Tags - Rural development

The MacRobert Trust

Nestled in the Drummy Woods, South West of the village of Tarland, Aberdeenshire, you are likely to come across the Tarland Trails. They are a set of mountain bike trails that...

Glenbervie Estate

Situated just south of Stonehaven, Glenbervie Estate is home to the Macphie family and their group of businesses.

They employ over 300 people across the UK, with around 230 of...

The MacRobert Trust

Thirty miles west of Aberdeen on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park and Royal Deeside lies the rural Aberdeenshire village of Tarland. Residents there set up the Tarland...

Learney Estate

Learney Estate, situated to the northwest of the village of Torphins in Aberdeenshire, has a long history of delivering benefit for the community, recently donating additional land in...

Diversification is the name of the game – and farms across Scotland are always looking at ways of making more, not just for their own businesses but for those who live, work and visit their...

Balcaskie Estate

There’s a quiet revolution in Fife that is seeing new businesses spring up on traditional farms, making use of restored buildings.

A few miles inland from the picturesque harbours...

The East Neuk Estates Group was established in 2008 and comprises a group of six estates in the rural East Neuk of Fife.

Amongst the Group’s initiatives to date is the ‘East Neuk Community Action...

Despite their proximity to Edinburgh, some sparsely populated areas of the Scottish Borders have for years suffered the economic and social disadvantages associated with the lack of viable high-speed...

With a magnificent National Trust for Scotland eighteenth-century mansion at its centre, the Haddo Estate in lowland Aberdeenshire has dedicated centuries to farming, forestry management, sustainable...

Farming today faces multiple challenges. Lower gate prices and changing subsidy regimes means famers must be increasingly innovative and agile if they are to make a decent return from their farms. At...

When a development of 29 wind turbines became operational on the slopes of Carn Ghiublais and Carn Kitty on Altyre Estate in May 2014, it began to produce enough clean electricity every year to power...

Since autumn 2011, Dunecht Estates have been actively involved with the Forest School Initiative, a programme to help children and young people develop confidence and self-esteem through hands on...