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image captionThe company had claimed to be the world s first sustainable land-based, clean water prawn farm
A pioneering aquaculture firm which launched Scotland s first green prawn farm two years ago has collapsed.
Stirlingshire-based Great British Prawns ceased trading after taking a hit from the impact of Covid restrictions.
Administrators said that all 18 jobs at the business had been lost.
When Great British Prawns launched in 2019, it claimed to be the world s first sustainable land-based, clean water prawn farm.
At the time, the Balfron-based company said the majority of the UK s king prawns were being sourced frozen from farms in the Far East and Central America.
Balfron prawn farm in administration and 18 jobs lost after Covid restrictions put pressure on supply demand
Great British Prawns Ltd has entered into administration as result of pressures from the coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Scotland s stricken hospitality sector.
Great British Prawnms Ltd site on the outskirts of Balfron
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By Scott Wright A BALFRON-based prawn farm has ceased trading following the collapse in demand from the hospitality industry during lockdown, The Herald can reveal. All eighteen jobs have been lost at Great British Prawns Limited, which halted operations shortly before calling in the administrators. The company harvested warm water king prawns at its saltwater farm in Stirlingshire, and moved into the home delivery business last summer after its normal route to market was closed off because of coronavirus. However, the switch was not enough for Great British Prawns to overcome the decline in demand from the hospitality sector. The firm had also been affected by disease in its prawn stocks, which caused it to lose a harvest and led to the suspension of production in late December, documents filed at Companies House show.