Agricultural
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Champagne Taittinger buys site for first UK vineyard
Champagne Taittinger has bought land in Kent to establish a UK vineyard
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Scottish forestry sales at record high
Scottish forestry sales hit a record £151m this year, after a dip last year amid uncertainty related to the referendum on Scottish independence.
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Global round-up – 28 November
NBIM in $1.6bn NY purchase, Hudson Yards resi tower financed and Outback estate sale blocked
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Australia blocks land sale
Australia has blocked the sale of an enormous outback estate to foreign bidders, citing national security concerns.
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Australia blocks cattle station sale
Australia has blocked a Chinese bid to acquire the S Kidman & Co cattle ranch, saying a sale to a foreign investor would be contrary to the national interest.
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‘Let’s turn mall roofs into farms’
MAPIC 2015: Flat shopping centre rooftops could be turned into income-producing farms, Urban Farmers told an audience at MAPIC today
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AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets buys Finnish forests
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has purchased two forest estates in Finland, covering 4,695 acres for €7.7m.
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UK farmland offers best investment return
Returns on investment in UK farmland have beaten those offered by prime London property, gold and the share market over the past five years.
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Lifestyle buyers show increased interest in farmland
Liz Hurley has taken advantage of a rise in the price of farmland to sell her 400-acre estate in Gloucestershire for £9m, but that does not mean that the number…
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Rural land supply increases
Outlook for value growth subdued, according to RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey
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More ancient woodland under threat from HS2
Research by the Woodland Trust shows the amount of ancient woodland under threat as a result of the proposed High Speed 2 rail link is higher than previously thought.
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New homes a threat to green belt
Plans to build just short of a quarter of a million new homes pose a major threat to the green belt, according to the Campaign to Protect Rural England, which…