Guest blog from Reheat: The RHI is dead. Long live the RHI!

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was the most generous subsidy for renewable heating anywhere in the world. Since closing to new applicants in 2021, it has left an important legacy in the renewable heating sector and continues to reign in the ‘post closure’

The Week Ahead in Scottish Politics

On the eve of the Royal Highland Show, the Passing of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill marked the culmination of over a year of painstaking work from the Scottish Government, MSPs and stakeholders alike. With near unanimous support, the

The Week Ahead in Scottish Politics

Growth, jobs and the economy have dominated the General Election debate over the last week. The polls have yet to shift decisively in one direction or the other since the election was called last month, however. SLE’s message remains the same: The rural sector

The Week Ahead in Scottish Politics

As the General Election campaign enters its second week, and the 4th of July looms, it is important to ensure that the rural dimension to the pledges being made by the major parties battling for power is not ignored. That is why SLE have been working hard to

The Week Ahead in Scottish Politics

A UK General Election will take place on the 4th of July. Rishi Sunak ended months of speculation by announcing, on a rain drenched afternoon outside No. 10, that a General Election will take place on the 4th of July this year. The next 6 weeks will be

The Week Ahead in Scottish Politics

One of last week’s major political developments in Scotland saw MSPs declare a housing emergency in Scotland after a Scottish Labour Party Motion was passed in Holyrood. The debate on the motion highlighted the rural dimension to this emergency, with

Guest Blog: Low Carbon Brick Alternatives for Repairs to Imperial Sized Bricks in Historic Buildings

The rebuilding and repair of Historic Buildings requires a supply of new materials that are compatible with the existing historic structure. Visual compatibility can be a choice of aesthetics, but materials properties and strength compatibility are essential

The Week Ahead in Scottish Politics

"Everything has changed, yet nothing has changed at all" The application of ancient philosophy to modern politics always seems like a slightly abstract concept until you see it up close. The last week in politics is as good an example of this as any, as the

Guest blog from Highlands Rewilding: Reintroducing Wood Ants

When species reintroductions are mentioned in the context of a rewilding project, thoughts tend to turn to wolves or lynx. However, we have reintroduced a much smaller species back into our pine woodland, but one which plays a disproportionally big role in the

The Week Ahead in Scottish Politics

It has been little over one week since news broke of the end of the Bute House Agreement. Taking in to account what has happened since then, I don't think it is unreasonable to torture the cliché: "A week is a long time in politics". As Humza Yousaf resigns as