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Family owned Bruce Brymer is a rural butcher located in the small town of Brechin in Angus just off the glens. The business was established in 1986 by Bruce, Valerie & Gavin Brymer and employs 17 staff, eight full time and the remaining staff being part time. Originally a fishmonger, it took six weeks for

Dunmaglass Estate is situated in the heart of the Highlands, to the south of Loch Ness. The management of the estate over the past 30 years demonstrates how grouse shooting supports and builds a thriving rural community in a relatively remote area. The Hayward family took on Dunmaglass in 1987 primarily to be a Highland

Rottal is an upland estate in the Angus Glens. It has high densities of Mountain Hares as well as nesting Golden Eagles, Peregrines, Merlins, and nationally important quantities of nesting waders as well as over 100 other different bird species. The estate incomes come from renewable energy (a hydro scheme and biomass) sheep farming, holiday

Garrogie is a mixed Highland estate with a wind farm, four hydro schemes, sheep farming and also offers grouse shooting and deer stalking, but only when there is a shootable surplus. Garrogie Estate provides permanent full-time jobs, which are particularly valuable in this remote part of Highland Scotland. Charlie Connell, owner of Garrogie, said: “Our

The Braemar Lodge Hotel is a splendid former Victorian shooting lodge dating back to 1870 and set in rural Aberdeenshire. Ronnie Moore is the proud owner of the Braemar Lodge and prides himself in offering the warmest of Scottish welcome to all visiting beautiful Deeside. The hotel’s Malt Room boasts the largest range of malt whiskies

The Hopes Estate, located in East Lothian is engaged in vital conservation work for the benefit of all the wildlife that flourishes here, including the valuable species such as curlew, lapwing, golden plover, black grouse and merlin. Covering 4,200 acres of open hill, moorland and areas of natural regeneration, management activities include traditional sheep farming, grouse

Abercairny Estate in Perthshire, part of the Tayside and Central Scotland Moorland Group, is another example of the crucial contribution made by estates to Scotland’s biodiversity and the Scottish economy. The estate has seven full-time employees, three part-time employees, three full-time contractors, and numerous part-time contractors; this employment continues regardless of whether or not there