The shooting community is rallying to support Scotland’s rural workers as a long planned protest goes online today The Rural Workers Protest had been planned to take place in Scotland’s capital, however COVID restrictions forced organisers to think creatively and the…
The Sportsman Gun Centre has announced the addition of Walter Wolfe as its representative for trade sales in Scotland. Walter’s appointment increases the SGC’s team of field-based representatives to four, covering the country between them, and with an ever growing…
The UK’s largest shooting organisation has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s latest general licences, which came into force on 1 January 2021. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) said the three key licences utilised by practitioners to…
Over 90% of rural business owners in Scotland are confident they can reopen their business while safely adhering to social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic. A new survey carried out this week by Scottish Land & Estates (SLE), the…
Scottish Land & Estates (SLE), the rural business organisation, announced on Tuesday the election of a new chairman, Mark Tennant. Mark Tennant and his family run the Innes Estate in Moray. He is a former chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise…
Field sports businesses in Scotland are being specifically denied help in the Scottish government’s handouts. The coronavirus fund, which is being administered across the UK, offers up to £10,000 in grants to small businesses affected by the pandemic. But on…
Seonaid McIntosh has said that the exclusion of shooting from the 2022 Commonwealth Games could be “a good thing” for the sport in Scotland. After shooting was controversially omitted from the Birmingham schedule, McIntosh, the current world number one in…
Plans to protect foxes and ban the use of dogs in fox control have been described as a “slap in the face” by the Scottish Countryside Alliance (SCA). The proposal from Green MSP Alison Johnstone includes protection for foxes which…
John Dickson & Son, the oldest working gunmaker in Scotland, has recently come under the new ownership of Jean-Pierre ‘J-P’ Daeschler. As a fully trained gunmaker himself, J-P will oversee the build of the Dickson Round Action in their workshop…
Outdated preconceptions are cast aside as women’s participation in field sports continues to grow. The number of women taking part in both clay and game shooting, including grouse, in Scotland has risen steadily over the past few years, breaking the…
