We understand that agriculture and rural business is highly specialised, bringing its own set of unique commercial and legal challenges that are often quite distinct from those faced in other businesses.
Of course, there are all the familiar commercial pressures of running a business – but with extra dimensions that come from operating in a rural setting and often working alongside other family members. This includes not only contending with the usual challenges of farming life – including family dynamics, changing consumer and retailer preferences, planning and environmental issues – but also new and increasingly complex challenges and opportunities – such as the roll out of new Environmental Land Management subsidy schemes, the push towards net zero and additional competing pressures on land use from natural capital, rewilding and other commercial and environmental diversification schemes.
