Fastnet Fish buys value-added business Seafish UK

Fastnet Fish, owned by the Andrew Marr International radical since 2004, has acquired the value-added concern Seafish UK.

Based successful Hull, a larboard metropolis connected the northeast seashore of England successful East Yorkshire, Seafish UK owns the brands Sheltie, Ocean Bistro and Nanna Carter's.

Its merchandise scope features bites and food fingers, breaded fillets and goujons, on with acceptable meals, food cakes and battered fish.

Supplying the retail and foodservice channels, the institution operates a much than 85,000 quadrate ft processing installation with 3 accumulation lines for manufacturing, freezing and packing.

Danny Burton, the managing manager of the Fastnet Group, said successful a statement: "Seafish is simply a well-run concern with important potential, and we are delighted to invited them into the Fastnet Group.

"It is precise overmuch concern arsenic accustomed for Seafish UK. They person a large squad of radical successful place, and we volition supply elder enactment arsenic required passim their maturation journey."

Financial presumption of the transaction were not disclosed.

Fastnet Fish is located successful the larboard municipality of Grimsby successful Lincolnshire, England, and besides supplies retail and out-of-home customers, arsenic good arsenic nutrient manufacturers.

The company's caller and frozen products portfolio includes some food and shellfish and value-added items specified arsenic breaded and battered, food cakes and food fingers.

Fastnet Fish said it is buying Seafish UK from its "principal shareholder" and managing manager Bob Carter, who is retiring from the concern aft astir 60 years successful the seafood industry.

According to Companies House successful London, the astir caller accounts filed for the twelvemonth to 31 December 2024 showed Seafish UK generated a turnover of £18.2m ($24.3m) compared to £16.6m a twelvemonth earlier.

Net nett stood astatine £458,773 versus £248,321 successful the corresponding period.

Emma Acklam, the income manager of Seafish UK, said successful the connection that the institution volition proceed to run arsenic a standalone concern with enactment from Andrew Marr International, which is based successful Hessle, East Yorkshire.

"This acquisition is simply a large acceptable for some companies," she said. "By combining our expertise and strengths, we tin springiness our customers and suppliers assurance successful our quality to present top-quality products."

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