Rural Business
Grant funding to help improve sustainability of Scottish farming businesses
Managing a farming business amidst local lockdown measures can be challenging, with many farmers and crofters facing ongoing market uncertainty created by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Through the Scottish Government’s…
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Positive PR – an interview with Martha Bryce
Kerry Allison, Senior Marketing Consultant with SAC discusses PR (public relations) with a Food PR Agent, an Agricultural PR firm, and farm businesses who is rocking their PR opportunities.…
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So You Want To Cover Your Slurry Store
Seamus Donnelly discusses the wider financial and environmental benefits and speaks to Simon Jones (Genap) about choosing Tensioned versus Floating Covers for Ringed Tanks ,Jason Smyth (Linton and Robinson) about…
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Derelict to Productive
Patrick Laurie, Galloway based author of ‘Native’ speaks to Janette Sutherland in Skye about his book. They discuss his starting a farming business and Riggit Galloway herd. They discuss native…
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Decrofting
Crofting regulation is made simpler in this short animated video, explaining decrofting. Discover how to make an application and what to consider in terms of size, access to…
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Assigning a Croft
Crofting regulation is made simpler in this short animated video, explaining assignation. Assignation is the term used to describe the transfer of a croft tenancy from a…
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Webinar: Drones and Devices for Modern Day Farming
Thought drones were just for fun, for taking aerial shots and pretty pictures? Did you know a drone could save you time and money on your farm?…
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Paying for Covid: could you be affected by the outcome of the Capital Gains Tax review?
On the 14th July the ‘Office of Tax Simplification’ (the independent advisor to the government on simplifying the UK tax system set up in 2010 with the objective of offering…
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AgriBusiness News October 2020
The October 2020 edition of Agribusiness News is now available to download and read on the FAS website. Along with the regular articles on policy, cereals, beef, potatoes, sheep and…
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