(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