Meet the owner of the yellow caravan at Derby s Cockpit Island
The 33-year-old has been spent his Christmas there
The distinctive caravan and boat have been parked in the central reservation at Cockpit Island for more than a week (Image: Derby Telegraph)
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By Paul Hannon, Austen Hufford and Tom Fairless LONDON In January, when British brewer Ralph Broadbent was preparing to launch a new fuss-free product for home brewing, he collided with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, which delayed the arrival of injection molding tools he d ordered from China. By the time the tools arrived, a nationwide lockdown in the U.K. prompted him to cut the number of employees who could safely work in his warehouse to four from 20. He only launched his product, called The Pinter, in September. This fall, by the time infections surged again, Mr. Broadbent added another bigger warehouse to allow employees to social distance and keep safe. The company, the Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co., was able to ship ingredients to make 50,000 pints of beer in one week.
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11:01 AM December 17, 2020
Stephen Briggs, who is a tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, has won the Stephen and Gill Bullock Award for his research into agroforestry systems.
- Credit: CAMBS COUNCIL
A Fenland farmer whose business now employs 11 people and generates an annual turnover of £400,000 has won a national award for his research into agroforestry systems.
Stephen Briggs built a farm shop, café and education centre at his farm in Farcet three years ago thanks to a £250,000 investment from Cambridgeshire County Council.
A tenant of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, Mr Briggs work investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems.
Published:
12:00 PM December 14, 2020
Updated:
11:19 AM December 16, 2020
Stephen Briggs, a tenant of Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems and was convinced that it could be applied successfully in the UK.
- Credit: Archant
A farmer who developed the UK’s biggest agroforestry system on his land at Farcet has won a top national award for his research into the system which involves growing trees and conventional crops side by side.
Stephen Briggs, a tenant of Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate, investigated how farmers in other countries operated agroforestry systems and was convinced that it could be applied successfully in the UK.
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