Forestry sales notch up Scottish record

More than 150m worth of deals recorded amid post-Scottish referendum boom as forestry starts to lure institutional investors

Forestry sales have reached a record 151m in Scotland, smashing the previous record by 50%.

A report by the chartered surveyors and forestry agents John Clegg & Co said the current level of activity was 13 times the size of the market at the beginning of the millennium.