In my last post on Inheritance tax I consider the losers and the loss of social structures and care that family businesses provide....

In this second  post I will demonstrate how inheritance tax can affect a tenant farmer by referring to a real life example from my past...

In the Chancellor's Autumn budget of 2024 changes were made to Inheritance tax Relief that reduced this relief on the value of both...

What would you do if your business experienced a disaster? 2002 saw me attending a meeting at one of Barclays Bank’s computer centres....

This is a simple explaination of Business Borrowing - I make no apology for keeping it simple. There are four common ways that a business...

Can your business rely upon social media? In the rural economy word of mouth and local reputation can be key. But where is the first...

Farming businesses have seen considerable rises in working capital requirements that is, the amount of cash required to see your...

Once upon a time there were two brothers, very healthy and in their late sixties, one had no children, the other had a son who was in the...

Many times as an Agricultural Bank Manager I sat down with an apparently profitable farming business and the owners sat there open...

How do you feel about your farm? • Does it feel harder than it should be? • Are you constantly short of money? • Do you keep receiving...

In the following I make no apology for the simplicity of what I have put. What seems obvious to one person is not to another. Indeed it...