Solutions

Environmental Consultancy

In today's rapidly changing environment, it is essential that agricultural and rural businesses profit from the new environmental schemes that have recently been launched by the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Our agricultural and environmental consultants have extensive experience in delivering these schemes and combine environmental outputs with commercial awareness, allowing applicant's businesses to become sustainable and generate profit from environmental protection.

If you are confused about the new Environmental Stewardship Schemes and are unsure about how to make the best of these opportunities, please pick up the phone and contact us. Our qualified advisors can complete applications under both the Entry Level Scheme (ELS) and the Higher Level Scheme (HLS) and can integrate these opportunities to deliver measurable environmental benefits for your business.

Rural Grants

At a time when the depth, and range of grants becomes more and more complex, it is difficult to understand the options available to you as a business, and how to exploit these opportunities.

Our consultants have obtained over £1.2 million in grant funding for clients in the last 3 years, under schemes such as the Rural Enterprise scheme (RES) the Process and Marketing Grant scheme (PMG) or the Vocational Training Scheme (VTS). The scope of these grants extends to agricultural, rural and community groups and offers funding support from 30 -100%. If you are considering a business expansion, developing new enterprise or considering re-training, call our consultants to discuss an application and how we can simplify this complex process.

Financial Management

Robust financial monitoring and analysis is an intrinsic part of any successful business, but an area where most SMEs are restricted by time limitations.

• Enterprise analysis and appraisal;
• Budgeting, cost analysis and monitoring financial progress;
• Benchmarking against industry leaders;
• Strategy development and turnaround implementation;
• Change implementation and facilitation;

Our tried and tested budget package allows all business to identify where there strengths and weaknesses lie, and where resources should be focused. In order to take your business to the next level is it not time that you become a pro-active rather than reactive business manager?

Marketing

Knowing your market is now ever more important to get the right products, at the right time, to the right individual. This is especially important for small, rural-based businesses, that can compete with international organisations if they get this marketing mix right.

If you are an established or growing businesses that needs extra marketing know-how, consider the rage of services that we offer.

• Strategic marketing audits integrated with financial budgets;
• Micro level segment analysis;
• Competitor analysis;
• Promotional, packaging and product development;

Our services extend from macro level marketing audits to micro level branding and customer surveys. Our experience allows us to deliver accurate market forecasts and competitor analysis giving your company the edge over the competition.

Bio-renewable

Bio-energy, bio-fuels and bio-material (polymers and starches) will all be in high demand as we move towards a more sustainable consumption base. In the future these markets will offer UK agriculture major opportunities to replace low value food crops, with high value energy and renewable products. We are currently developing networks thought the supply chain, and have expertise in this filed in the areas of contract negotiation, costing and grant applications.

Our services have the potential to allow your business to become involved in markets and their development stage, when returns are the highest. If you want to discuss your ideas, or see the potential of bio-renewables, contact us!