by Andrew Williamson | Jun 25, 2025 | Press Releases
Wiston Estate in West Sussex has employed its first full-time ecologist, funded entirely through income from one of the UK’s earliest private Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) transactions. The appointment marks a significant evolution in how rural estates are embedding...
by Andrew Williamson | Jun 19, 2025 | Press Releases
A new demographic insight tool developed by Knight Frank’s viticulture consultancy is helping one of the UK’s largest wine producers unlock new growth opportunities in direct-to-consumer sales, tourism and winery site development. MDCV farms over 2,000 acres...
by Andrew Williamson | Jun 9, 2025 | Press Releases
Rural estates are facing persistent difficulty in attracting and keeping the right people, according to Knight Frank’s 2025 Estate Staff Salary Survey. Despite a decade of steady wage increases across rural roles and nearly universal annual pay reviews, 87% of estates...
by Andrew Williamson | Jun 8, 2025 | Press Releases
Two of Scotland’s machinery rings, Laurencekirk based Ringlink (Scotland) Ltd and Inverness based Highland Business Services Ltd (HBS), have today announced plans to merge their activities. The merger between the two cooperatives will substantially strengthen the...
by Andrew Williamson | Jun 4, 2025 | Press Releases
James Farrell, Head of Rural and Partner at Knight Frank, sets out why estates and farms need to adopt a more business-minded approach, the central theme of the Spring/Summer edition of the firm’s flagship Rural Report. The scale of change facing the...
