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Cautious optimism as NTS figures defy gloom

New figures showing a recession-busting £1 million – or 30% – boost to the National Trust for Scotland’s ready cash fund suggest that the conservation charity is “back on track”, finance director Lesley Watt has claimed,

The NTS’s annual report and accounts, published tomorrow, will give some breathing space to the board of the troubled charity, which earlier this year made 65 staff redundant and mothballed several properties.