* Please note these are the 2021 speakers, updated lineup coming soon
Theatre Hall 5
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Wednesday
Joshua Riddett - Easy Crypto Hunter
Farming and Blockchain: Yield Up To 72% Annual Returns
11.00 - 11.30
Our farming clients have yielded up to 72% yearly (equivalently 40p/kWh) with our solution. Blockchain technology, just like the internet requires a lot of computing power. We manufacture Blockchain servers which, as the owner of these servers, you get paid for renting out computer power. Effectively you’ll turn your farm into a mini data centre and earn completely passively, substantially better returns than alternative investments.
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Mike Robey - National Grid Electricity System Operator
Act now to future proof your power! The Accelerated Loss of Mains Change Programme
11.45 - 12.15
Do you own or operate electricity generators on your land? Or are you involved in the installation and operation of electricity generators? You may need to make an important change to your system to be compliant with mandatory regulations. Generator owners are urged to apply to the Accelerated Loss of Mains Change Programme (ALoMCP) to claim potentially thousands of pounds to make mandatory Loss of Mains protection changes before September 2022. Join Mike Robey, representing National Grid ESO, the ENA and Distribution Network Operators in the ALoMCP seminar, and find out how to apply, how to check if you are already compliant and what the implications might be if you don’t act now.”
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Nikita Thorne - GuidesforBrides.co.uk
How much is a wedding worth on your property?
12.30 - 13.00
Wedding laws are about to change, opening huge opportunities for venues and landowners to claim their share of the annual £14.5 billion spend. Nikita will share insights and data to calculate the revenue opportunity for hosting weddings on your property and discuss what the proposed changes to the law could mean to you.
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Andrew Baker - Baker Consultants Ecology
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) another game changer for agribusiness?
13.15 - 13.45
At a time of immense change for agriculture, the Environment Bill is soon to gain royal assent and hidden within its depths is the requirement for most developments to deliver 10% net gain for biodiversity (BNG). The introduction of the BNG requirement will have far reaching consequences for farming, house building, infrastructure development and possibly land prices. The big question is who will win and who will lose?
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Paul Saxby - eviivo
Get More Accommodation Bookings Online in the New-Norm Travel Landscape
14.00 - 14.30
Glamping, Yurts, Shepherd Huts, B&Bs are all great ways to diversify and use your land, with recent world events making staycations more popular than ever. However, with these events comes key challenges, this session highlights what you need to tell future guests on your websites right now in order to capture their bookings, and what you need to do during their stay to ensure it’s an enjoyable and safe one. Guests are looking at properties’ own websites now more than ever as they search for reassurance of safety measures taken by hosts in this post-lockdown period of travel. This also creates a great opportunity for accommodation businesses to capture bookings direct and not pay commission. This seminar explains your website must haves in order to secure those commission free bookings, and highlights what evidence of increased cleanliness and safety measures being taken now, need to be showcased on your websites.
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Dominic Palmer-Tomkinson - Leaper Land Promotion
Custom and Self Build – A Growing Opportunity
14.45 - 15.15
We will discuss the concept of Custom and Self Build and the advantages this form of development brings with it. This ranges from controlling the aesthetic of the development (potential for Legacy Development) whilst offering house buyers choice through to the advantages afforded to Custom and Self Build in the planning system.
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Sarah Evered - Defra
Farming Innovation and Productivity
15.30 - 16.00
A overview of the support from government to improve productivity, tackle environmental challenges and drive innovation in the agriculture and horticulture sectors.
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Thursday
Kate Morel - Morel & Co
Treehouse Developments – The Highs and Lows
11.00 - 11.30
Leading glamping expert and treehouse specialist, Kate Morel, takes us through the treehouse design & build process, the practical challenges as well as that crucial ‘X Factor’ - creating the ‘treehouse experience’. Treehouse developments pose specific challenges, commercial treehouses even more so. They need to deliver a healthy ROI and to do that they need to meet (better still, exceed) guest expectations which are higher than usual. After all, there’s a sharp focus on delivering an unforgettable experience for those top rental fees.
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Jo Blaylock - ACT Studios
Holiday accommodation marketing: how to stand out and succeed
11.45 - 12.15
Whether you’re just starting out or have an established holiday rental business, it’s important that your accommodation gets noticed and that your guests return time and time again. We’ll share some success stories that explain how we’ve helped self-caterers achieve just that. So the guest experience they offer continues to stand out, stay relevant and succeed.
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Mark Thomas - The Farming Community Network
Time to Plan - Managing Through Changing Times
12.30 - 13.00
Farming is entering a new era which will bring both opportunity and challenge for everyone in the industry. In this seminar, The Farming Community Network will offer a ‘checklist’ for navigating through challenging situations and highlight the support available to farming families to address change successfully.
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Peregrine Mears - Peregrine Mears Architects Ltd
Development Opportunities for Farms and Rural Businesses
13.15 - 13.45
If you own land or buildings, you may have underutilised assets! But how do you make those assets work for you to generate income or capital revenue? What alternative uses can rural land and buildings be put to? How do you go about such a project? How do you get planning permission? This seminar aims to answer those questions in principle by referring to a range of example projects.
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Kenny Dhillon - ADAS
How to Maximise Development Opportunities in Rural Locations
14.00 - 14.30
Planning permission can be difficult to gain for developments in rural locations. Kenny Dhillon will explore the current opportunities from housing to tourism to renewable energy; the challenges you may face and discuss how to overcome them with alternative strategies. With more opportunities in solar farm developments, we will explore this sector and how to link with developers.
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Antony Pearce - Dudley Peverill Associates
Making your diversification project a reality
14.45 - 15.15
Your business needs to diversify. What enterprise would suit you and your holding? Who is your target customer? Where should it be situated? When will the planning or licences be approved? How long will it take to get up and running? I explain how our FREE bespoke questionnaire starts this process. A process guaranteed to improve your chance of diversification success!
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Natalia McCall - Re-Leased
How the next generation are driving efficient rural estate management
15.30 - 16.00
There is an unwritten rule in rural estates and farming to leave things in a better condition than when you took them over. So, what might this look like for the next generation? 89% of Rural Estates have digitised operations, and 45% of that group are investing in further digitisation. Natalia McCall, Head of Customer Success at Re-Leased, speaks with Emily Swift MRICS from Brocklesby Estate about driving efficiency and technology use in estate management.
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