CLA Speakers
Diversification into new areas of business – making your land, property and business assets work harder – is increasingly popular, and brings new income streams. However, many landowners have been talked into new ventures by salesmen and consultants that then go on to become costly mistakes. It is vital that you have independent, impartial, and expert help and advice. And that is where the CLA can help.
The CLA not only has its own advisers in all the core areas you need – land use, law, taxation and planning – but they almost certainly have members around the country who have already undertaken a similar venture. They understand what income you could realistically earn and, more importantly, they know the potential pitfalls. All this advice is free to CLA members.
At the show, CLA experts will be presenting seminars on a range of topics that will be essential for anyone considering a diversification project.
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Wednesday
Andrew Shirley MRICS - CLA
Business Rates and Council Tax: What You Need to Know
10.45 - 11.15
This seminar will look at the basis for council tax and consideration of your banding. It will cover how holiday accommodation, second homes and vacant dwellings are dealt with. It will also look at non-domestic rates (often referred to as business rates), small business rate relief and the appeal process.
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Jonathan Thompson - CLA
Owning Heritage: Asset or Nightmare?
11.30 - 12.00
This seminar will look at how well the heritage protection and consent system works – or often fails to work – and how you can navigate your way through to achieve outcomes best for both the building and your business.
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Louise Speke - CLA
Make Sure you Don’t Fall Foul of the VAT Man
12.15 - 12.45
This seminar will provide an overview of the VAT issues you should consider if you are thinking of diversifying into a new business. These include VAT registration and anti-avoidance rules, the correct rates to pay (e.g. on building works) and charge out as well as rules for managing VAT records and filing returns.
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Fraser McAuley - CLA
Future Farming: Novel Crops and Production Systems
13.30 - 14.00
Brexit, climate change and a changing policy landscape are posing both challenges and opportunities to rural businesses. This seminar will cover what new crop and production systems are on the horizon and how they could add to the profitability and resilience of farm businesses.
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Fenella Collins MRICS - CLA
Diversification: Tips for Navigating the Planning System
14.15 - 14.45
All new development is subject to legislation set out in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and associated secondary legislation. It is also subject to national and local planning policy. Generally, a new venture will require some form of planning permission. This seminar will provide tips for achieving planning permission.
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Harry Greenfield - CLA
Environmental Markets: New Opportunities for Farmers and Land Managers
15.00 - 15.30
As environmental issues rise up the agenda, the Government, the public and businesses are looking at ways to improve the natural environment. Farmers and land managers are uniquely placed to deliver a wide range of environmental public goods – from clean water to thriving wildlife – and to be rewarded for doing so. This seminar will look at a range of opportunities including new ecological markets, government-funded schemes and private sector investment in natural capital.
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Thursday
Andrew Shirley MRICS - CLA
Business Rates and Council Tax: What You Need to Know
10.45 - 11.15
This seminar will look at the basis for council tax and consideration of your banding. It will cover how holiday accommodation, second homes and vacant dwellings are dealt with. It will also look at non-domestic rates (often referred to as business rates), small business rate relief and the appeal process.
See More
Fenella Collins MRICS - CLA
Diversification: Tips for Navigating the Planning System
11.30 - 12.00
All new development is subject to legislation set out in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and associated secondary legislation. It is also subject to national and local planning policy. Generally, a new venture will require some form of planning permission. This seminar will provide tips for achieving planning permission.
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Matt Taylor - CLA
Why Create Woodlands? The Potential of Trees in Rural Enterprise
12.15 - 12.45
This seminar will explore the economics of woodlands, from creation to harvest. It will look at some of the opportunities and constraints presented by the many funding opportunities available when creating woodlands, including carbon funding and the role for woodlands in Defra’s Environmental Land Management Scheme.
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Andrew Gillett and Roger Tetlow - CLA
Rural property and liability – avoiding some common pitfalls
13.30 - 14.00
This seminar will discuss areas of the law relating to property and liability that often cause landowners concern. It will look at how to avoid some common pitfalls.
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Louise Speke - CLA
Make Sure you Don’t Fall Foul of the VAT Man
14.15 - 14.45
This seminar will provide an overview of the VAT issues you should consider if you are thinking of diversifying into a new business. These include VAT registration and anti-avoidance rules, the correct rates to pay (e.g. on building works) and charge out as well as rules for managing VAT records and filing returns.
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Harry Greenfield - CLA
Environmental Markets: New Opportunities for Farmers and Land Managers
15.00 - 15.30
As environmental issues rise up the agenda, the Government, the public and businesses are looking at ways to improve the natural environment. Farmers and land managers are uniquely placed to deliver a wide range of environmental public goods – from clean water to thriving wildlife – and to be rewarded for doing so. This seminar will look at a range of opportunities including new ecological markets, government-funded schemes and private sector investment in natural capital.
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