Dumfries-born DJ Calvin Harris has backed a campaign to save a fish factory he worked at before he was world famous.
Management for the star contacted Dumfries and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray about the closure-threatened Pinneys of Scotland, in Annan.
Parent company Young's Seafood has announced plans to move production to Grimsby, with the loss of at least 450 jobs. The Scottish Government is in talks with several companies in a bid to save the site.
Murray said she had received a message from Mark Gillespie at music management company Three Six Zero on behalf of Harris and had directed him to the Save Pinneys of Annan campaign.
In the message Gillespie said: “Calvin forwarded me the article about the Pinneys facility that is being threatened with closure in Dumfries and asked if there is anything he can do to help with the situation. He used to work there.”
A post on Dumfries and Galloway Council's Facebook page said: “Calvin Harris has been in touch with our council to ask what he can do to help regarding Pinneys.
“Calvin used to work at Pinneys when he was young. Even the world's most famous DJ has heard the terrible news about the closure.”
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