inheritance tax
Diversification
A survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau found out of 250 agricultural and small businesses, almost a quarter (22%) have identified the need to diversify their operations for business survival
19 December 2024
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2 min read
Farming in Five
Description: In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown shares findings from NFU Cymru survey which highlights the ‘eyewatering investment’ and staggering costs facing Welsh farming businesses in order to comply with Welsh Government’s water quality regulations. Elsewhere, farming unions across the UK have joined forces for today’s big banner campaign to apply further political pressure on the Government following changes to Inheritance Tax in Chancellor’s Autumn Budget. And Wales' Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Richard Irvine, is encouraging bird keepers in Wales to take action now to protect their flocks from bird flu and stop the spread of the highly infectious disease, following an increase in number of cases of avian influenza in poultry and kept birds, across Great Britain.
19 December 2024
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1 min read
Farming in Five
Description: In today's Farming in Five, Chief Reporter Rachael Brown reflects on calls from the British Society of Animal Science to consider the ‘social licence’ aspect in the adoption of methane reducing feed additive Bovaer here in the UK. She reports on a young farmer who brought her heifer calf to Westminster to hand deliver a petition to Government over concerns with Inheritance Tax proposals
18 December 2024
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1 min read
Farm Business
"We are calling on the Chancellor to meet and run a formal consultation, to find a solution that will protect the long-term interests of family businesses and farms and, crucially the jobs and investment they provide"
16 December 2024
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5 min read
Farm Business
The Prime Minister's net satisfaction score brings him into the same league as Gordon Brown, Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson, and Margaret Thatcher
16 December 2024
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3 min read
Farm Business
Farmers have collected toys and money which will be donated to foodbanks and children's charities during the route
16 December 2024
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3 min read
Farm Business
The conference, organised by the group who set up the London farmer protest, hopes this will keep the pressure on the Government after it announced its tax plans
16 December 2024
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2 min read
Farm Business
"If the Chancellor will not listen and work with the farming community to find a way forward, her battle with the countryside will simply become a long running sore. It is a very bad look for the Government"
16 December 2024
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3 min read
Politics
The need to keep up the momentum to force change on Inheritance Tax plans and FG's campaign to Save Britain's Family Farms were on the agenda this week from Farmers Guardian's Head of News and Business Alex Black
13 December 2024
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2 min read
Farm Business
"I do not think large farmers should be exempt from Inheritance Tax because no-one else is"
12 December 2024
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4 min read
