Farm Business Management

For all farm and estate management matters, FBR are uniquely placed to offer a full range of high-spec services and expert advice. From hands on day-to-day business management to the sole provision of specially tailored consultancy advice, FBR utilises its full range of services to ensure maximum efficiency.

FBR’s team of experienced farm business consultants all have degrees and diplomas in Agriculture and Farm Business Management.

Together they offer strategic planning advice on farm business structures and finance for agriculture. The business also provides farmers and landowners with effective direct farm management services.

Cashflow Services

A contemporary, computerised system is used for all farm and estate budgets and cash flows, enabling an accurate projection of profitability.

Cash flows from these projections give monthly balances, a vital tool in the negotiation process with lenders over borrowing facilities. Comparison of actual against budget carefully monitors the performance of the business at all times.

Farm and Estate Accounts

FBR offers a cost effective system for production of financial accounts for farmers and land owners across Scotland and Northern England.

The business provides a bespoke service for farm management accounts, benchmarking data and advice on computerised farm business accounting systems.

FBR offers a highly efficient farm and estate book-keeping and VAT Bureau service and adopts the effective cattle and crop record bureau system, either at the client's premises or, by use of fax and e-mail, in-house at the FBR offices.

Contract Farming

The team of professional staff offer help and advice with the preparation and monitoring of contract farming arrangements to achieve farm management objectives. The team provides up-to-the minute advice and guidance on the Common Agricultural Policy, Single Farm Payment Scheme, Grants and subsidies for agriculture, Single Farm Payments Entitlement Trading and Cross Compliance / Agriculture and the Environment.

Rural Development Programme (RDP)

The team at FBR are experienced in all aspects of the RDP and provide key assistance and support with the Rural Stewardship Scheme, Organic Aid Scheme, Farm Business Development Scheme And Farm Business Advice Service (FBASS).

FBR have a team of dedicated specialists in this field who are approved consultants for the provision of Whole Farm Reviews under the FBASS scheme in Scotland.

Contact:

• Andrew Wemyss: andrew.wemyss@fbr.co.uk
• Richard Armitage: richard.armitage@fbr.co.uk
• Stuart Buchanan: stuart.buchanan@fbr.co.uk
• John Trotter: john.trotter@fbr.co.uk