Forestry contracting in northern Scotland: a survey report |
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| Authors: | ANDERSON C; THOMSON KJ; PSALTOPOULOS D |
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| Institution: | Department of Agriculture, University of Aberdeen 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, Scotland |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports results from a survey of forest contractingfirms (‘contractors’) in Northern Scotland, carriedout as part of a tripartite 1991–94 study of forestryin rural development in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republicof Ireland. Aspects of the overall study focused upon the structureand activities of the contractor sector of the Scottish forestryindustry, in par-ticular its sources of business, employmentcharacteristics, capital assets and future prospects. Resultsshow that the sector in 1992 was highly fragmented, while sub-contractingwas common.Harvesting and general contractors were heavily relianton the Forestry Commission for con-tracts, while silviculturalcontractors mostly relied on forest management companies andfarmers. During the last 12 years, employment has increasedonly in the general sector, while workers directly employedtended to live closer to the firm's address than sub-contractors.Finally, most harvesting and silvicultural firms in the aa were,at the time of survey, pessimistic as to the future survivalof their businesses |
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