Month: July 2016
Scotland has had enough of constitutional chaos
Laura Knox, investment manager at Tcam, says that ‘Indyref2’ is unlikely unless there is sufficient support to guarantee a ‘leave’ result.
read moreGreater land ownership transparency expected in Scotland
Odell Milne, head of agricultural and estate team at Brodies, also says that despite uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote, for Scottish businesses it has been ‘business as usual’.
read moreThe Land Reform Act will take away development opportunities
Jamie Younger, partner at Saffery Champness, Edinburgh, says the danger of this reform is that landowners risk losing strategically important land such as development sites which will in turn result in less private sector wealth creation.
read moreScottish Government sets up £10m Scottish Land Fund
hirley McIntosh, tax partner at RSM, talks about the new measure that will help Scottish communities buy their own land but will put big landowners under pressure to sell.
read moreBuy land which can diversify into profitable activities
Tom Moran, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, talks about what to look for when buying or investing in the agricultural sector.
read moreBuying land in the US, Australia and Western Europe is popular
Tom Hewitt, head of food and farming at Burges Salmon, and Ian Bailey, head of rural research at Savills, also say that investors in Eastern Europe and Latin America must consider the risk of the changing attitude towards foreign investment in local agriculture.
read moreWoodland can be an attractive investment
Christopher Findley, partner at Bircham Dyson Bell, also says that without subsidy, UK agriculture will face a deep recession and bankruptcy on a large scale.
read moreFuture farm subsidies will target the environment
David Merton MRICS, partner and head of rural consultancy at chartered surveyors firm Fisher German, say that Brexit offers an opportunity to promote British food security and to align farming subsidies with environmental issues.
read moreEU farm subsidies will have to be cut
James Pavey, partner, Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth, says that without subsidies, farming will cease to be economically viable and will be a no-go for investors in the long term.
read moreReal estate and digital technology drive Manchester growth
After years in the doldrums, the property scene is proving both a magnet for, and a generator of, a rise in the fortunes of the North West’s high net worth individuals.
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