A man has been left injured following a 'vicious' targeted attack at a scrap metal yard.

The 61-year-old man needed hospital treatment after being assaulted at the premises on French Street in Renfrew at around 2pm on Friday.

Police Scotland said he was treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for lacerations to his upper body following the "vicious" attack.

A police statement said: "It is believed that the attackers may have had access to a car and possibly made off in it.

Officers are appealing to anyone who may have seen any suspicious vehicles in the street, or indeed anyone hanging around about the area prior to the attack or running off afterwards."