Tags - Rural Business

Many members will have farms which have been merged leaving some farmyards to be repurposed or will have converted odd buildings into rural workshops and the like.  It may be that such incremental...

There has been widespread concern, acknowledged by the government, that some of the emergency measures to provide financial assistance to businesses are not working, with fewer that 1,000 loans being...

Limitations in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are one of the chief concerns of rural companies during the COVID-19 crisis, Scottish Land & Estates said today.

The rural business organisation...

Financial support for Scotland’s food and drink industry and funding for gigabit-capable broadband has been welcomed by Scottish Land & Estates.

The rural business organisation also said it was...

Nicola Colquhoun is a Land Management Adviser and Laird-in-waiting at Auchlyne & Suie Estate. In this guest blog, she discusses the experience of filming with BBC’s Countryfile and the importance of...

Leading shooting and rural organisations have today announced they want an end to the use of lead and single-use plastics in shotgun ammunition for live quarry shooting within five years.

The British...

More than three and a half years on from the referendum, we now have some degree of certainty on Brexit.

The UK Government’s Brexit Bill has completed its journey through the Houses of Parliament...

Ron McNaughton is Head of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) for Food Standards Scotland (FSS).  Here he discusses the crucial role everyone working within Scotland’s food and drink...

This week Eleanor and myself were fortunate enough to attend the Oxford Farming Conference. This was a really useful opportunity to meet industry influencers, represent the interests of Scottish Land...

The countdown is on till our Helping It Happen Awards Dinner & Ceremony in a couple of weeks’ time! We’re taking a closer look at each of our finalists here on our blog and today it’s the turn of the...

SLE member Jamie Carruthers of Dormont Estate, Lockerbie, has been future proofing the estate business for many years through work to improve the energy efficiency of rented homes on the estate and...

Responding to Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy Fergus Ewing’s announcement today that a panel of academic experts will review and revise  rural policy in Scotland, Eleanor Kay, Policy Adviser for...