Tender for your future, York Racecourse, York, YO23 1EX
• Would you like to secure a farm tenancy but need a bit more advice?
• Do you want to polish up some farm business skills or have questions which need to be answered?
• Are you thinking of entering the NFYFC Farm Business Development Competition next year but could do with some training?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions, take up NFYFC’s offer, in conjunction with Savills, for a free training event with professional land agents in Exeter on Friday 20 November, London on Friday 27 November and York on Friday 15 January 2010.
Savills has been recognised as the leading name in the UK property sector for generations. Formed in 1855 today Savills manage over 2 million acres on behalf of private, institutional and corporate clients in the UK, providing commercial expertise, a thorough knowledge of rural businesses and an understanding of the pressures and opportunities owners and occupiers face. Savills has worked with NFYFC to secure Defra funding for three regional events of informal training, workshops and discussion covering forms of land occupation, including contract farming agreements, Farm Business Tenancies and Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancies.
Clive Beer, Savills’ Head of Rural Professional Services, Ashley Lilley, Savills’ Agribusiness Consultant and Charlotte Balaam, Savills’ Rural Consultant and Essex YFC member will provide the professional expertise on issues ranging from rent tender applications to the Tenancy Reform Industry Group (TRIG) reforms and their application. They will be joined by George Dunn, Chief Executive of the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA), who will give a briefing on the current market for agricultural tenancies and policy background. The events will be located at Savills’ Exeter and London offices and York Racecourse. Refreshments will be provided.
The event is free to YFC members, but as we anticipate high take-up for this offer, you are asked to send a £10 non-refundable deposit to NFYFC (refundable if your application is unsuccessful). If you are successful in securing a place, you will be advised accordingly and further details will be provided.
Programme
Tenancy Training Event
• 3.30pm Registration and coffee
• 4.00pm Introduction and overview - A landlord’s perspective on tenancy - Clive Beer, Savills; The tenant farmer’s perspective - George Dunn, Tenant Farmers Association
• 4.30pm Working towards a successful tender - Introductions to workshops
• 4.45pm Technical points of tenancy - Charlotte Balaam, Savills
• 5.15pm Tenancy and farm management – Ashley Lilley, Savills
• 5.45pm Workshops - Making a successful business proposal
• 6.45pm Presentations
• 7.45pm Feedback
• 8.00pm Depart
