56º North December 2017 | Page 29

Clive Rumbold:

“As you can imagine, this has been extremely disappointing when our business is continuing to grow and thrive. We haven’t been able to secure another suitable piece of land and so it sadly looks like MotoScotland in its current format will end.”

Since opening in 2013, MotoScotland proudly achieved:

Winner of the Scottish Encouraging Dynamic Growing Entrepreneurs Award 2014.

A Scottish Parliament motion of support.

“Britain’s Best Off Road Motorcycle Training School” rated by Ride Magazine.

Britain’s first and only off-road motorcycle centre to have its training officially recognised as “Advanced Rider Training” by Government, Major Insurers & Council Road Safety Department – improving public road safety.

Britain’s first and only centre to have major insurers offering policy discounts to riders completing our training.

Finalist for both Sports Business & Transformative Innovation Business of The Year 2016 & finalist for Innovation in Tourism category in the Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards 2017.