Agricultural
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Savills offers Snowdonia farm
A vacant farm on a large plot in Snowdonia National Park is being offered at Savills’ next national auction
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Scottish planning review doesn’t address rural issues
The independent review of the Scottish planning system has failed to address rural issues, according to Scottish Land & Estates and Savills
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Scotland farm portfolio for sale
CKD Galbraith is selling one of the largest agricultural portfolios in Scotland for offers in excess of £14m
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Lessons for the provincial auctioneer
I thought I had seen it all, having been an auctioneer for 36 years, following my father into the profession and selling my first lot when I was 17
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Confidence down for UK rural assets
IPD says returns slowed to 5.5% in 2015
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Scottish landowners urge no more reforms
The owners of some of Scotland’s largest estates will call on the SNP government to ignore demands to strengthen land reform legislation.
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Brexit uncertainty linked to fall in farmland values
English farmland values have fallen by 3% in the first quarter of 2015 as the possibility of a Brexit creates uncertainty in the market
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Price of farmland falls
The price of farmland has started to fall and is likely to continue to do so over the next few years, according to Savills.
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Closure of grouse moors might prevent flooding
An adviser on climate change has called for some grouse moors to be returned to peat bog in order to halt further flooding.
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Incentives needed for estate owners to make land available for homes
Owners of large country estates should be offered tax breaks in return for making land available for affordable housing, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests.
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Trump facing outcome of Supreme Court wind farm battle
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump will learn next week if his company has been successful in a Supreme Court bid to block a major offshore windfarm close to its Aberdeenshire…
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Taittinger to produce sparkling wine in Kent
Taittinger plans to be selling English sparkling wine in five years’ time, after teaming up with wine agents Hatch Mansfield and other investors to buy 69 hectares of Kent farmland…