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Thistle Seafoods, based in Aberdeenshire, said Scottish independence could see the business closing operations because the majority of its trade is with England. The seafood company is one of the biggest in the UK and employs 550 people, generating more than £100 million a year from its range of products. The company, which produces fish cakes and breaded fillets, last night warned Scottish independence would have the same disruptive effect as “Brexit on steroids”.
Managing director Ryan Scatterty said: “We are a major manufacturer.
“For us, Scottish independence would be like Brexit on steroids.
“The industry has already suffered because we’re no longer in the EU.
“If there’s a push for independence again, it’s going to be a nightmare for anyone exporting.
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“We need to have some more light shone on what it actually means.”
However, a spokesman for Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon said: “An independent Scotland in the EU will have the best of both worlds.
“It would be able to trade with the rest of the UK as well as being in the European single market, which is seven times bigger than the UK.”
The news comes as the SNP Alyn Smith appeared on France24 and called on the “international audience” to recognise Scotland as “progressive”.
He said that the SNP’s recent success at the Scottish elections was a strong mandate for another independence referendum.
Mr Smith replied to a comment about whether the recent independence results could be seen as a mandate and said: “Yes it does, and one short of a majority yes.
“But it is really important for an international audience to know that the Scottish Parliament has a progressive voting system.”
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