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Lack of medical cover may force firm owners to leave

A COUPLE who run a successful garden equipment business in one of Scotland's most remote communities say they are being forced to consider selling up and leaving because of changes to medical cover in the area.

Stewart and Judy Pote moved their established company from Yorkshire to the township of Achnaha at the western end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula three years ago and dispatch wooden wheelbarrows and seedboxes, cloches and garden tables to destinations across the UK, Europe and the US.