Financial Health [SS.FH]
Building Good Financial Habits With Cash Flow Forecasting
The statistics are clear; 80% of small businesses go under due to cash flow problems, not lack of profit. Building business resilience with good financial habits can make all the…
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Why and how to do an energy audit
Energy has become an expensive commodity in recent years and reviewing energy use through an energy audit is a practical step to help reduce costs and improve efficiency. There is…
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Farm Labour shortages, free upskilling events, and a conversation with The Soil Association
Welcome back to the Rural Round-up hosted by me, Kerry Hammond. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode Tiffany, George & Robert discuss recent…
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Agribusiness News May 2023 – Sector Focus: National Beef Herd
Falling Beef Cow Numbers – Should We Be Worried? As discussed previously in the monthly beef outlooks, the higher number of cows being culled has implications going forward for the…
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Rural Roundup – Pasture for Life, Exploring Unconventional Grazing, the Proposed Closure of the Forfar Mart and the Potential Consequences
Welcome back to the Rural Roundup. This show is produced in association with the Scottish Government. On today’s episode we hear from Farm Advisors, Tiffany, George & Robert discussing the…
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Agribusiness News Audio April 2023
Welcome to the April 2023 edition of Agribusiness News, brought to you by the Farm Advisory Service (FAS). Agribusiness news helps you to scan your horizon, prepare for industry changes…
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Input Costs: Seasonal Workers
Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences The regulations of Seasonal Worker Sponsor Licences apply to any overseas national that a UK farm wishes to employ if they are not a ‘settled worker’…
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Northern Ireland Protocol Update
What 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 around the Northern Ireland Protocol.…
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Management Matters: Scottish Farm Business Income 2021 – 2022
Average 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 without support payments at an…
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Agribusiness News April 2023 – Sector Focus: Budget Update
High-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 this, the Office for Budget…
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