by Tim Waring | Jun 15, 2022 | Residential
In this column over recent months, I have reflected how 2021 was a year like no other for estate agents, provided my predictions for 2022, given a polite lecture to potential buyers who are sometimes economical with the truth, extolled the virtues of colour in the...
by Catherine Johnston | Jun 10, 2022 | Agriculture, Grant Schemes
More information was released by DEFRA on 9th June about the Slurry Investment Scheme which is due to open for applications in Autumn 2022. Slurry Infrastructure grant – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) We now know… Only pig, dairy and beef farmers already using a slurry...
by Catherine Johnston | May 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Grant Schemes
This week, DEFRA has issued its manual with more details on its Adding Value grant which is the third theme of the Farming Transformation Fund (FTF) with a £30 million budget. This follows the two previous themes of water and improving farm productivity. This offers...
by Catherine Johnston | May 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Grant Schemes
This week, DEFRA published a series of guidance documents on various aspects of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2022 (SFI 2022) as well as updating relevant pages online which can be found in the SFI Guidance Collection on DEFRA’s website....
by Tim Waring | May 4, 2022 | Residential
I was fortunate recently to spend the day visiting Keukenhof near Amsterdam. Known as the Garden of Europe, it is one of the world’s largest flower gardens covering almost 80 acres and apparently some 7 million bulbs are planted there annually. It was a complete blast...
by Tim Waring | Mar 21, 2022 | Residential
Prediction is defined as a forecast or statement about a future event or data that is often, but not always, based on experience or knowledge. However, when future events are necessarily uncertain, any guarantee about the future is impossible. A Harvard business guru...
by John Haigh | Mar 8, 2022 | Agriculture, Development, Residential
AFTER 32 years at the helm, John Haigh, Executive Chair of independent and highly renowned Yorkshire estate agents, Lister Haigh continues to lead his company forwards with the future looking brighter than ever as we move on and through the 2020s. Despite the past two...
by Catherine Johnston | Feb 22, 2022 | Agriculture, Payment Scheme
DEFRA finally published the rules of the Lump Sum Exit Scheme this month which have been awaited since October last year. The application window is expected to be from April to September this year and all those who apply that meet the criteria, deliver the required...
by Tim Waring | Feb 7, 2022 | Residential
So 2022 has started as 2021 ended. A shortage of stock for sale, numerous buyers chasing the same properties, agents left with no option but to set best offer deadlines and resultant tears of joy or disappointment depending on the outcome. So where is this all leading...
by Peter Vernon | Jan 24, 2022 | Development
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is very much the here, now and future of land and rural property development and diversification. It has also become law contained within the Environment Act requiring all development schemes to deliver a mandatory 10% biodiversity net gain...
