Tuesday, December 02, 2014
The value of community-owned renewables to local economies was the focus of a presentation made by Professor Deb Roberts from the James Hutton Institute at Community Energy Scotland’s 2014 conference.
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Researchers from the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia (AIS) visited the James Hutton Institute to discuss alternatives for sustainable crop production in Slovenia in the face of global change.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Dr Nigel Kerby MBE, Managing Director of Mylnefield Research Services (MRS), has won the Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Exchange Award in the Interface Excellence Awards 2014, which mark successful collaborations between businesses and Scottish universities and research institutes.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
With over 350 guests from around Perthshire in attendance, including the newly installed Deputy First Minister of Scotland, the James Hutton Institute presented the Excellence in Food and Drink award to Inveralmond Brewery.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Conservation heroes from across the country were honoured at the RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards, where the James Hutton Institute presented the Innovation Award to the Native Woodland Survey of Scotland.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Six reports looking at the trial reintroduction of beavers at Knapdale in Argyll have been published today, including a report by the James Hutton Institute on the impact of beavers on woodland.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
UKSO, an initiative supported by the James Hutton Institute and other leading soil research institutions, has been awarded the Excellence with Impact prize at the Association for Geographic Information Awards for Geospatial Excellence.
Monday, November 10, 2014
After 23 years’ service with the company, Dr Nigel Kerby MBE, managing director of MRS, is to step down from his position on 6 April 2015.
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Daniel Smith, a young researcher from the James Hutton Institute, has been awarded the Business Leader of Tomorrow prize at this year’s prestigious Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) Awards in London.
Thursday, November 06, 2014
Businesses that ignore nature could have a false impression of their viability and are missing out on long term business productivity, ecologists and economists have said at the Natural Capital Initiative summit in London.
