Like many businesses throughout the UK, we are closely monitoring the Covid-19 outbreak and following the advice provided by Government.

Brexit has weighed on confidence for all UK businesses over the past three and a half years but farmers have endured added uncertainty.

Edward has joined Robson & Liddle to assist with its work advising farmers and landowners across the North of England and Southern Scotland.

Thinning woodlands is best management practice as it maximises timber growth and income. James Pyrah discusses the benefits.

Tomos Davies has qualified as a Chartered Surveyor and Registered Valuer after passing his professional RICS exams.

Our Julie Liddle has been appointed to a prestigious committee for agriculture and countryside issues.

Whether it’s fishing rights, deer stalking opportunities or the chance of a fully driven shoot on your land there are benefits to leasing your land for sporting purposes. Tomos Davies discusses some of the main considerations.

Rural landlords in particular could suffer from major legal reforms on removing tenants. John Robson examines the main issues.

Older landowners looking to step back from their farming business are increasingly turning to contract farming. Tomos Davies explains the pros and cons.

Farmers, woodland owners, foresters and land managers looking to make environmental improvements may find the government’s Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme beneficial, especially in helping bridge the funding gap once basic payments start to decrease. Tomos Davies looks at what is on offer.

Tenant farmers have legal succession rights that mean their children and grandchild can potentially take up their tenancies. John Robson discusses the main considerations.

Many farmers are responding to rising energy costs, lower food prices and the huge Brexit question mark with a broad range of enterprising diversification ventures. Julie Liddle runs the rule over some of them.