Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Historic north-east bakery forced to close

Fraserburgh Development Trust chairman, Ian Watson
Fraserburgh Development Trust chairman, Ian Watson

A north-east bakery has shut its doors after failing to win £1million in support from a lottery fund.

More than two dozen workers at John Smith & Sons in New Pitsligo have lost their jobs at the business, which was rescued from closure two years ago.

The community-based owners of the historic company had an ambitious £1.4million expansion plan which is now in ruins after the Big Lottery rejected its proposals.

Fraserburgh Development Trust, which saved the bakery when it took it over in 2014, said it decided to shut down the 110-year-old operation immediately due to environmental health concerns over the site as well as rising repair costs.

The John Smith & Sons bakery in New Pitsligo first opened its doors to the public in 1903.

The development trust set up the John Smith’s (New Pitsligo) community interest company (CIC) to take over the business after its owner, John Smith, decided to retire.

The effort saved 25 jobs and was welcomed by former first minister Alex Salmond, then MSP for Aberdeenshire East, as “vital to the local economy”.

Fraserburgh Development Trust chairman, Ian Watson, expressed his disappointment at the outcome of the application to the lottery to build a new bakery and training centre in the village.

He said: “A great deal hinged on the Big Lottery decision, mainly the funding towards the project and the new build, which will sadly not go ahead now.

“Everyone is very disappointed at the outcome, the John Smith’s (New Pitsligo) CIC board, the Fraserburgh Development Trust, employees and all who have supported the project in New Pitsligo and beyond.”

In a statement, the trust said the lottery committee had “acknowledged the effort that had been put into the application”, but that it had concerns that the loss-making bakery would struggle to survive during the one-to-two-year process of building new premises in Church Street.

The CIC board said it was “considering the options available for the benefit of all stakeholder groups”.