Rural Business
Opportunities for new entrants in the face of rising land costs
Driven by limited supply and increased demand, once again farmland values in Scotland rose during 2021. Growing numbers of forestry, lifestyle, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) buyers are entering…
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New Entrants Newsletter: Spring 2022
Welcome to the Spring edition of New Entrants News. By the time you read this we will have marked the 2nd anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown, with the last…
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Livestock Monthly: Sheep (Recorded March 2022)
Inflation in costs is a major challenge for sheep producers across the country. Optimising livestock performance will never have been more important than it is this year. In this podcast,…
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Making The Most Of A Small Land Area – webinars
This is a three-webinar series “Making the most of a small area” This series aims to enable farmers and landowners to identify and fully utilise small areas of land, maximising…
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Agritourism Factsheet
The tourism sector is a significant contributor to the Scottish economy and plays a vital role in wider economic prosperity. The value of the Scottish tourism sector to the wider…
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Direct Marketing: Glasrai Case Study
Land values restrict the opportunities available to new entrants and to existing business looking to expand, limiting the area they can afford to purchase. So how do you make the…
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Changes to Red Diesel Regulations from 1 April 2022
The rules and regulations regarding the use of red diesel have always been tightly controlled. Red diesel accounts for around 15% of all the diesel used in the UK and…
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Getting the farm ‘climate ready’
Farmers and land managers are constantly making business decisions whilst having to factor in and account for various unknowns; fluctuating commodity prices, market trends, changing regulations and new schemes are…
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