Theatre Hall 4
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Wednesday
Barry Davies - Davies & Co
Farm to Leisure – Secure Planning Permission: Maximising Value and Avoiding The Pitfalls
11.00 - 11.30
Specific guidance on National and Local Planning Policy including Permitted Development to secure planning permission. Addressing Agricultural and Rural Planning issues for leisure, commercial, residential, or live/work units; the key is to maximise potential and increase revenue streams. As sponsors of National Farm Attractions Network, Davies & Co. has years of experience providing specialist planning advice on leisure and tourism attractions.
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Ed Daniell - Bruce’s Doggy Day Care
Why Landowners are Diversifying Into Doggy Day Care
11.45 - 12.15
The pet care sector is experiencing explosive growth. This is presenting landowners with a new lucrative diversification opportunity. Ed will explore what doggy day care is and how it compares to other alternative land uses. Using real examples he will discuss how you can capitalise on the sector, the factors to consider and how it can compliment other existing enterprises.
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Mr Mark Antonelli - ANTONELLI
From Cow to Cone: Make Milk Into Ice-Cream
12.30 - 13.00
A review of specifically why you might consider turning milk into ice cream or Gelato. What practically is involved with setting up a making and retail site on or off farm. How many people will it take and with what skills. We will look at some typical costs and returns as well as the commercial advantages that such an enterprise will bring.
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Rachel Brennan - Sykes Holiday Cottages
Holiday Letting: Diversify Your Farm and Maximise Your Income
13.15 - 13.45
Farm holidays have never been more in demand and we’re here to discuss how you can take advantage of this to maximise your income. We’ll cover how you can successfully diversify into holiday letting and offer guests an immersive farm experience. Whether you’re thinking of converting a barn, adding a yurt, or whether you’re already running a holiday let, we’ll offer expert advice and tips with questions at the end.
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Oliver Dale - Safety Revolution Ltd
Crystall Clear Contractor Management
14.00 - 14.30
The purpose of the seminar will be to describe the requirements of the law in relation to obligations placed on a farm or estate to manage contractors and how to address those obligations. The Crystall system will be described including the way in which it lifts the burden from the client and provides a reliable and consistent approved contractor list ensuring that the client and their team can instruct contractors with peace of mind and confident in the knowledge that they are complying with the law.
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Nigel Aylwin-Foster - ReEnergise
Last Chance to Secure Around £1 million of Renewable Heat Incentive
14.45 - 15.15
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) subsidy for low-carbon heat is ending on March 31st 2021, so there is about 18 months to get off oil affordably with the help of this very generous Government scheme. This seminar will explore the two qualifying technologies, ground source heat pump (GSHP) and biomass and their application in district heating systems in the rural estates sector. Nigel will discuss the policy landscape and direction of travel pre and post the RHI, as well as talk through recent major projects.
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Paul Grabham - randd UK Ltd
Fund Your Innovation With R&D Tax Rewards from HMRC
15.30 - 16.00
Fund your innovation in farming with cash awards from HMRC. Could you be missing out on R&D tax credits? This government scheme rewards costs that you’ve already incurred for up to two financial years. As leaders in R&D tax credits, raand UK will explain qualifying R&D projects, types of costs that can be included and our simple claims process. Don’t miss out on your Reality Cheque.
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Charles Smith - The Farming Community Network (FCN)
FarmWell – Helping Britain’s Farming Community Build Personal and Business Resilience
16.15 - 16.45
FarmWell is a brand new farming specific resources “hub” providing truly holistic support and mentoring to all in the farming community. Through this seminar, we will demonstrate how users can access information, professional support and guidance from a wide range of sources, which will aim to help with personal resilience and contribute to the creation of viable and sustainable farming businesses.
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Thursday
Rosie Whelpton - Hush Digital
Market Your Website The Right Way
11.00 - 11.30
Is your website set-up and ready to promote your product or service? Do you know where to start with your digital marketing? Having a fabulous website is all well and good, but if it’s difficult for your target users to find, it’s like having a fancy new car with no fuel to power it. This seminar will chat you through various tips on how to market your website properly.
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Jess Hall and Louise Newton - Bidwells
Adding Value and Generating Income on Farms and Estates
11.45 - 12.15
Maximising the capital value and net income generation of your farm, estate or holding is often a key objective for rural businesses. This can usually be achieved through utilising existing assets and realising the potential of your property through appropriate diversification schemes. We will talk through projects where we have obtained challenging and unusual planning consents, adding value for owners and creating alternative means of income, leading the development or diversification from inception to completion.
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Mark Penny - Energy Solutions (UK) Ltd
Standalone Hybrid Power Solutions: Helping You to Expand Your Business Without a Grid Connection
12.30 - 13.00
This seminar will describe how you can efficiently provide power to offgrid sites potentially bringing previously unused areas of land into effective use. The seminar will guide you through the systems currently available that use a combination of diesel generators, energy storage and renewables. It is designed to help those new to these products understand the benefits of these systems over running a generator 24/7.
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Rachel Brennan - Sykes Holiday Cottages
Holiday Letting: Diversify Your Farm and Maximise Your Income
13.15 - 13.45
Farm holidays have never been more in demand and we’re here to discuss how you can take advantage of this to maximise your income. We’ll cover how you can successfully diversify into holiday letting and offer guests an immersive farm experience. Whether you’re thinking of converting a barn, adding a yurt, or whether you’re already running a holiday let, we’ll offer expert advice and tips with questions at the end.
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James Fulton - Amet Property Ltd
How to Develop a Farmyard
14.00 - 14.30
With planning rules seemingly in favour of the diversification of rurally based businesses including permitted development rights to convert agricultural buildings to either a residential or commercial use, there has seemingly never been a better time to look at the alternative use of assets, but where to start???
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Hannah Moule - The Business Barn
Farm Diversification Trends and Opportunities for 2020
14.45 - 15.15
In this seminar session, discover the upcoming, sector specific farm diversification trends being driven by consumers and political, technological and environmental factors and the business opportunities that may and will arise from these that farmers, landowners and those living and working in rural areas can benefit from.
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Josh Riddett - Easy Crypto Hunter
Yield up to 59% (40p/kWh) Yearly with Blockchain Technology
15.30 - 16.00
Our existing farming clients have yielded up to 59% yearly (equivalently 40p/kWh) with our solution. Blockchain technology, just like the internet requires a lot of computing power. We manufacture Blockchain servers which, as the owner of these servers, you get paid for renting out computer power. Effectively you’ll turn your farm into a mini data centre and earn completely passively, substantially better returns that alternative investments.
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Sarah Smart - Mid-England Barrow Ltd
Mid-England Barrow, farming to funerals and celebrations of life.
16.15 - 16.45
Mid-England Barrow is a modern Round Barrow for storage of cremation ashes, and rural funeral venue. Here we describe our challenging journey of setting up an unknown business, including helping planners to understand what we were hoping to achieve, gaining an RDPE grant, and trying to explain our business so that potential customers can realise why they should choose us to look after their loved ones.
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