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VisitScotland, formerly the Scottish Tourist Board (Scottish Gaelic: Bòrd Turasachd na h-Alba), is a national tourism organisation for Scotland. It is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness, and other parts of Scotland.
The first Fopp shop was a market stall in Decourcey's Arcade near Byres Road in Glasgow opened 1981 by Gordon Montgomery. [15] Fopp operated a "keep-it-simple" approach to the pricing of its merchandise, with most prices rounded to whole- pound figures.
In 1846 Glen Tilt was the scene of a confrontation over the right of access to land in Scotland. The majority of land (at least 57%) in Scotland is privately owned, and around half of the country's rural land is owned by fewer than 500 landowners. [7] There has however been a longstanding tradition of access to land. [8]
Wilderness Scotland organises small group trips including walking holidays, sea kayaking, mountain biking, ski touring holidays, canoeing, and photography. Their trips take people to locations such as Knoydart, the Cairngorms and Torridon; as well as islands including Skye, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland. The company also offers self ...
Edinburgh Airport is Scotland's busiest airport by passenger numbers, with over 14.4 million passengers in 2023 [29] Barra Airport is the only airport in the world to use a tidal beach as its runway Loganair is branded as Scotland's Airline. Air transport in Scotland is responsible for 0.3% of Scottish Gross Value Added (GVA) (roughly £400 ...
The company was founded in 1972 by research chemist Paul Howcroft and his wife Sarah who had met in Scotland. They were both in their early twenties at the time, their start up capital was £70 and they operated from a small house in Skipton , Yorkshire , having chosen that location because of its proximity to West Yorkshire textile mills.
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Browne opened its first shop on Kensington High Street in London. [7] By 2001, there were eight Snow and Rock shops that collectively had net sales of £22 million per year. [ 7 ] In 2004, Andrew Brownsword acquired the firm, which then had 11 UK shops, [ 8 ] and Browne left the company.