The Scottish Government has been accused of “unjustly persecuting” remote, rural businesses for failing to remove non-domestic rates on hydro-electric schemes.
Hugh Raven, managing director at Ardtornish Hydro in Morvern, wrote to the Finance Secretary - who is also his constituency MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch - to criticise the government for failing to deal with a long-running dispute that he claims threatens further investment and development of hydro schemes in the Highlands.
He said that Kate Forbes’ claim that she is powerless to act, due to state aid rules, is a smokescreen for being unwilling to help a business in her own backyard.
