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A family run business established in 1932 and pride ourselves on our company moto “Big enough to cope – Small enough to care”. Our Business Team would be more than happy to discuss your requirements which can be tailored to your specific needs.

In the advisory field, Allathan Associates has a complete spectrum of farming clients, from the family business to the larger multi-farm organisation to diverse rural estates. Many clients seek regular management advice to help achieve their objectives, whilst others will hire services only in response to a particular business issue or opportunity, such as acquiring additional land, starting a new venture, obtaining grant support, environmental advice, hiring a key employee, or changing a business structure. Our client base is primarily concentrated in North-east Scotland, although instructions are undertaken throughout Scotland, the UK, and occasionally abroad.

One of the UK’s leading Chartered Accountants + Business Advisory Firms. We are a long established firm with a depth of capability, experience and resource to meet your needs locally, nationally and internationally. Through our extensive service offering, our team is focused on providing the services that you need, when you need them, to help you grow and improve your business. It’s not about us – it’s about you. By working with us, you'll receive a personalised service geared to your business and delivered by a team of professionals seeking to add value.

Anderson Beaton Lamond Solicitors seek to deliver a quality, personal and professional service to all of its clients. All areas of general chamber practice are provided, particularly Residential Conveyancing; Leasing of Property; Commercial Property Conveyancing, Rural Estate, Agricultural and Forestry and renewable energy work; a wide range of Private Client work including Powers of Attorney; Wills; Trusts and Executry Administration. The firm has an extensive practice in agricultural/rural property and forestry law, with Lydia Fotheringham leading the team as a Law Society of Scotland Accredited Specialist. Lizzie McFadzean specialises in forestry work including purchases and sales. This rural emphasis has led to the firm’s Peter Stewart being involved for a great many land owning clients in renewable energy business.

Anderson Strathern is a leading law firm offering legal and strategic services with a legacy of advising families and land owners for over 200 years. Our team of rural business specialists is second to none in terms of the breadth and depth of their expertise in the purchase/sale of rural property; agricultural and residential leasing and dispute resolution; and renewable and other energy projects. Working in tandem with our highly respected private client practice, which provides sophisticated and tailored advice on succession and tax planning, our team deliver comprehensive, high quality and commercially focussed advice to owners and managers of land across Scotland.

Scottish Ministers have set a target to complete land register by 2024. A voluntary registration of your property into the Land Registry has many advantages. It will bring clarity by identifying your property on the Ordinance Survey map, simplify future land transactions or succession planning by having all title details digitally accessible at the touch of a button and brings certainty through state backed warranty. Working with the law firm Whose Land Scotland and mapping experts "Landmaps" we can advise and complete your voluntary registration in a very efficient and cost effective manner. Until 2024 the decision to register your property is in the best place, your hands. Now is the time to consider and discuss your options with us.

Ardalanish is first and foremost a farm and that is why the weaving mill is set at the end of the road, on a peninsula. In the late 90s, the farm changed hands and its new owners wanted to return it to an organic state. In the process, they looked at both the animals and the associated waste from the farm.

Ardverikie Estate is a 40,000 acre private estate - our main activities are commercial hydro electricity generation, holiday cottages and tourism, and commercial forestry. We also offer extensive film and tv location facilities.