Business Gateway has helped an agriculture software firm access over £16,000 of funding which has enabled the successful launch of an app that will improve farming health and safety. Launched in 2020, Smart Farmer logs pre-start safety checks on farm machinery, allowing operators to see when machines were last serviced and if there are any […]
Paragon Bank has provided a £360,000 funding deal to Alkmonton Dairy, a small, family-run farm in south Derbyshire, to enable the farm to process and bottle its own milk and supply its local community direct. The Harris family, which includes husband and wife Richard and Jo, owns the ‘Alkmonton Ayshire’ Pedigree dairy herd. Previously to […]
Newman’s Plants Limited and The Palfreymans Limited, providers of professional horticultural services to businesses and buildings, have been supported with a total of £3m in acquisition funding by leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, ThinCats. Both businesses are franchisees of Urban Planters Franchise Limited, operating under the Urban Planters name, providing services including the […]
Propel, a leading UK independent finance lender has released a landmark study revealing the financial outlook among farmers post-pandemic and indicates the key investments that they are planning for 2021/22 and how they intend to finance them. Main findings: 75% of farmers are looking to acquire assets in the next 12 months. Nearly 60% of […]
During Q1 just under 15,000 acres of farmland were publicly marketed across Great Britain, continuing a five year run of low supply in Q1 according to analysis by Savills rural research. Alex Lawson Savills head of farm and estate sales comments, “There was very little stock carried over from last year, which has meant that […]
Chandlers Farm Equipment Ltd. (Chandlers), a third-generation family business selling agricultural equipment, operating primarily across the Midlands and Lincolnshire, has acquired the AGCO division of Lister Wilder, doubling the size of its operations, and expanding its territory significantly across the UK to become AGCO’s largest UK dealership. A global leader in the design, manufacture and […]
Savills welcomes the news that the landmark Agriculture Act has received Royal Assent. This ‘beast of a Bill’ has had no ordinary passage through Parliament – it has seen two prime ministers, one global pandemic and was the first Bill to be electronically voted on. The new Act shapes the post-Brexit future of farming and […]
Opening today, the lab and the surrounding farm offers entrepreneurs and researchers access to Lincoln’s cutting-edge agritech resources – to support farmers as they tackle ongoing challenges and help rural farming communities become leaders in applying technology to agriculture. Barclays’ partnership with the University of Lincoln will support the UK farming sector to innovate, grow […]
Agriculture is one of the oldest industries known to us. However, it’s always taken a back seat to industries related to modern technologies. For example, the smartphone industry is expected to grow to $290,098 million by the end of 2025. That’s a staggering number and shows the importance of modern technology in our lives. Because […]
A picturesque Herefordshire wedding and events business is expecting to bounce back once government restrictions on large gatherings are lifted, after support from The Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC). Crumplebury, a purpose-built, state-of-the-art events venue and hotel, has seen its entire spring / summer wedding schedule disrupted due to Covid-19. The £3m development backed by AMC […]
