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To celebrate their petition to create a Haggis Emoji having reached 500 signatures, McCaskie Butchers are running a competition to win a £50 voucher to spend on their award-winning products.
READ MOREScots all over the UK are being called upon to support a campaign to bring Scotland’s national dish into the language of emojis.
READ MOREBirch water can only be tapped from the trees during one roughly three-week period in early to mid-March and so we invite you to witness this brief but significant annual event in Highland Perthshire!
READ MOREMcCaskie Butchers, based in Wemyss Bay, achieved a remarkable feat at Scotland’s only annual haggis competition which took place earlier this week.
READ MOREA one-thousand-pound cash prize, plus a sponsored trip to the Nuffield Farming Conference has been awarded to the winner of this year’s AgriScot Business Skills competition.
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