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Estates gear up to fight wildfires
Scottish Land & Estates is leading a new defence against wildfires following massive damage and destruction to so much of Scotland’s countryside inflicted by fires last spring.The organisation,...
View ArticleLandowners propose amnesty on tenant improvements
Scottish Land & Estates, which represents landowners across Scotland, announced on Thursday 27th February that it is to propose an unprecedented ‘amnesty’ for farm tenancy improvements.The...
View ArticleCall for full participation in survey on Scotland’s rented-out agricultural land
Scottish Land & Estates, which represents landowners throughout Scotland, says it is ‘crucially important’ that all those involved in the letting of land take part in the latest research that is...
View ArticleLandowners set out proposals for dynamic tenanted farm sector in response to...
In train with the Scottish Government\s Review of Agricultural Holdings Legislation, Scottish Land & Estates, representing landowners across Scotland, has just published proposals for a ‘modern,...
View ArticleFarmers and landowners pledge £12k reward for information on deaths of 19...
A group of farmers and landowners from the Moray Firth area are together pledging a reward of £12,000 for information about the deaths of what are now 19 birds of prey in the Highlands – 15 Red Kites...
View ArticleCouncil chiefs guests at Scottish Land & Estates session at Ardkinglas
Scottish Land and Estates’ Northern Chairman, Gordon Robertson and Highland Regional Manager, Drew McFarlane Slack MBE, welcomed Scottish Land & Estates members members and guests to the unique...
View ArticleLandowners respond to government announcement on new approach to preventing...
Scottish Land & Estates, representing landowners across Scotland, has today issued a press release in response to the Scottish Government’s announcement of restrictions on General Licences designed...
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Rural business interest in Fisheries Management demonstration day
Fisheries Management – Bordering on Excellence is a demonstration day organised by Scottish Land & Estates in association with sponsors Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP. The event will be held on...
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‘Helping it Happen’ campaign launches today
Today, 10th November, Scottish Land & Estates launches ‘Helping it Happen’ – a campaign to highlight how landowners on estates and farms across Scotland can play a key role in delivering benefit...
View ArticleNew Scottish Government research shows tenanted farm sector norm to be...
New research just published [7th November] by the Scottish Government, shows mutually positive relationships between landlords and tenants to be the norm in the tenanted sector.The survey – carried...
View ArticleWelcome for Loch Lomond camping proposals
Scottish Land & Estates has welcomed the ‘pragmatic’ proposals to manage camping around Loch Lomond and other areas in the Trossachs.Responding to a National Park consultation on the possible new...
View ArticleLandowners response to Scottish Environment Link’s Wildlife Crime Report
Scottish Land & Estates has issued the following statement on the Scottish Environment LINK wildlife crime report:Douglas McAdam, chief executive of Scottish Land & Estates, said: “Like every...
View ArticleScottish Government’s totemic hunting of sporting estates could rebound
10,000 payments from the Scottish Government’s £65.5 million Less Favoured Area Support Scheme [LFASS] 2014 are said to have begun arriving in bank accounts yesterday, 13th March 2015].Farmers and...
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PAWS’ Heads Up for Harriers backed by landlords
Heads Up for Harriers, a partnership established by Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime Scotland [PAWS] – of which Scottish Land & Estates is a member, has launched a fresh initiative to...
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Land Reform Bill: landowners owners keen to grasp ‘unprecedented opportunity’...
The news came today that the Scottish Government is aiming to put its new Land Reform Bill on the statute book before the end of the current parliamentary session.Alongside this development, landowners...
View ArticleLandowners emphasise track record and commitment to working with communities...
Private landowners are ‘wholly committed’ to working with communities to drive forward rural development across Scotland.Scottish Land & Estates’ chief executive, Douglas McAdam, says that private...
View ArticleProposed rise in agricultural minimum wage accepted as recognising industry...
Scottish Land & Estates, which represents farmers and landowners across Scotland, has said that the proposed rise in the minimum wage rate for agricultural workers takes account of the challenges...
View ArticleLandowners’ statement on Land Reform Bill
Following the publication of the Land Reform Bill in the Scottish Parliament today, 23rd June 2015, Scottish Land & Estates, representing landowners across Scotland, has issued the statement,...
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