Diversification News

Nick Harper FAAV MRICS, managing director of Hawkspur – specialists in option and promotion agreements for landowners – offers his advice.

As diversification becomes increasingly important to rural businesses, James Whilding, managing director of Acorus Rural Property Services Ltd, offers advice on potential barriers and how to get started.

If you are looking to start a new diversification project, Brew-School owner Chris Horne says farmers have a built-in advantage when it comes to brewing and distilling businesses.

Whether you want to make the most of your existing solar tech, or you’re looking to diversify into renewables to improve your green credentials but not sure where to start, you’re not alone.

After months of lockdown and a degree of ongoing complexity around overseas travel, the staycation market continues to thrive, says Glampsan general manager Jon Trelfa, who offers advice on a key aspect of all glamping businesses – waste.

Ben Taylor-Davies, aka RegenBen, spoke at Groundswell this year. He discussed how the main focus of his farm is giving something to the next generation.

Accountancy Saffery Champness is advising farms that provide accommodation services or catering to be aware VAT changes could hit farm businesses from 1st October.
 

A leading property consultancy is working with a growing number of farmers and landowners taking advantage of large solar park developments – and is anticipating demand to grow even further.

Farmers have long been the backbone of Britain, producing the food needed to keep people healthy and the country working. Now, farmers are again being called upon to do another national service – provide space where lockdown-weary holidaymakers can cast off the gloom of the pandemic and remember what it feels like to be free.

As we work towards a zero-carbon future for the UK, many farms are turning to renewable energy generation to diversify and support their business. Selling excess energy back to the grid can prove useful — it offers an extra source of revenue, earning a pence/kWh rate, while allowing you to generate your own energy.

The Environment Agency is urging farmers and landowners setting up temporary campsites this summer to check their flood risk.

UK farmers are rushing to diversify into new income streams such as renewable energy and tourism as they face the biggest shake-up in agricultural finances for 50 years, research from NFU Mutual has revealed.