July 15, 2021, 6:00 am
Christopher Leigh, right, and his father, Andrew, carry out a quality check on John Ross Jr s salmon after the firm wins one of its two Queen s Awards.
New sales to mainland Europe, China and the Caribbean have raised the spirits of bosses at a multiple award-winning supplier of fish to the Queen.
Last year, John Ross Jr (Aberdeen) chief executive Christopher Leigh was upset about recruitment challenges – lambasting the UK Government over its new immigration policy.
And in January this year sales director Victoria Leigh-Pearson – whose family has run the Granite City smokehouse since 1987 – railed out over Brexit. She accused Westminster of “gross incompetence” in its handling of the transition towards the UK quitting the European Union.
BE HIPPY coming to Willits
Colorado-based lifestyle brand BE HIPPY will launch its newest retail location in Willits Town Center on May 22.
The new BE HIPPY store in Willits will offer its apparel made for men, women and children, as well as such lifestyle products as jewelry, drinkware, stickers, patches, among other products.
“We want to be the first Colorado brand to be represented in towns throughout the state,” said BE HIPPY co-founder Leigh Pearson. “We plan to open additional retail locations in more towns throughout Colorado each year moving forward and, at some point during this process, we do anticipate taking BE HIPPY to select communities in other states as well.”