Key among the company\u2019s projects is a multi-million pound aquaculture R&D investment to deliver improved fish health, reduced predation, and create a greener, more carbon friendly way of farming.<\/p>\n
Despite short term challenges as a result of Covid, Gael Force Group\u2019s long-term strategy is on track to help the group continue its expansion into international markets, as well as creating new job opportunities locally.<\/p>\n
Royal Bank of Scotland has offered a flexible support package including working capital loans. \u201cFor almost 40 years, we have been driven to partner with our customers, whether it be the established salmon farmer or the hard-working local fishing community \u2013 so we know the importance of lasting, trusted relationships,\u201d said Robert Foster, finance director of Gael Force Group.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Royal Bank of Scotland understands our vision and our shared sentiment for sustainable growth, and we are confident this is the beginning of a fruitful and lasting partnership,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Gael Force Group has also made significant charitable donations to the development of a visitor centre in the group\u2019s former hometown of Stornoway, to commemorate the tragedy of 1919 when HMY Iolaire<\/em> hit rocks and sank with the loss of more than 200 lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Gael Force Group is set to proceed with ambitious growth plans with support from the Royal Bank of Scotland, including a multi-million pound investment in research and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aquaculture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5980,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5978\/revisions\/5980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5978"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}