Kerry Macphee Battles To Silver At The British Championships

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  I was extremely enthusiastic to win the silver medal at the British Championships at Cannock Chase by Stafford. Despite the fantastic outcome, the process itself was very grim and painful. [su_slider source=”media: 2192,2191,2189″ height=”200″] While I was training for Cannock Chase I had struggled a bit with allergies in the woods.  I have had to regulate my breathing several …

Loch Duart omega-3 results remain high

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  On Thursday 6th October the BBC reported that “omega-3 levels in farmed salmon have halved over the last five years”. That doesn’t apply to Loch Duart where our omega-3 levels remain high. In fact our results are considerably higher than the stated average for farmed salmon in the BBC report. . . . . . Loch Duart commissions the …

Kerry MacPhee: I feel I belong

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Loch Duart has supported Kerry on her rise to international standards and we are delighted with her success – most recently winning silver in the 2016 Scottish Cyclocross Championships. Kerry MacPhee says her season ending ride in Istanbul has finally made her realise she deserves to race in elite company against the top mountain bikers in the world and that …

Loch Duart Salmon Welfare Breakthroughs

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In general, people are much more aware of the issues of farming animals on land than they are in aquaculture – not surprisingly perhaps, as aquaculture is a young and still developing industry. Behavioural issues like tail biting in pigs and feather pecking in hens are well understood and extensively researched.  A similar issue occurs with salmon and Loch Duart, …

Loch Duart salmon – Served by Name at Café Royal

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  Café Royal has been a London institution for over 150 years and occupies one of London’s finest positions in Regent Street’s famous colonnaded Nash terrace, close to Piccadilly and on the borders of elegant Mayfair on one side and vibrant, creative Soho on the other. Recently extensively refurbished, Café Royal is now an exclusive 5-star hotel with 160 suites …

Loch Duart’s BAFTA ‘Nomination’

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We’re proud and delighted to see Loch Duart salmon on the menu for the banquet celebrating the BAFTA awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, on Sunday (14th February). The banquet, which features ‘the best of British food’, is being masterminded by Head Chef of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, Anton Manganaro, in …

USP Essential to Raise the Bar in Salmon Marketing

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First published on www.seafoodsource.com by Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor   With commodity status comes commodity prices, and intense competition to develop long-term, supply relationships, thereby avoiding a boom and bust cycle. However, large-scale buyers are known for being capricious, switching often between suppliers, which can leave farmers competing on the spot market to sell fish. To avoid this scenario, …

Founding director Alan Balfour retires….

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After 16 years, Alan Balfour, one of the three founders of Loch Duart Ltd, has decided to retire from the business. As Deputy Managing Director, Alan has supported the transition to the new executive team now running the company and the Board was aware of his intentions to step down once this had been successfully achieved. Dr Andrew Barbour, Chairman, …

Lady Luck is my Friend

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By Hebridean mountain biker (and British Mountain Bike Marathon Champion) Kerry MacPhee. Kerry is sponsored by Loch Duart I snuck off to Portugal on my own last weekend to do a Category 1 race and I’m delighted to report that the gamble paid off and I got a ‘podium finish’! Rather than dwell on my less than ideal last few races, …