside facility on Palmerston Quay, formerly Aberdeen Harbour’s historic fishmarket, as it celebrates its 40th year in business.
High-street bank slammed as ‘shameful’ over latest branch cuts
THE owner of the former Clydesdale Bank has slashed its branch network again in a move branded as “shameful” by trade union Unite Scotland.
Scottish energy giant makes big move into offshore wind market in Japan
PERTH-based energy giant SSE is entering the Japanese offshore wind market through a $208 million acquisition and the formation of a joint ownership company to drive development activity.
Insight, opinion, analysis
Kristy Dorsey: Distiller moves to better blend office and home-based work
Ian McConnell on Wednesday: Tale of two cities lays bare scale of challenges facing Glasgow
Scott Wright: Will James Bond have the Midas touch for our struggling high streets?
Ian McConnell on Friday: Privatisation spectre must be banished from Scottish national treasure
Brian Donnelly: Boris Johnson 'on stand-by' amid fuel fiasco
Features
Monday Interview: Bank chief hails Scots’ firms response to Covid fall-out
SME Focus: Ayrshire hoteliers see bookings and employee numbers rise after investing in growth amid pandemic
If you have been forwarded this article and would like to sign up, or view our new range of newsletters, click below:
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here