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Members Update 1st August 2025
New Website Launched – Update Your Business Listing
Prism Issue 239 – 25 July 2025
Deadline extension for UK Sausage Week competition
Meet the Supplier Event – Scobie & Junor – 12th August
Meet the Supplier Event – Prephouse – Book your place
New Website Launched – Update Your Business Listing
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our brand-new website:
www.craftbutchers.co.uk
Every member shop now has its own listing on our Find Your Local Scottish Butcher page:
https://www.craftbutchers.co.uk/find-your-local-scottish-butcher/
Please check your current entry and help us make it accurate and appealing to customers by completing the attached “Member Update 2025” form.
Send your updated details and any relevant pictures to:
[email protected]
This is a great opportunity to tell customers about your shop, services, and specialties. Your updated info will appear on the consumer website, helping drive more interest and footfall.
Prism Issue 239 – 25 July 2025
The latest edition of Prism bulletin is uploaded to the members only website, where we cover recent developments in employment law and highlight notable cases
In this issue we consider:
Whether a fair redundancy dismissal requires the employer to properly consider alternative employment.
The ‘last straw’ principle and whether it can be applied to overall patterns of behaviour.
Deadline extension for UK Sausage Week competition
The final date to nominate products for this year’s UK Sausage Week (UKSW) competition has been extended by one week to Friday 8th August.
Organisers have confirmed that once again there has been an excellent response to the annual competition and the deadline has been extended to deal with demand.
To nominate sausage entries go to www.uksausageweek.com.
Those participating can enter as many products as they wish across different categories. Entry is free.
Sausage Competition Categories:
- Best Traditional Pork Sausage
- Best Beef Sausage
- Best Lincolnshire Sausage
- Best Cumberland Sausage
- Best Chipolata Sausage
- Best Gluten Free / Free From Sausage
- Best Chicken Sausage
- Best Speciality Sausage
- Best Cocktail Sausage
- Best Frozen Sausage
Once nominations close on 8th August, actual product delivery will then be required on Tuesday 19th August to the UK Sausage Week test kitchens at Milton Keynes College. All details will be supplied before delivery day to those who are participating. All entries are to be supplied fresh and are cooked, tasted and evaluated at the test kitchens.
The 2025 UK Supreme Sausage Champion will be selected from the various category winners.
UK Sausage Week will run from 27th October to 3rd November 2025. and the competition winners will be exclusively revealed at the UK Sausage Week awards lunch on Monday 27th October at Butchers’ Hall in London.
More details about UK Sausage Week and competition entry forms can be found at the website www.uksausageweek.com. For specific enquiries email [email protected].
Meet the Supplier Event – Scobie & Junor – 12th August
Scobie & Junor have invited members to their premises on the 12th August. The day will include a tour of their premises a workshop in New Product Development with a tasting session with Andy Benn of new products. Please can you book your places with Bruce Tel: 01738 637472 Email: [email protected]
Meet the Supplier Event – Prephouse – Book your place
Prephouse and Shop visit – Northern Ireland – 22nd & 23rd September 2025
MEET THE SUPPLIER EVENT
Prephouse have kindly invited Scottish Craft Butchers members to visit their premises in Northern Ireland, together with visits to a few retail shops over two days.
Draft itinerary as follows
Monday 22nd September2025 arrival – am Belfast International Airport
22nd September, depart from airport for Prep House in Crossgar
Arrive am , coffee, light lunch/afternoon coffee and factory tour.
Introduction to Prep House range of products and the opportunity for profit.
Sauce tasting,
Depart for hotel.
Free time.
Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Site visits – Addresses and details to be confirmed.
Assemble at Ballyrobin hotel for light lunch before departure to airport.
We have looked at flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow and they arrive around 9 am on the 22nd of September.
Return flight to Glasgow arrives at 1835 and Edinburgh 1735 on 23rd September.
An example of accommodation that can be booked is Holiday Inn Express Junction 1. This is a convenient location for all the planned visits.
(transport between airport and all venues we will arrange)
Initially, if you could confirm your interest in attending to Bruce McCall 01738 637472 or email [email protected].
MEMBER SERVICES – Bruce McCall: [email protected] 01738 637472
CRAFT SKILLS SCOTLAND – Claire Simpson: [email protected] 01738 637785