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Wood fibre cost fall
Wood fibre costs for the global pulp industry fell in the 2Q/10 after having increased for 18 months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
The global pulp industry benefited from lower wood fibre costs and higher product prices in the 2Q/10. Wood chip and pulpwood prices fell the most in the US, Sweden, Finland, Australia and Eastern Canada. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell for the first time since early 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
 
Safferys spokesperson on renewables
The Landed Estates & Rural Business Group of Chartered Accountants, Saffery Champness, has appointed Shirley Mathieson as a press spokesperson on environmental and green issues. Shirley joins a group of partners who have a wealth of experience in advising large rural estates and who provide advice to the press on all aspects of tax and rural business management. A partner at the Inverness office, Shirley provides specialist accounts and tax advice to private clients, landed estates and commercial organisations.
 
West Midlands rural regeneration conference

Advantage West Midlands-backed Rural Regeneration Zone (RRZ) Annual Conference will focus on working together to deliver rural regeneration in a new era.  The high profile event, which is being held at Ludlow Racecourse on Friday 2nd July, will provide a unique opportunity to look at ways in which the Zone is helping drive forward the area’s emergence from the downturn and the opportunities/challenges that will no doubt arise from a new political landscape. A new announcement on broadband provision will headline the Conference and there will be a host of keynote speakers on hand to debate present and future issues, including Chairman of Advantage West Midlands Sir Roy McNulty, Jon Dover from Care Farming West Midlands and the possibility of a Minister from the new coalition Government.

 

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Gloucestershire farmland approaches £10,000/acre PDF Print E-mail
Written by John Vaughan   
Thursday, 15 July 2010 06:09

 Gloucestershire land values have doubled in a few years

The English farmland market has shown remarkable resilience compared to other asset classes during the recession with average values increasing by 20% over the past 12 months, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. The index is now at an all-time high of £5,769/acre. Farmland in Gloucestershire and other parts of the Cotswolds, however, has outperformed the rest of the county with the average price achieved by Knight Frank over the past 12 months hitting £8,842/acre.  Two estates within 12 miles of Cirencester were sold for over £10,000/acre.

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 July 2010 06:16
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Knight Frank launch 22,315-acre Severn Trent Welsh estate PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Lewis   
Monday, 05 July 2010 06:13

 Llyn Vyrnwy - largest land sale in living memory

Knight Frank has just launched the historic 23,315-acre Lake Vyrnwy Estate in Wales’ Cambrian Mountains. The estate surrounds Lake Vyrnwy, a reservoir created in 1892 at the end of the nineteenth Century by the Liverpool Corporation to supply clean water to the rapidly growing city – a function it still performs today. At the time, the reservoir was the largest in Europe with the biggest masonry dam ever created. Villagers were re-housed further down the Vyrnwy Valley with a chapel on the edge of the lake the only visible sign of the flooded settlement

Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2010 06:21
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Kirkcudbrightshire sporting estate for sale PDF Print E-mail
Written by Charlie Jacoby   
Saturday, 26 June 2010 11:21

Situated in a magnificent coastal area, Roberton is an agricultural and sporting estate on sale with leading Scottish property consultants CKD Galbraith.

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Knight Frank - Budget unlikely to hit growth of English farmland market PDF Print E-mail
Written by John Vaughan   
Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:53

 
Andrew Shirley - Knight Frank

Commneting on the affect of the Emergency Budget on farmland values, Andrew Shirley, head of rural land research at Knight Frank, says: "English farmland values continue to increase as demand outstrips supply. Average prices rose by 6.9% to £5,769/acre in the second quarter of the year, taking total growth for 2010 to 13%. Land is now worth almost 20% more than it was 12 months ago and we are predicting further growth of at least 10% over the next year.

Last Updated on Thursday, 01 July 2010 08:32
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£8 million for Scottish sporting gem PDF Print E-mail
Written by John Vaughan   
Monday, 14 June 2010 16:47

 Dungathill - a sporting gem

One of Scotland’s truly outstanding sporting estates, located in the heart of Highland Perthshire, is on sale with leading Scottish property consultants, CKD Galbraith. Dungarthill, by Dunkeld, lies amidst dramatic and beautiful countryside and offers some of the finest and wide-ranging sport in Scotland. The estate, renowned in particular for its pheasant shoot, is regarded as a ‘hidden gem’ in that it offers complete seclusion and privacy but also easy access to nearby Dunkeld and Perth as well as  Edinburgh.

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