(613)  SOUTH UIST BUY-OUT COMPLETED

The purchase of the South Uist estate by its mainly crofting community from the previous owners, a sporting syndicate based in England, was completed for £4.5 million on St Andrew’s Day 2006.  The deal was a friendly” one rather than made compulsorily under the relevant provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.  The new owner is a community company called Stòras Uibhist