Bumper bonus crop for potato growers

THE two executive directors at Duns-based potato grower Produce Investments shared £36,700 in bonus payments in the seven months following its flotation on the Alternative Investment Market last November.

Chief executive Angus Armstrong received £13,400 as part of a £139,400 salary package for the period and finance director Brian Macdonald received £23,300 as part of a £126,900 package, according to its annual report. The company, which trades through its Greenvale subsidiary, supplies Birds Eye, McCain and Tesco.