This year's grouse season could help buffer some remote rural communities and households from the deepening cost-of-living crisis.
That is the view of Alex Hogg, chairman of the Perth-based Scottish Gamekeepers Association, who is hoping for some respite for rural businesses enduring rising petrol and energy costs.
Scotland’s grouse shooting season begins tomorrow, and after successive years of poor breeding on the moors, there has been an uplift in some regions this year.
