Heather Stephenson joins Trilanco Ltd
Heather was previously with Westgate EFI and brings with her a wealth of equestrian experience as well knowledge of the animal health and pet sector thanks to her upbringing on a small holding. Heather has been riding since the age of three and has a passion for eventing and hunting. She also shares her home […]
The Farming & Forestry Improvement Scheme is here
It has been announced by DEFRA that the third round of the Farming & Forestry Improvement Scheme Grant, which expects to award around £10 million of grants to successful applicants will be launched today and will then close on the 4 April 2014. The Grant Aid is paid in arrears, so any successful applicant will […]
SPS payouts in record breaking performance
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has exceeded its latest domestic Single Payment Scheme (SPS) targets more than two months early. The Agency has now paid £1.61billion to more than 100,650 English farmers and has exceeded targets to pay more than 97 per cent of those eligible and 97 per cent of the fund value by […]
Barclays extends emergency support to customers affected by severe flooding
The recent severe wet weather has been devastating for individuals and businesses alike. Farmland has been especially hard in many areas leading to uncertainty about finances – particularly in cases where insurance claims are taking a long time to settle. Those with loans, for instance, can find themselves in difficulties where cash flow is an […]
Wynnstay announces record results
The Group reported a 10% increase in revenues to £413.48m, with pre-tax profits up by 3.7% to £8.11m*. The agriculture division continued to see the benefits of having a diversified range of activities with increases in feed, raw material and fertiliser volumes from the expanded trading area, but saw a reduction in grain volumes, with […]
PM ‘right’ to slash red tape to boost rural economy
The organisation supported David Cameron’s speech to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in which he said 80,000 pages of Defra regulations would be removed by March next year, saving rural businesses £100million a year. The CLA, which called for cuts in red tape in its housing report Tackling the Housing Crisis in England, also […]
Christine Tacon CBE, joins the Board of URSULA Agriculture
Christine is an experienced director across both the commercial and public sector and brings a wealth of experience to help steer the company’s future commercial direction . A Chartered Engineer with 12 years’ experience in sales and marketing (Mars, Anchor, Vodafone), Christine ran the Co-operative Group’s farming business, the largest in the UK, for 11 years. She […]
George Osborne and Fiona Bruce get behind Cheshire Fresh
Pochin Property has presented its plans for an agricultural auction centre, rural enterprise and business destination in Middlewich, Cheshire, to Chancellor of the Exchequer and MP for Tatton, George Osborne and MP for Congleton, Fiona Bruce. The meeting took place on the 47-acre site location at Midpoint 18, Middlewich, as Pochin Property directors shared their […]
Farmland outshining gold
The average price of English farmland rose by 11% to a record £6,882/acre in 2013, according to the latest results from the Knight Frank Farmland Index. During the same period, gold – an asset class farmland is often compared to – lost almost 30% of its value. Land almost kept pace with the 14% annual […]
