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National Insurance hike in Autumn Budget impacts agritourism

As farmers prepared to protest the Budget implications in London, farmers at the Scottish Agritourism event heard about the impact on the growing agritourism sector

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National Insurance hike in Autumn Budget impacts agritourism

Agritourism has become one of rural Scotland's fastest growing sectors with an estimated 800 businesses now involved in one way or another. It is now believed to be worth 拢60m a year to the economy and...

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