Farmers silaging at Thwaites Farm near Welton.TUESDAY 17th JULY 2012. DAVID HOLLINS 50036322F006.jpg. A NEW date has been set for the inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards. It had been planned to hold the much-anticipated event in the spring, but Covid-19 has led to the decision to move the event to a new date this autumn. Entries for the 12 categories will now be reopened until May 4. The Awards will be judged by a panel of respected industry experts and specialists from a wide spectrum of backgrounds, headed by Andrew Robinson, partner and head of agriculture and farming at Carlisle-based business advisers and accountants Armstrong Watson, our headline sponsors, who are also sponsoring a further category, the Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the drinks reception.
PIONEERING female panellists will be featured in H&H Group’s latest interactive online webinar. Hosted in part to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day on Monday, March 8, the theme will centre around ‘Planning for Today and The Future’. Topics will cover aspects from succession planning and farm diversification, to opportunities and schemes available within the National Park. Chaired by Barbara Huddart of Glendale PR, the webinar will feature Lynne Mallinson, Business Consultant and Non-Executive Board Director at H&H Group plc, who will discuss “The Opportunities within Farm Diversification”. · Emma Boyles, of The Grey Sheep Company, who will approach “Finding a Niche and Making it Work”. · Heather Wildman, of Saviour Associates, who will cover “The Importance of Succession Planning”. · Julia Aglionby, Professor in Practice at the Centre of National Parks and Protected Areas and a Consultant with H&H Land & Estates, who will discuss “
Online webinar to offer insight into rural sectors
H&H Ladies Webinar
A Cumbrian business is to launch an online webinar centred around âPlanning for Today and The Futureâ.
H&H Group, based at Borderway Mart in the Rosehill area of Carlisle, announces its latest interactive online webinar, hosted in part to mark and celebrate this yearâs International Womenâs Day, on Monday, March 8.
The event will feature pioneering female panellists who all offer extensive understanding of their rural sectors.
Topics will cover aspects from succession planning and farm diversification, to opportunities and schemes available within the National Park.
THE inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards will be judged by a panel of respected industry experts and specialists from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Headed by Andrew Robinson, partner and head of agriculture and farming at Carlisle-based business advisers and accountants Armstrong Watson, our headline sponsors, who are also sponsoring a further category, the Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the drinks reception. Andrew will be partnered in the search to find farming’s unsung heroes, by Alistair Mackintosh, west Cumbrian beef and sheep farmer and chairman of Red Tractor Assurance, as well as the National Farmers Union Cumbrian council delegate; Ian Bowness, Aspatria dairy farmer and NFU county chairman’; Agricultural Partner at David Allen Accountants in Dalston, Michael Peile; Julia Aglionby, Armathwaite farmer and Executive Director of the Foundation for Common Land; Lois Mansfield, Professor of Upland Landscapes, and Director of Ambleside Campus; Sharon Sloan, Lely Ce
WITH millions of parents across the country struggling with the responsibility of educating school-aged children, H&H Group has announced a support package to help their employees with at least the technological aspect of home-schooling. In the midst of a UK digital divide, parents have grappled to source and provide enough technology devices to aid their children while learning from home. H&H Group’s ‘Buy a Laptop Scheme’ will deliver £150 of financial assistance to those employees who need additional support to purchase these technological necessities for their children. Making a real difference in these tough times is a real challenge for companies facing the reality of a workforce juggling working from home with their home-schooling duties. For those without access to adequate technology, this is even more difficult.