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Food giant cites cost increases as it posts a loss of £7.2 million Baxters chief executive says firm facing ‘higher tax and recycling levies’
FOCHABERS food giant Baxters is battling a “continuous treadmill” of rising costs after suffering another loss-making year. Newly filed accounts for Baxters Food Group for the year ending March 2025 show a pre-tax loss of £7.2 million. This follows a...
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Lying killer shoved loving dad into path of ambulance
A TWISTED brute has finally admitted killing an Oban dad by pushing him in front of a moving ambulance. Lying Lewis Budge, pictured left, initially tried to claim that his victim, Robert Bromell, stumbled into the road after a night out with mutual...
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Substation site visit hit by shortage of safety kit
HIGHLAND councillors were shut out of the site during a visit to the proposed location of the controversial Fanellan substation near Beauly due to a lack of PPE. Energy transmission firm SSEN – which has lodged the planning application – was told 20...
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‘North must reap benefits of switch to greener energy’
A MAJOR survey today shows 55% of people across the north and north-east support the move to renewables – but they also want to see the rewards from the influx of projects and grid upgrades coming to the region. A total of 3,235 people from areas...
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