This week saw a lot of chatter about the future of wood burners in Scotland.

Our Housing Policy Adviser has been providing some much needed clarity around the issue, calling on Scottish Government to work more closely with rural communities when developing policy👇

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🙌 Click the link below to find out how to nominate yourself or someone else to share success stories in your rural community!

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🎉 HELPING IT HAPPEN AWARDS 🎉

🌳 Today we marked the official launch of our Helping it Happen Awards, kindly sponsored by @naturescot at last year’s Rural Property Award winner Adventure Kids Adventure Park.

⭐️ Follow the link below to find out how you can nominate someone!

Pleased to have made my first contribution to Scotland’s leading rural business magazine since joining Scottish Land & Estates.

The Spring edition of Land Business is available online here for free: edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/p…

📢 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

🙌 Claire Taylor will be returning to chair the 2024 SLE Conference, 'Resilience: Building successful businesses for the future.'

🎟️ There are still some tickets available so don't forget to get yours here: buff.ly/4cBgurL

Land managers have urged the Scottish Government to work with them rather than against them over the future of deer management.

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Fantastic to see Tim Eagle MSP delivering his speech on today's Ag Bill debate from his lambing shed in Moray.

Politicians are often accused of lacking the real world experience on many of the issues they are legislating on - far from the case today!

Great to hear lots of the points from our briefing being raised by MSPs in the Stage 1 debate for the Agriculture & Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill.
Always slightly frustrating to not get a name check for Scottish Land & Estates 😂

🐑Despite tough new legislation aimed at tackling livestock attacks, numbers are still on the up.

SLE has partnered with Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime on their ‘Your Dog – Your Responsibility’ campaign to support land managers in reducing the risk of livestock attacks or worrying.

Phenomenal effort from colleagues at SLE - particularly Ross Ewing - in helping to shape the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill.

The Bill remains a potentially harmful piece of legislation, but thanks to cross-party amendments supported by SLE, it is just about workable.

After 3 years of Scottish Greens in Government, Climate Change Committee’s recent report shows that Scottish Government is Green by name, but not by nature.

The ScotGov’s political eco chamber is letting down rural Scotland. They must not now be made to carry the can for the Green Coalition’s failures.

Grateful to the MSPs which brought forward sensible amendments to the Wildlife Management & Muirburn Bill today, including Jim Fairlie MSP SNP, Emma Harper MSP, Alasdair Allan, Rachael Hamilton MSP Scottish Borders, Edward Mountain & Rhoda Grant. Thank you all for your efforts to make the Bill more workable.

Today we’re in Scottish Parliament for stage 3 of the Wildlife Management & Muirburn Bill. We’re pleased that MSPs have agreed an amendment by Rachael Hamilton MSP Scottish Borders which will ensure NatureScot have to provide reasons for refusing, modifying, suspending or revoking licences for wildlife traps.

The Scottish Government’s Land Reform Bill could have focussed on tackling the real issues our rural communities are facing: Climate change, nature loss and depopulation.

Instead, what we have a Bill full of harmful rhetoric and devoid of any solutions to these challenges.

Always great to spend some time in Westminster - useful cross party discussions on Scottish Land & Estates priorities in this year’s general election.

📣 It’s that time of year again 📣

🎉 This is our opportunity to celebrate the success of Scotland’s rural businesses and the people who are helping rural Scotland thrive!🎉

🌾 Nominations are now open for this year’s Helping it Happen awards: scottishlandandestates.co.uk/helping-it-hap…

📣 SLE is delighted to announce that the Leader of the Scottish Labour Party Anas Sarwar will be delivering a keynote speech at our Annual Conference in May.

Tickets are selling fast, but there’s still time to grab yours here 👇

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Very good to hear PM UK Prime Minister speaking at NFU National Farmers' Union conference today. His commitment to boost UK food security and deliver annual reporting and industry summits is welcomed. Crucial that this truly reflects all of the UK and happens regardless of party in power