Input Management [SS.IM]
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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Using Energy Alternatives To Build Resilience At Woodend Farm
John Seed and his family at Woodend Farm, Duns have been on a journey with renewable energy in a bid to make their business more resilient and…
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Agribusiness News May 2023 – Becoming Energy Self-Sufficient
The Energy Crisis Energy price hikes, insecurity in global energy markets and a desire to be sustainable have resulted in many farmers looking at options to be more energy self-sufficient. …
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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’…
Read More >Energy Bill Support for Farm Businesses
The energy market has been in a volatile state for some time now and this article aims to explain the current support that is available to non-domestic customers and how…
Read More >Advertising an Agricultural Job: How to Approach It
Finding staff to fill agricultural jobs is getting harder and this publication is the third in a series that gives helpful hints and tips on how to approach the advertising…
Read More >Battery Storage – Farm Energy Future Solutions
Case Study Rabbie Brewster runs an arable and potato farming business alongside his brother Alec based in West fife in the village of Culross with further land near Cupar and…
Read More >Eye-catching Agricultural Job Adverts: How To Create Them
In a time where it is getting increasingly harder to recruit staff into the agricultural industry, it is important that you can stand out from the crowd with any job…
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Technology to Improve Business Performance and Resilience – Arable
In this series of three fact sheets an arable, beef and sheep farmer have been interviewed to find out what key pieces of farm technology they cannot do without. In…
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