Blog
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United we stand
29 June 2017United Auctions' George Purves looks back on 10 years of a unique alliance.
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Mud, sweat and careers
26 June 2017Marcelina Hamilton reflects on her first year as a graduate rural surveyor.
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Going with the flow for hydro success
21 June 2017Charlotte Maclean reveals how to navigate the potential complications surrounding a hydro project.
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Anyone for tea?
21 June 2017Poppy Baggott explains how her family's livestock farm has diversified into a refreshingly new sector.
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Passing the baton to the next generation
16 June 2017Wattie Barbour and Patricia Sanderson act for a client who has a small estate near Pitlochry. Patricia outlines how selling a 1991 Act Tenancy can prove a success for both tenant and landowner.
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Amnesty on Tenants Improvements
15 June 2017Poppy Baggott looks at the Amnesty on Tenants Improvements, a provision of the Land Reform (Scotland) 2016 Act that commenced on the 13th June 2017, from which date it will continue for a period of three years.
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Temporary sticking plasters not enough to cure un-fit-for-business rates on small-scale Scottish hydro power sector
27 April 2017A rating revaluation is never welcome, but the system which came into force on 1 April this year has caused more unrest than its predecessors. Calum Innes reports.
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Overhead lines not overhead costs
20 February 2017Poppy Baggott explains the benefits of engaging an intermediary when faced with utility maintenance work.
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Drones take off for business
16 February 2017Gareth Taylor looks at how drones are becoming increasingly valuable tools on farms and estates and examines the pros and cons of buying your own.
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Negotiating a way across the road
14 February 2017The impact of a new road needs careful consideration when compulsory purchase compensation is being negotiated. Chris Addison-Scott and Annie Lane report on the heads of claim taken into account for the A737 Dalry Bypass.
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Don't let historic titles trip you up
10 February 2017Charlotte Maclean explains the value of modern land titles during liability claims.
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Farm sales: The big picture
8 February 2017Demand for good quality land continues - depending on the type of land and farmers' ambitions - says Duncan Barrie.
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Challenge your expectations...Good fun and great professional training
3 February 2017CKD Galbraith is committed to taking on ambitious, bright and articulate rural surveying graduates and supporting them in obtaining their APC - Assessment of Professional Competence - the final step to becoming a fully qualified RICS Registered surveyor. Here, two of our graduate surveyors reflect on their first year with CKD Galbraith.
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End of an era? Probably not
1 February 2017Colin Stewart explains why changes to the Basic Payment Scheme might not be as imminent as first believed...
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Why plant new woodlands?
30 January 2017Paul Schofield highlights the many benefits of woodland creation.
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Mud, music and matrimony...
26 January 2017James Bowie looks at how rural estates can maximise their income streams.
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Dairy farming the value-added way
22 December 2016The tough times facing milk producers are well documented, but one young farmer is refusing to bow to price pressures as he tried to build a viable business. Martin Harvey reports.
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Sláinte! Gin distillery aims to give community a tonic
20 December 2016Niall Macalister Hall explains how the creation of a distillery on his family's estate boosts the estate's environmental credentials and will in due course help local entrepreneurs get started.
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Deer management makes progress, but is it enough?
15 December 2016Scottish deer management groups have made great strides, but Deirdre Stewart remains apprehensive about Scottish Natural Heritage's review of the sector.
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Hutting: A new desire to rediscover some old ways
13 December 2016The renaissance of the hutting movement is in line with the British dream of an idyllic country life - and it offers opportunities for landowners. Jamie Grant reports.