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    long shot for barn conversion planning permission

    Cjeck out www.dudleypeverill.co.uk They can help you work out how to maximise your built assets (or possibly in your case dismantled assets).
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    Training facility.

    It might be worth checking out www.dudleypeverill.co.uk They specialise in farm diversification and all the factors involved: planning, demographics, feasibility, marketing, finance.
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    Protests: what do YOU want?

    Isn't that the whole point?
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    Protests: what do YOU want?

    Shouldn't protests focus on food policy? Highlighting to the masses the importance of farming in the UK, firstly to feed them, secondly to look after our wonderful countryside, thirdly to ensure we have a sustainable rural economy (not everyone lives and work in cities). After the 2nd World...
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    Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

    Anyone watching Fenland Farming Adventures? https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fenland+farming+adventures A different dynamic with a brother and sister, who's learning the ropes, working together.
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    Starting a contracting business

    Get out and talk to local farmers and ask questions to understand what they need help with. Don't let your perception get in the way of what they tell you. If a farmer moans about unreliability, think about how you can ensure you remain reliable. If a farmer moans about mess, think about how you...
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    Buy to let properties, sell or keep?

    There's often a number of options around rental properties depending on location, and condition. As some have pointed out, selling can give rise to significant CGT. Within the property investment world (non-farming), a significant number of deals have some element of Joint Venture. For...
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    HSE inspection

    There were 25 fatalities on farms last year, and from what I understand, even more this year. These deaths are preventable. And this headline figure masks the number of serious injuries. We've all taken risks and gotten away with them, and then repeated these risky actions because we've got...
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    Air BnB or Rental Property?

    Controversial suggestion...... The benefits of a long-term tenant, regular rent payments, not having to find new tenants, combined with the benefits of short-term/serviced accommodation with advantages of no tenancies, no section 24, capital allowances, don't have to worry about upcoming EPC...
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    Company health and safety policy

    Seen in New Zealand a few years ago:
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    Company health and safety policy

    Can be is It can be used for all processes on farm; for example, it's used to record temperatures in cold storage. If you're handling animals, you can set up a risk assessment and record for that.
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    Company health and safety policy

    Marc Skivington had to deal with the aftermath of a fatality where he is farm manager (he joined the farm after the accident). WIth HSE all over the business, he believed there had to be a better way of keeping a farm safe, and being able to prove it, whilst not getting bogged down in paperwork...
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    What the dog brought home. Not for the fainthearted.

    My friend's experience of what the dog bought home
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    Concrete water tanks

    An interesting concept from thes guys https://www.deploytechltd.com/technology
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    More money isn't always the answer -- why did you LEAVE?

    Can assure you printing isn't easy either. Our main press was £500k back in year 2000, and it was all about buying kit to print stuff cheaper than the next printer.
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