|
|
|
Hi ,
It's The Ferret's 10th year as an independent media organisation and we've lots of exciting plans to celebrate this massive milestone.
We are pleased to announce that the first event of our anniversary year will be an AGM on Friday 21 March.
Tickets aren't available yet, but save the date in your diaries as we'll be asking you to help shape The Ferret's future at our AGM. There will also be a spring social event to kick-start our birthday celebrations and to mark 10 years of annoying those in power!
Stay tuned for more details.
|
|
Yours,
Ali |
|
|
|
Story of the week |
|
An in-depth look at a Ferret investigation |
|
|
 |
|
Top political donors, a Labour lord and Scottish football hero Ally McCoist have been among secret owners of a tax haven firm behind an elite Scottish golf club, The Ferret can reveal.
The 660-acre private Loch Lomond Golf Club hosted the Scottish Open and boasts a Georgian mansion, a spa within a historic walled garden, and dramatic lochside views to Ben Lomond.
But the club is open only to members who can join on a strict invite-only policy, and the entry fees – estimated at well over £100,000 today – mean the luxury is open only to a wealthy few. |
| Read the full story |
|
|
|
|
What did we dig up this week? |
|
A round up of our investigations in the last seven days |
|
|
|
Global ‘anti-woke’ petition campaigns on Glasgow statues and Stornoway’s Tesco closed on Sundays |
|
CitizenGO, was set up in 2013 to defend “life, family and freedom across the world” by Ignacio Arsuaga, whose conservative Catholic organisation, HazteOir, has similar aims. |
|
More than 100 environmental breaches at fish farms |
|
Figures released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) suggested that the industry’s record was one of the worst in Scotland. |
|
Are Scotland and Italy protecting their threatened seas? |
|
Both countries have made bold claims over their marine protection, but green campaigners fear their governments are failing to protect these threatened seas. |
|
Claim Labour handed £536m to foreign farmers is Mostly False |
|
Farmers are continuing to protest the UK Government’s decision to change inheritance tax rules, which they fear will impact their livelihoods. |
|
|
|
Question of the week |
|
|
|
Is the fish farming industry doing enough to stop environmental breaches? |
| Yes |
| No |
|
We now have a platform exclusive for Ferret Underground subscribers where you can share ideas about future investigations, answer polls and more!
Create an account here to get access.
|
|
|
|
Best of the rest |
|
Investigations we've enjoyed from around the world |
|
|
|
What Trump’s second term means for sustainable finance |
|
As the new president leads the charge against ‘woke capitalism’, will banks move from greenwashing to greenhushing? (The Bureau) |
|
One foot in the grave
|
|
Colin Mackie has devoted over half his life to an overlooked Glasgow cemetery. What’s in it for him? (The Glasgow Bell) |
|
Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties
|
|
Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policies. (Guardian) |
|
|
| Join The Ferret |
| Donate to The Ferret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Any comments? Have you seen something we could include? Email us at contact@theferret.scot.
Copyright © The Ferret Media Ltd, All rights reserved. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
