* Please note these are the 2021 speakers, updated lineup coming soon
Theatre Hall 8
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Wednesday
Charles Gulland - Wigwam® Holidays
The time is right to invest in the UK’s No.1 Glamping Franchise.
11.00 - 11.30
With a track record of over two decades in building wooden cabins from sustainable home grown timber, Charles Gulland, the original innovator of the camping pod and founder of the first ‘glamping holiday’ business, demonstrates how his unique and proven business model has helped farm businesses diversify and maximize revenue.
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Peregrine Mears - Peregrine Mears Architects Ltd
Development Opportunities for Farms and Rural Businesses
11.45 - 12.15
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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Adam Sidat - Signature Tax Innovations Limited
Importance of Research & Development for the Farming Industry
12.30 - 13.00
Why innovation within the farming industry is vital and how associated tax reliefs within research & development can help fund innovation and growth.
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Simon Foster, Ashley Lilley and David Middleton - Savills (UK) Ltd
The key steps to leisure diversification
13.15 - 13.45
A panel of experts from Savills discuss the strategic, planning and operational considerations in developing new leisure enterprises on farms and rural estates.
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Jeremy Stanton - Birketts
Promotion Agreements. A Question of Balance.
14.00 - 14.30
Setting the balance between allowing the Promoter the flexibility to do what the parties want the Promoter to do, to promote the property and obtain a planning permission, whilst retaining sufficient control for the landowner to keep the promotion on track and as importantly to guide, monitor, and support the Promoter, ensuring both parties achieve both their and the promotion’s objectives.
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Emma Gore, Victoria Hampson & Ross Armstrong - Sykes Holiday Cottages
Live Q&A - How to maximise your income by holiday letting
14.45 - 15.15
Join the Sykes Holiday Cottages expert team as they answer all your questions on how to successfully diversify into holiday letting and offer guests an immersive farm experience - whether you’re thinking of converting a barn, adding a yurt, or you’re already running a holiday let. Farm holidays have never been more in demand and we’re here to discuss how you can take advantage of this to maximise your income.
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Alison Cole and Christine Lund-Beck - UDL Intellectual Property
Safeguard your Innovation and Branding — Exploring the Use of IP Protection
15.30 - 16.00
We’ll give an overview of IP protection, explaining the different types available (including trade marks, patents, designs and copyright) and how exactly you can go about securing protection. Then, we’ll focus in on brand protection through trade marks, explaining how to protect your logo, business name and much more. Businesses spend a great deal of time and money to create and establish their brand and this should be safeguarded to prevent copycats and counterfeiters from profiting off of your brand.
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Thursday
Angus Macdonald - Talick Group
Making The Transition to a Fossil-Free Future
11.00 - 11.30
Our reliance on fossil fuels needs to be drastically reduced across all industries. Balancing the needs of the planet against provision and profit is a challenge that those pursuing a livelihood in farming now face. Angus Macdonald explores some possible solutions.
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Paul Michel - Associate at Rapid Business Finance
The Commercial Finance Landscape – lenders, products, case studies
11.45 - 12.15
An overview of Commercial Finance in the UK, in the wake of the Covid crisis. Paul will be presenting an overview of both traditional and alternative lenders, and the products on offer. He will discuss various funding arrangements and products, and give some case studies.
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Charles Gulland - Wigwam® Holidays
The time is right to invest in the UK’s No.1 Glamping Franchise.
12.30 - 13.00
With a track record of over two decades in building wooden cabins from sustainable home grown timber, Charles Gulland, the original innovator of the camping pod and founder of the first ‘glamping holiday’ business, demonstrates how his unique and proven business model has helped farm businesses diversify and maximize revenue.
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Jeremy Stanton - Birketts
Promotion Agreements. A Question of Balance.
14.00 - 14.30
Setting the balance between allowing the Promoter the flexibility to do what the parties want the Promoter to do, to promote the property and obtain a planning permission, whilst retaining sufficient control for the landowner to keep the promotion on track and as importantly to guide, monitor, and support the Promoter, ensuring both parties achieve both their and the promotion’s objectives.
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