The Countryside Stewardship Scheme 2021 is predicted to launch on the 9th February. We have been working with many clients who are looking to apply in preparation for the scheme application window going live. We have 42 client schemes already in the pipeline for 2021, but it is not too [...]

November 2020 will go down as a momentous month in the rural economy for years to come with the Agricultural Bill receiving royal assent and becoming law and now becoming the Agricultural Act 2020. This represents the first piece of UK agricultural legal instrument since the Agricultural Act of 1947, [...]

We have been reliably informed that round 3 of the Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme (CPSG) will be launched imminently with an expected application window of October 2020. The CPSG offers up to 40% grant funding (between £3,000 to £12,000) on a range of capital items up to a value [...]

The Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS) provides grant funding for farmers and crofters to purchase specific items of agricultural equipment. As promised further details are now available at the link below, including a full list of qualifying items. There is up to 50% (60% Highlands and Islands) funding available [...]