Business topics
Business Performance |
Review or evaluate your business performance. Discuss your business plan. Begin the benchmarking process. Review overhead costs. |
Marketing and Social Media |
Marketing your current business. Understanding your marketing mix Identifying and reaching your target audience / customers Branding advice and social media marketing |
Diversification |
Where to start on a diversification project. Discuss potential ideas and what could work for your business |
Succession |
Discuss any issues with a solicitor regarding succession including topics such as joint ventures, partnership agreements, tenancies, wills, probate and estate planning. Start your succession planning to secure your business. |
Legal |
Discuss any issues with a solicitor regarding agriculture law including topics such as boundary disputes, public footpaths, land leases, grazing disputes, implications of land purchases/sales, issues with sales/purchases of stock etc. |
Financial Planning and accountancy |
Look at your business accounts and ways to improve your business structure. Future plans for projects - including cash flow. Business tax |
Planning and development |
Discuss issues you may have regarding the planning processes for buildings on your farm such as new builds, renovations and conversions, renewable energy plans, tourism opportunities |
ICT |
Develop your IT skills whether it being basic support on emails, documents or spreadsheets, video calling or more specific advice on particular systems such as VAT online, Quickbooks, Xero, Sage, BCMS, RPW online |
Benchmarking |
Discuss how to start benchmarking, physical data collection (scanning percentage, rearing percentage, selling percentage and so on), create simple data collection forms, inputting data into systems and discussing the results |
HR / Staff Management |
Staff contracts. Changing employment terms and conditions e.g reducing hours. Working health, wellbeing and safety tips. Performance management and maintaining staff motivation and engagement. |
Energy efficiency / Renewable energy |
Discuss options on energy efficiency and what to consider when considering renewable energy options for your farm including electricity supply, planning applications, design and installation. Electricity use and analysis (including suppliers). Renewable energy design including off grid |
Infrastructure |
To review and calculate your slurry capacity and storage |
For more information or to book a surgery please contact your local development officer or the Farming Connect Service Centre on 08456 000 813.
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