Tags - Rural development

Ruberslaw Wild Camping

HIH Case Study

At the 2015 Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards, Ruberslaw Wild Woods Camping were awarded the Scottish Borders Tourism Business of the Year 2015. This award is made for all round...

Blair Castle Hydro-Electric Scheme

HIH Case Study

In January 2015, Minister for Business, Energy & Tourism, Fergus Ewing, officially unveiled a 100-year-old re-commissioned Edwardian hydro-electric scheme at Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire. The...

Mount Stuart Masterplan

HIH Case Study

Bute Estate

During the summer of 2014, the Mount Stuart Trust held an exhibition to showcase a major development project on the island that will transform historic and unused buildings and provide...

The Midlothian Estates Group

HIH Case Study

Midlothian Estates Group is a selection of estates and landowners within Midlothian who collectively engage to work towards a more sustainable rural Midlothian. The group have interests in a great...

Rural Community Development

HIH Case Study

Drummuir Estate

Sustainability is an important ethos at the 4,000 hectare Drummuir Estate in Morayshire – not just for its commitment to developing renewable resources, but also for its “sense of...

The Scrib Tree

HIH Case Study

Communities are vital to the continuation of rural areas as is the development of new local ventures.

It was with this in mind that Douglas & Angus Estates supported – and financially assisted– a...

Kingsbarns Affordable Housing

HIH Case Study

A new housing development in the East Neuk of Fife - built as part of an affordable housing scheme pioneered by rural landowners - has been opened by the Scottish Government Minister for Housing and...