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Rural business owners 74% more likely to diversify due to Brexit
Diversity is the future. More and more rural businesses, including farms, are looking at branching out into more than one area to establish multiple streams of income which will allow business to remain resilient in times where subsidies are falling and trade deals with the EU are up in the air. A recent study revealed that out of almost 300 farmers and rural business owners polled, over 74% are more likely to diversify their land in response to Brexit, and this number is only going to grow as the realities of the current economic climate sink in. Dairy farms are keeping bees, arable farmers are growing miscanthus in areas with poor soil and installing solar panels, sheep farmers are opening livery stables. It’s not just farms either; all kinds of rural businesses are expanding their revenue streams. Landowners are opening glamping sites, estates are hosting rock concerts, large country houses are opening their doors as filming venues. The examples and opportunities are endless!
With the current uncertainty of how Brexit will play out for farmers and rural communities, rural business owners are quickly realising that diversification is the best way to remain stable and increase profits. Diversification as a movement is increasing at such a rate that The Farm Business Innovation Show, which runs November 8th & 9th at the NEC sold out with six months to go! The Event Director has increaseed the floor plan by taking an extra hall at the NEC to keep up with the demand, and with over 9,000 rural business owners set to attend the event, interest is at an all time high.
While there is no denying that all types of rural businesses are at a crossroads, this can either be seen as a problem or an
opportunity. Being able to blend the old and the new, tradition and innovation are a huge part of what makes the UK such an amazing place and with rural enterprise at the backbone of the country, there is no reason that farming and rural business should not do the same. Many landowners are turning just one field into something like a go kart track or paintball battlefield and turning enough profit from that to keep the rest of the traditional farm going.
Admission tickets are free and also allow you access to the sister shows, Country House Business Innovation, Family Attraction Expo and Holiday Park & Resort Innoviation
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New saddlery scholarship
An exciting new Saddlery Scholarship launched by Abbey England will see the lucky recipient winning £500 worth of workshop tools. Whatever your chosen career in the craft saddlery industry whether you are looking to become a Master Saddler, Master Harness Maker or Bridle craft expert, the Abbey England Scholarship is open to everyone currently on a trainee or
apprenticeship programme. The team at Knutsford-based Abbey England is well known as ‘Suppliers to Workshops Worldwide’ and is the one- stop-shop for all saddlery tools, leather, threads, textiles and saddle trees.
Said Richard Brown of Abbey England; “We are delighted to launch this new scholarship and to be supporting trainee saddle makers who are the future of the
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industry. “Each year at the Society of Master Saddlers National Competition it is wonderful to see so many young and up and coming saddlers who are breathing new life into the industry and are without doubt the future of the saddlery world as they embrace new ideas and technologies combined with the history and heritage British saddlery is so well known for.” Founded in 1982 by the late Gerald Brown and his family, Abbey England prides itself on supplying top quality, British- made materials and tools and is one of the market leaders in equestrian wholesale suppliers. The business was awarded a Royal Warrant in 1995 for the supply of saddlery workshop materials to the Royal Mews. Being British is part of Abbey England’s heritage and as a manufacturing company employing traditional skills in an industry where many skills are being lost, the family team feels proud to be able to keep part of that heritage alive, preserving the skills required as manufacturing returns to the UK. Buying British to support British manufacturing is of key importance to the team at Abbey.
The Abbey England Scholarship is open to the following: • All individual trainee saddlers who have started the journey to become a Master Saddler and are currently in training.
• Are attending one of the recognised saddlery training courses.
• Or are self-learning saddlery manufacture with the aim of working up to one of the City & Guilds Level 2 qualifications in Bridle, Saddle or Harness making.
Did you know
All parts of the ranunculus species (buttercups, crowfoot, spearwort, marsh marigold) contain the glycoside ranunculin, which forms protoanemonin an irritant substance. All domestic animals, including horses, are susceptible to protoanemonin poisoning.
Buttercups do have a bitter burning taste which acts as a deterrent to horses eating them but when there are large quantities of buttercups in pasture it can become impossible for the horse to avoid them. The highest concentration of protoanemonin is present during flowering.
Symptoms of buttercup poisoning include: Excess Salivation
Mouth ulcers and difficulty eating Swelling of the face Skin blistering Colic
Diarrhoea
Discoloured urine Inco-ordination Staggering Impaired hearing and sight Convulsions Although extremely rare, due to the symptoms stopping the horse or pony from eating, buttercup poisoning can result in death.
To enter, write in no more than 500 words why you deserve to win, what it would mean to you and tell us about your ambitions for the future. Provide contact details and attach a photograph of yourself.
The deadline for entering the scholarship search is November 30, 2017. Email your entry to IshbelJohnson@abbeyengland. com marked Abbey England Scholarship. Visit
www.abbeyengland.com
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