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Rural shop s and general merchant

Still Farming

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Mixed Farmer
Location
South Wales UK
Think planning and permissions for said use - local Authority reg. as food premises and all relevant Hygiene certs .wait for inspections and what ever "clip board"waving fanatic to turn up .
Business set up -tax ,vat etc.etc . And Big Rates bills I guess !!!
 

How much

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Location
North East
Think planning and permissions for said use - local Authority reg. as food premises and all relevant Hygiene certs .wait for inspections and what ever "clip board"waving fanatic to turn up .
Business set up -tax ,vat etc.etc . And Big Rates bills I guess !!!

You should be able to get the rates FOC if you are careful with the size in terms of sq footage to keep it under £15k ratable value and the company struture, you need the shop to be a business in its own right with no other business property with a rates bill , so your total rateing liabililty is 15k or less .
 

bazza3034

Member
Location
co.tyrone
Was gon a start a small shop from my garage as we are in the rd side of a rural area and my wife is at home with the kids but they will soon be all out at school so we were talking about a rural shop but would it be viable use to be a small shop in the area but all have died out or the people have died out
 
There's one near us , not a big shop but full of all sorts of produce & animal feeds . Take a look at their website , www.peckfieldfarm.com .
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newbie

Member
Location
Lancashire
Each to their own but how much will the shop need to earn before you are as well off or better off than going to work per hour for someone else?
These things often look good but are a dull way of earning some money, stuck inside all day, effectively at work but at home.

Couldn't agree more. Speaking as a mother of 2 young children. I feel I need to go out to work 2 days a week for my own sanity. I'd hate to be tied to the house all week in case someone called. Maybe that's just me though haha :)
 

Still Farming

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
South Wales UK
Couldn't agree more. Speaking as a mother of 2 young children. I feel I need to go out to work 2 days a week for my own sanity. I'd hate to be tied to the house all week in case someone called. Maybe that's just me though haha :)
Each to their own.
It's like farmer's saying their working from home-in reality we do .
It's all about motivation and keeping thing's separate .
 

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

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