WelcomeBusiness Supporters

Azets are specialist local accountants and a business advisory group. Our rural team are proud to act for a diverse range of estate and farming businesses.  We use generations of experience to provide the full range of accounting and tax services, helping you adapt to a changing marketplace, and support you in planning for a robust and profitable future.  Whether you’re a farmer, estate owner or an agricultural retailer, we recognise that you want to deal with people who understand the rural economy.  Our Warwickshire office works with a wide range of farmers and agribusinesses to provide personalised accountancy services which can include:

• Succession and retirement planning
• Tax advice on business structures and project appraisals
• Planning for significant capital expenditure and related tax reliefs
• Cost control, managing cash flow and advice with accounting systems
• Accounts and tax return preparation for both unincorporated and incorporated businesses
• VAT and bookkeeping services

Contact: Rob Anderson

Address: Azets, 3Mc Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Drive, Coventry, CV3 4FJ

Berrys is a practice of forward-thinking chartered surveyors, town planners, business consultants, architects, engineers and heritage consultants, offering all property-related services under one roof.  With a strong reputation both locally and regionally of providing high quality professional advice, the team at Berrys has a clear understanding of the challenges that clients face and finds solutions that maximise the potential of their land, property and business.

Contact: Archie Benson, Chartered Surveyor, Towcester office

Contact number: 07442 969 325

Brown & Co’s network of Land Agents and Agri-Business Consultants operate in all their regions of operation enabling them to maintain an unrivalled knowledge in terms of opportunities, valuation advice and market trends at a microlevel.   Their farm agency team has extensive expertise across sales and purchase of farms, estates, land and all aspects of rural property. The company believe that Land Agency should enable you to make more of your rural assets in both the short and long term. Whatever your aims their dedicated team of specialists can help you achieve them.

Brown & Co’s specialist team of Agri-Business Consultants, have more than 25 years of experience in advising farm businesses of all types and sizes and thrives on the challenge of helping their farming clients maximise both annual profits and long-term value. Their advisors are experienced in all aspects of the agricultural sector, working from within the industry to deliver the aims and ambitions of clients.

Contact: Laura Negus, Land Agent, Banbury office

Contact number: 07909 001 315

County Insurance Services is a dynamic, forward-thinking insurance expert which provides a broad range of insurance policies for businesses and private clients.  They are specialists in rural and farm insurance and are one of a handful of insurance providers offering  insurance for thatched properties.  County Insurance pride themselves on building long-term relationships with their clients. They understand individual insurance requirements and provide the most cost-effective solutions.   County Insurance have been offering an insurance service for over 35 years and are still a family-run broker with a genuine focus on its customers.

Contact: Oliver Burns

Contact number: 01865 290 916

Address: County House, Glyme Court, Langford Land, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1LQ

With over fifty years’ experience, Ellacotts are market leaders in the agricultural sector. Our staff are from farming backgrounds and understand the challenges and opportunities that face the farming industry. We work with a wide range of farmers, landowners and other agribusinesses to provide individually tailored taxation and accounting services including:

• Succession planning advice
• Accounts and tax return preparation
• Property and land transaction planning
• New venture or diversification
• VAT and bookkeeping 

Contact: Mark Dickin

Contact number: 01295 250 401

Address: Countrywide House, 23 West Bar, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9SA

Farm Services Limited are specialist land drainage contractors, established over 75 years ago, who pride themselves in the service and expertise they offer to their customers in what is now the third generation of family ownership.  Farm Services operates throughout the UK offering both open trench and trenchless drainage solutions with modern, specialist machinery. From design to installation they transform wet, unworkable land into an asset.

Since the birth of agriculture farmers have tried to control the amount of water reaching their crops. Excess water is often a restricting factor in yield and here in Northern Europe we get more than our fair share of rain. A network of drains, carefully designed and correctly installed, can remove excess water and the advantages of doing this are well known; land drainage is a tried and tested technology which is a major part of healthy productive soils.

Contact: Rob Burtonshaw

Contact number: 01926 651 540

Address: Chesterton Estate Yard, Banbury Road, Lighthorne, Warwick, CV35 0AF

Godfrey-Payton is a long-established firm of chartered surveyors, who advise a diverse client base from offices in Warwick, Coventry and Market Harborough. Their Agent’s manage a number of private estates, corporate and investment trusts, as well as helping many landowners and farmers achieve planning permission for barn conversions to large-scale development land. They also advise clients on land and property management, lettings, farm, land and forestry sales.

Godfrey-Payton are AMC Agents and Registered Valuers, as well as offering commercial property management services.

From their Warwick office, Godfrey-Payton run a busy Estate Agents, valuing, selling and letting properties in Warwickshire and the surrounding counties.

Contact number: 01926 492 511

Address: 25 High Street, Warwick, CV34 4BB

As an award-winning Top 50 UK law firm we provide the full range of services that you would expect, to organisations, business leaders and individuals. Our clients trust us. We help them not only be compliant with the law but to run commercially successful operations. We’re with families and individuals for the moments that matter; helping protect their wealth now and for the future.

We’re often told that our approach is what makes us different. Instead of being loud about who we are and what we do, we’ve been focused on building services that solve our clients’ problems and help them get to where they want to be.

Our nationally-renowned sector teams combine industry insight and expertise with sound legal advice.

We are the law firm with a passion for people.

Email: Alexandra Robinson – Partner 

Heath Engineering is an innovative British manufacturer who has been producing agricultural equipment for over seventy years, with many customers learning that equipment carrying the ‘Heath Engineering’ name is synonymous with machines that are built to do the job and will last.  Heath Engineering is part of the HG Heath and Sons group of companies.

Established in 1944, HG Heath & Sons is a family run business based in Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire. With years of experience in farming and agricultural contracting services, they can provide a range of services to suit your every requirement.

Contact number: 01608 682 062

Address: New Bridges Farm, Blackwell, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4JX

We’ve been supporting homeowners, landowners, and landlords since 1888. We offer total property, land and estate services to residential, commercial and rural clients.  Our land, farm & rural team is made up of fully qualified chartered surveyors, graduate surveyors, rural property professionals and support teams, all sharing a passion for farming, agriculture and the rural landscape. We work with landowners, occupiers, landlords and tenants, developers, promoters & new homes builders across Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and further afield.   We support our clients through any land or property matters, sale or acquisition, planning & diversification, grant & subsidy applications, compulsory purchase or any other matters.   We are passionate about the land and farms, estates and clients that we serve and remain committed to making our region’s farmers and landowners successful in all that they do.

Contact number: 01827 721 385

Lodders is a law firm built around outstanding legal advice and exceptional service to regional, national and international private clients. From business owners through to wealthy families, landowners, farmers and successful individuals, clients choose Lodders for our renowned technical expertise and our friendly, partner-led service.

Well known for our expertise in agricultural law, private client and real estate matters, Lodders brings together a team with an impressive array of legal specialisms and a level of service that is renowned for being both personal and responsive.
Lodders currently has four offices in Stratford upon Avon, Cheltenham and Henley in Arden, 25 partners and approximately 140 staff.

Telephone:

• Stratford Upon Avon – 01789 293 259
• Henley in Arden – 01564 792 261
• Cheltenham – 01242 228 370
• Birmingham – 01212 000 890

Contact: Lodders Solicitors LLP

Address: Number Ten, Elm Court,Arden Street, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 6PA

Newton LDP is a land, development and property agency with a focus on planning, development and rural businesses. Based in Warwickshire, the company specialises in providing innovative solutions, with a team of highly skilled professionals, committed to delivering exceptional service and results for their valued clients.  The company’s core services include planning and development, strategic land, land & property agency, valuation and rural property consultancy. Newton LDP also offers a range of agribusiness services to support clients in the agricultural sector, including farm business appraisals, grant applications, and advice regarding rural diversification projects.

Newton LDP has a proven track record of delivering results for clients across a range of sectors, including residential, commercial, rural property and agriculture sectors. The company’s approach is based on a clear understanding of the project, combined with a commitment to working collaboratively with clients and stakeholders to achieve their goals.

Contact: Tilly Jackson

Contact number: 01926 674 020

Severn Trent Water are one of the largest water and wastewater utilities in the UK. Their catchment management team work with farmers, landowners and businesses in priority catchments to improve the farmed environment, river health, biodiversity, and ultimately, drinking water quality. Our team of agricultural advisors offer a range of grants, training and advice to improve farm infrastructure and implement land management changes, whilst aiding farmers in their own development.

We trace our Stratford roots back to 1974 and our Birmingham roots back to 1768. We provide a friendly and personal service whether you need legal advice for yourself, your family, or your business. Our firm is top ranked in Chambers and Partners and is a member of the NFU panel. Our dedicated team of specialists stands out for its expertise across all aspects of agricultural law, including farm sales and purchases; farming and boundary disputes; and rights to easements. We also advise on family farming partnerships, leases, farm business tenancies, easements and mortgages, and can help you identify development potential of land and buildings.

Contact: Peter Snodgrass

Contact number: 01789 416 400

Address: Bridgeway House, Bridgeway, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 6YX

Syngenta is a world-leading plant science company committed to promoting sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology.  We bring plant potential to life by working to our values: Innovation, Intensity, Health and Performance. These values are at the core of everything we do at Syngenta. They help to guide our actions and decisions.  We increase crop yield and quality with market leading crop protection products and plant varieties. We produce flowers and ornamental products to make Britain a brighter place and our beneficial insects control pests and naturally pollinate plants.  Our cutting edge Research and Development drives our UK crop protection business. Our scientists discover and develop pesticides and continue to make our existing products even safer and more effective.  Several of our market leaders are manufactured in Great Britain, and distributed to farmers in the UK and around the world.

Warwick Crop Centre is part of the University’s School of Life Sciences and is an internationally recognised centre for research in sustainable agriculture and horticulture. Fresh produce, including ornamentals, is our speciality but we work on a variety of crops. We undertake a wide range of research in specialist laboratory, field and glasshouse-based facilities to provide high quality science expertise in areas including crop breeding, plant pathology, entomology, agronomy, crop nutrition, plant-soil-microbe interactions, gene editing in horticultural crops, field trials and environmental research.  The UK Vegetable Gene Bank, located on the Wellesbourne Campus, has a remit for the collection, conservation and research study of a range of vegetable crops and their wild relatives.

We work collaboratively with industry to provide innovative solutions to today’s agricultural and horticultural issues and to help maintain a competitive and sustainable farming industry. The Wellesbourne Campus is a member of the Rural Hub’s Sustainable Farming Groups and takes part in collaborative projects focused on biodiversity.

Contact number: 02476 575 066

Address: Warwick Crop Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF

Warwickshire County Council work collaboratively with the Rural Hub and kindly provided grant funding to develop this website and a new client management system.

If you’re looking to start, grow, or scale your business, the Warwickshire Business Growth Service is your gateway to fully funded, expert support. Backed by Warwickshire County Council (WCC) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), this free service connects you to trusted guidance, resources, and opportunities designed to help your business thrive.

You’ll find lots of information about the support on offer locally and links to the national business growth service. The new National Business Growth Service website, which provides a range of business support services, including information on starting up a new business or growing an existing one. The site will also provide you access to the Business Academy, which you can join and watch a range of webinars that will give advice, training and support along your business journey.

You can access their business growth service on the link below.

Contact: Abi Culley, Sector Development Officer

Address: Warwickshire County Council, Shire Hall, Warwick, CV34 4RL

Windmill Farming is a collaborative agricultural enterprise that brings together individual farming businesses to enhance efficiency and sustainability. By pooling resources, expertise, and operations, they enable farmers to maintain control over their own farms whilst benefiting from shared machinery, labour, and knowledge. This joint venture model addresses challenges such as rising machinery costs, labour shortages, and environmental pressures, fostering a resilient and innovative farming community.  Windmill Farming’s experienced Farm Manager unites like-minded farmers, encouraging collaboration and shared ideas to navigate the challenges of modern agriculture. He manages the group’s £2 million worth of machinery, overseeing all aspects of its operation, from logistics to maintenance and leads his workforce managing day-to-day operations and ensuring efficiency at all times.

Contact: Martin Downes

Address: Windmill Farming, Squab Hall, Harbury Lane, Leamington Spa, CV33 9QB