…the blog and website of Andy Wightman
The land illustrated above (Midmar Paddock on the eastern slopes of Blackford Hill, Edinburgh) is currently for sale via Strutt & Parker (sales brochure here – 925kb pdf). The reason for publishing this blog is to ask “who owns this land?
Continue readingThe Evening News has an exclusive story today by John-Paul Holden that the National Galleries of Scotland is planning to expand into East Princes Street Gardens as part of a £15 million plan to create a “world class” home for
Continue readingThe Scottish Government has today published the Final Report of its Review of Agricultural Holdings Legislation.
Continue readingYesterday the Daily Telegraph published an article (pdf here online here) based on an interview with David Johnstone, the Chair of Scottish Land and Estates (SLE). Mr Johnstone has been a frequent contributor to the media arguing the case on
Continue readingIn this article, entitled Hjorteviltforvaltning i Norge (Deer management in Norway), Dr. Duncan Halley and Dr. Erling Solberg of the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research describe the framework for deer management and wildlife management in Norway. Dr. Duncan Halley was born
Continue readingThe following Media Release was issued by the Scottish Land Revenue Group today The £60bn Route to Scotland’s Economic Independence Devolution of new financial powers to Holyrood could lay the foundations for an independent Scottish economy within the UK, according
Continue readingA briefing by Andy Wightman on the Scottish Government’s proposals for a Land Reform Bill has been published. It is available from the Land Reform 2014-16 page on this website (menu item Hot Topics/Land Reform 2014-16). Further briefings and blogs
Continue readingYesterday, gamekeeper George Mutch was sentenced to four months imprisonment after being found guilty of four charges including the illegal killing of a trapped goshawk, which he clubbed to death, and the taking of two other birds, a goshawk and a
Continue readingImage: Chart from OBR Economic & Fiscal Outlook December 2014. Click for larger image. Following the changes to stamp duty announced by George Osborne in the Autumn Statement, the Scottish Conservative Party has published proposals to change the proposed Scottish
Continue readingYesterday’s Scottish Edition of the Mail on Sunday carried a front page splash claiming that Nicola Sturgeon was refusing to contribute to the costs of running the Royal Family. An editorial then provided further condemnation of the First Minister’s “plan
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