The importance of business succession planning for farmers
Farming faces huge uncertainty and succession planning for the future is vital for all farming…
April 30, 2020 By Stephens Scown
12 Tips for Farmers Getting Business
As we just pass the half mark on the year our rural team at Stephens…
April 30, 2020 By Stephens Scown
The 12 Farming Days of Christmas
Christmas and New Year is the perfect time to reflect and start planning for the…
April 30, 2020 By Stephens Scown
Don’t forget your Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claims!
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has recently published a reminder to farmers that they should…
April 30, 2020 By Stephens Scown
Basic Payment Scheme update
Following the on-line only application system for the Basic Payment Scheme being declared not fit…
April 30, 2020 By Stephens Scown
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme – Does It Go Far Enough?
The first time the UK needed a seasonal agriculture workers scheme was during the labour…
March 30, 2020 By Lisa Mulholland
Agricultural Support Payments – What happens after Brexit?
Brexit poses many questions and for the agricultural sector one of the most important ones…
March 3, 2020 By Stephens Scown
The 2 Minute Farmer – If you do one thing this week…
It’s take a look at the www.yellowwellies.org.uk website and their rural mental health campaign #mindyourhead.…
March 3, 2020 By Stephens Scown
Farm Safety – Fit to Farm?
Following last month’s Farm Safety Week, Mike Rowe, a consultant on the ‘Two Minute Farmer’…
March 3, 2020 By Stephens Scown
How farming families can protect themselves from financial claims after divorce
The majority of people getting divorced in the South West are not formalising their financial…
January 8, 2020 By Sarah Atkinson
Protecting your farming legacy
As families get together over Christmas and New Year it is a perfect time to…
December 17, 2019 By Phil Reed
What are the legal issues when diversifying farm business?
Change is a fact of life. Farming is a balance of managing change and maintaining…
October 10, 2019 By Gavin Poole