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Motion · S6M-15241 · 5 Nov 2024

Eddie Gillanders Wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Agriculture Awards

Lodged by Alexander Burnett (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Standard Motion 29 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Eddie Gillanders, of Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Agriculture Awards; notes that these awards are jointly organised by the Scottish Farmer, Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and AgriScot; recognises Eddie’s exceptional career spanning over six decades as a journalist dedicated to Scottish agriculture, during which he contributed to numerous publications and founded his own farming magazine, Agri-Business Scotland, in 1984; acknowledges that he sold the magazine five years later and went on to work with Aberdeen and Northern Marts until his retirement in 2003, at the age of 60; commends Eddie for continuing to contribute to agricultural journalism post-retirement, and applauds his immense contribution to the agricultural community and journalism in Scotland.

Supporters (29)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.