Sustainable Systems: Financial Health
Information on farm business economics and business resilience
National Minimum Wage and Employment Taxes
National Living Wage (NLW)/National Minimum Wage (NMW) The table below shows the increase in National Living Wage/National Minimum Wages proposed in the Autumn Budget National Minimum wage paid to Apprentices,…
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Diversification on a Shoestring
March 13, 2025As of 2022, 58% of Scottish farms have diversified beyond traditional agriculture. Notably, diversified farms earned an average of £24,200 more than their non-diversified counterparts. ...
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National Minimum Wage and Employment Taxes
January 21, 2025National Living Wage (NLW)/National Minimum Wage (NMW) The table below shows the increase in National Living Wage/National Minimum Wages proposed in the Autumn Budget National...
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Business planning and financial management: An introduction
June 28, 2024Monitoring and planning the business are essential components of good business management and should be viewed as a high yield piece of paperwork. The use...
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The Tax Treatment of Land: A Spring Update
May 6, 2024Both UK and national devolved administrations are undertaking the biggest agricultural policy change for a generation to respond to our climate and biodiversity crises, whilst...
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Starting Up In Business
May 1, 2024Having made the decision to start your own farming business, there are a number of factors to consider before trading begins. This article will take...
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ABN April 2024 – Management Matters: Retirement Planning
April 1, 2024Thinking about your future Many farmers quite rightly concentrate on the ‘here and now’ of their businesses, but how often is there thought given to...
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Holistic Management: Part 2 – Holistic Decision Making Framework
March 19, 2024This is the second of a four-part series exploring holistic grassland management. The other articles in this series cover an introduction to Holistic Management, the...
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Holistic Management: Part 1 – Introduction
March 7, 2024This is the first of a four-part series exploring Holistic Management. In this article we take a look at the development of Holistic Grazing Management....
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Building Good Financial Habits With Cash Flow Forecasting
November 30, 2023The statistics are clear; 80% of small businesses go under due to cash flow problems, not lack of profit. Building business resilience with good financial...
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Why and how to do an energy audit
November 22, 2023Energy has become an expensive commodity in recent years and reviewing energy use through an energy audit is a practical step to help reduce costs...
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Agribusiness News November 2023 – Sector Focus: Croft Diversification
November 1, 2023Diversification is a great way to add value to your existing physical and personal assets, add a new income stream to your farming business, and...
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Agribusiness News May 2023 – Sector Focus: National Beef Herd
May 1, 2023Falling Beef Cow Numbers – Should We Be Worried? As discussed previously in the monthly beef outlooks, the higher number of cows being culled has...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Input Costs: Seasonal Workers
April 3, 2023Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences The regulations of Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences apply to any overseas national that a UK farm wishes to employ if they...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Northern Ireland Protocol Update
April 3, 2023What is the latest on the NI Protocol? In late February Westminster announced the Windsor Framework, a new proposal to resolve ongoing post-Brexit trade issues...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Management Matters: Scottish Farm Business Income 2021 – 2022
April 3, 2023Average FBI is at its highest for the last 10 years, at £50k, and it’s also the first year that the average farm is profitable...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Budget Update
April 3, 2023High-level outlook On 15th March, Jeremy Hunt revealed his first UK Government budget, detailing plans for tax and public spending for this financial year. Alongside...
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Policy Brief
April 3, 2023Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) 2022 From the 28th March 2023 payments for the 2022 SSBSS 2022 scheme year will be paid at the following rates:...
Read more >Scottish Farm Business Survey – Good Technical Efficiency Pays
March 31, 2023Every year, the Scottish Farm Business Survey (SFBS) produces National Group Average Datasets for you to benchmark your farm business. This allows you to investigate...
Read more >Universal Credit
March 30, 2023Universal credit is being withdrawn for many but you may still be eligible. This article provides information to raise awareness of how to identify what...
Read more >Energy Bill Support for Farm Businesses
March 10, 2023The energy market has been in a volatile state for some time now and this article aims to explain the current support that is available...
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Keeping Control of Costs – Financial Planning for Livestock Farmers
February 10, 2023Livestock farmers are experiencing unprecedented input costs, and while there are no silver bullets, good cost control and cashflow management can help to ensure that...
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Co-operation and Collaboration – Co-ops Across the World (their future role) (webinar)
August 24, 2021The benefits of co-operation are well-evidenced. Co-operation involves farmers and others, working together to achieve a commercial objective, which they cannot achieve independently and individually....
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Setting Up A Carbon Neutral Business (webinar)
August 12, 2021In this webinar, we hear first hand from two speakers who have got low carbon and regenerative farming practices at the forefront of their businesses....
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Select by an area of interest
Diversification on a Shoestring
March 13, 2025As of 2022, 58% of Scottish farms have diversified beyond traditional agriculture. Notably, diversified farms earned an average of £24,200 more than their non-diversified counterparts. ...
Read more >
National Minimum Wage and Employment Taxes
January 21, 2025National Living Wage (NLW)/National Minimum Wage (NMW) The table below shows the increase in National Living Wage/National Minimum Wages proposed in the Autumn Budget National...
Read more >
Business planning and financial management: An introduction
June 28, 2024Monitoring and planning the business are essential components of good business management and should be viewed as a high yield piece of paperwork. The use...
Read more >
The Tax Treatment of Land: A Spring Update
May 6, 2024Both UK and national devolved administrations are undertaking the biggest agricultural policy change for a generation to respond to our climate and biodiversity crises, whilst...
Read more >
Starting Up In Business
May 1, 2024Having made the decision to start your own farming business, there are a number of factors to consider before trading begins. This article will take...
Read more >
ABN April 2024 – Management Matters: Retirement Planning
April 1, 2024Thinking about your future Many farmers quite rightly concentrate on the ‘here and now’ of their businesses, but how often is there thought given to...
Read more >
Holistic Management: Part 2 – Holistic Decision Making Framework
March 19, 2024This is the second of a four-part series exploring holistic grassland management. The other articles in this series cover an introduction to Holistic Management, the...
Read more >
Holistic Management: Part 1 – Introduction
March 7, 2024This is the first of a four-part series exploring Holistic Management. In this article we take a look at the development of Holistic Grazing Management....
Read more >
Building Good Financial Habits With Cash Flow Forecasting
November 30, 2023The statistics are clear; 80% of small businesses go under due to cash flow problems, not lack of profit. Building business resilience with good financial...
Read more >
Why and how to do an energy audit
November 22, 2023Energy has become an expensive commodity in recent years and reviewing energy use through an energy audit is a practical step to help reduce costs...
Read more >
Agribusiness News November 2023 – Sector Focus: Croft Diversification
November 1, 2023Diversification is a great way to add value to your existing physical and personal assets, add a new income stream to your farming business, and...
Read more >
Agribusiness News May 2023 – Sector Focus: National Beef Herd
May 1, 2023Falling Beef Cow Numbers – Should We Be Worried? As discussed previously in the monthly beef outlooks, the higher number of cows being culled has...
Read more >
Agribusiness News April 2023 – Input Costs: Seasonal Workers
April 3, 2023Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences The regulations of Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences apply to any overseas national that a UK farm wishes to employ if they...
Read more >
Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Northern Ireland Protocol Update
April 3, 2023What is the latest on the NI Protocol? In late February Westminster announced the Windsor Framework, a new proposal to resolve ongoing post-Brexit trade issues...
Read more >
Agribusiness News April 2023 – Management Matters: Scottish Farm Business Income 2021 – 2022
April 3, 2023Average FBI is at its highest for the last 10 years, at £50k, and it’s also the first year that the average farm is profitable...
Read more >
Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Budget Update
April 3, 2023High-level outlook On 15th March, Jeremy Hunt revealed his first UK Government budget, detailing plans for tax and public spending for this financial year. Alongside...
Read more >
Agribusiness News April 2023 – Policy Brief
April 3, 2023Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) 2022 From the 28th March 2023 payments for the 2022 SSBSS 2022 scheme year will be paid at the following rates:...
Read more >Scottish Farm Business Survey – Good Technical Efficiency Pays
March 31, 2023Every year, the Scottish Farm Business Survey (SFBS) produces National Group Average Datasets for you to benchmark your farm business. This allows you to investigate...
Read more >Universal Credit
March 30, 2023Universal credit is being withdrawn for many but you may still be eligible. This article provides information to raise awareness of how to identify what...
Read more >Energy Bill Support for Farm Businesses
March 10, 2023The energy market has been in a volatile state for some time now and this article aims to explain the current support that is available...
Read more >
Keeping Control of Costs – Financial Planning for Livestock Farmers
February 10, 2023Livestock farmers are experiencing unprecedented input costs, and while there are no silver bullets, good cost control and cashflow management can help to ensure that...
Read more >
Co-operation and Collaboration – Co-ops Across the World (their future role) (webinar)
August 24, 2021The benefits of co-operation are well-evidenced. Co-operation involves farmers and others, working together to achieve a commercial objective, which they cannot achieve independently and individually....
Read more >
Setting Up A Carbon Neutral Business (webinar)
August 12, 2021In this webinar, we hear first hand from two speakers who have got low carbon and regenerative farming practices at the forefront of their businesses....
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