Press Release

April 5, 2019

2019 ‘Helping It Happen' Rural Awards Open for Entries

People across rural Scotland are being urged to share their stories of the work done by local estates, farms and land-based businesses to help their surrounding communities flourish, as nominations for the 2019 Helping It Happen Awards get underway.

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March 25, 2019

UK’s only home-grown birchwater producer commences three-week 'tapping' season

Over the last few years, Birchwater has seen a significant rise in popularity in the UK and across the Northern Hemisphere.

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February 11, 2019

Developing Our Future Skilled Workforce

A new training scheme is being rolled out across the Scottish Borders to help bring more young people into the rural workforce.With figures from across Scotland showing that only 25% of the number of trained workers required are coming into agriculture every year, BMR (Borders Machinery Ring Ltd) has launched a new pre-apprenticeship programme to help make up the shortfall.

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January 17, 2019

Scots Urged to Back Campaign for Haggis Emoji

Scots all over the UK are being called upon to support a campaign to bring Scotland’s national dish into the language of emojis.

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November 29, 2018

Four Successive National Titles For Scotland's Most Awarded Haggis

McCaskie Butchers, based in Wemyss Bay, achieved a remarkable feat at Scotland’s only annual haggis competition which took place earlier this week.

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November 21, 2018

2018 AGRISCOT BUSINESS SKILLS WINNER ANNOUNCED

A one-thousand-pound cash prize, plus a sponsored trip to the Nuffield Farming Conference has been awarded to the winner of this year’s AgriScot Business Skills competition.

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November 21, 2018

AYRSHIRE FARM IS CREAM OF THE CROP

An East Ayrshire family run dairy farm has been awarded the prestigious Scottish Dairy Farm of the Year 2018 title.The award is part of a series of farm of the year awards presented at AgriScot, the farm business event, held at Ingliston, Edinburgh on 21st November

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