GAMEKEEPERS believe shoot ing jobs have never been more valuable to Scotland, yet the industry is missing out on valuable support made available to other industries.
Although prospects for grouse are mixed in some regions, the season that started on August 12 starts a wider country sports programme which supports 8,800 full-time jobs per year in remote and rural areas.
Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association (SGA) chairman Alex Hogg believes that, with un certainty slowing Scotland’s economy, this rich seam of employment has never been more important.