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Scottish tannery eyes fish-skin move after social media success

26/05/2015

A small-scale tannery in the north of Scotland is looking to expand following a social media campaign that boosted global orders. The Shetland Tannery was set up in 2012 by former BLC student Natalie Cairns-Ratter, who spotted a gap in the market for processing the skins from a Lerwick-based slaughterhouse, and spread the word on Facebook,...

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