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The National Trust for Scotland (Trust) have worked in partnership with islanders on Fair Isle since the mid-1950s.

Many of these years saw the Trust working closely with Shetland grant providers and...

The building of a new coffeehouse right on the cliffs close to North Berwick has captured the imaginations of very many people already, and it only opened in June 2018, and the tables are rarely empty...

Torrisdale Estate

Beinn an Tuirc Distillers Limited was formed in 2016 but only began production in June 2017, with the first bottle being sold on 1st July 2017. The company is based on Torrisdale...

Glenbervie Estate

Situated just south of Stonehaven, Glenbervie Estate is home to the Macphie family and their group of businesses. The Macphie enterprises all look to reduce their impact on the...

Charlesfield Farms

After overcoming initial scepticism, a £10m anaerobic digestion plant is providing both eco-friendly power for local homes and a guaranteed source of income for nearby farmers.

Wh...

Roxburghe Estates

With Estate sawmills now few and far between, Bowmont Forest Sawmill on Roxburghe Estates, was one of the few remaining commercial Estate sawmills in Scotland. The mill has been in...

Glen Tanar Estate

Glen Tanar Estate in Royal Deeside is managed by owners Michael and Claire Bruce alongside a team of skilled staff. Always keen to embrace more environmentally friendly ways of...

Brucefield Estate has been hard at work renovating the Victorian Gartarry Farmhouse to provide high standard rental accommodation in rural Clackmannanshire. Enjoying commanding views of the...

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...

Scotland’s largest solar farm came on line in March, producing enough electricity to power 3,500 homes from 55,000 solar panels sited on land at the Errol Estate in Perthshire.

The 13MW scheme, which...

Douglas and Angus Estates

For estates looking to convert their heating systems from fossil fuel to a biomass boiler, the options are attractive, especially when it comes to district heating. Using...

Ardmaddy Castle is 15th century tower house built originally by the MacDougalls. Referring to it as the Estate is something of a misnomer according owner Charles Struthers, who describes it, somewhat...