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Keynote Theatre at Farm Business Innovation

Keynote Theatre 1

Wednesday 7th November

Thursday 8th November

11.00 - 11.30

Keynote

Wednesday

Henry Dieudonné-Demaria - Defra

Natural capital and the future of environmental land management

Government priorities for the future of environmental land management. How do Brexit and the publication of the 25 Year Environment Plan change things? What are the risks and the opportunities? What is the big win?

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11.45 - 12.15

Keynote

Wednesday

Lord Carnarvon - Highclere Castle

Highclere - Becoming a Global Icon of UK Heritage

Lord Carnarvon's talk will follow a timeline from when himself and Lady Carnarvon took over the Castle in 2003, exploring the main challenges and long cycle of building repairs, to Highclere becoming a global icon of UK heritage through the popular TV series Downton Abbey. Through further developments and entrepreneurial ideas, Lord Carnarvon will discuss how he is able to maintain the coherence of the Estate in the the long run.

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12.30 - 13.00

Keynote

Wednesday

John Kirkpatrick - TESCO

Chicken or Egg - Working with retail to drive a successful diversification opportunity.

John Kirkpatrick will be discussing a significant change program across the TESCO poultry and egg division which he has led, focused on improvement based on science, evidence and factual information. One specific area that he has developed in order to deliver to customer expectations is welfare outcome measure reporting, providing benchmarking tools to benchmark not only within the country, but globally. He currently manages in partnership with suppliers and third party audit provider Integra, a diverse and challenging global portfolio; however, it is one that presents significant opportunities for the future of U.K. agriculture.

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13.15 - 13.45

Keynote

Wednesday

Rosie Martin - The Bishop’s Palace

How to grow your visitor income

Visitor numbers to The Bishop’s Palace have doubled in 5 years. This success has built reserves and an annual surplus that is reinvested in the site. Rosie provides practical advice on growing your business from diversifying audiences and attracting the family market to launching a highly successful café and catering business. She will share how marketing, building a unique play area, and an ever-changing public events programme changed the fortunes of the 800 year old Palace.

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14.00 - 14.30

Keynote

Wednesday

Iain Beaumont - Cowdray Estate

How to start an exclusive-use events business on a country estate

Iain will give a broad insight into the ways that you can make money through accommodating exclusive-use events within your property and grounds. Topics will range from understanding client expectations, marketing your business and the added-value achieved by letting your property on an exclusive-use basis. Iain will also explain the key steps necessary to set up and run a successful business, as well as ensuring that you get the basics right

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14.45 - 15.15

Keynote

Wednesday

Tom Mellor - Wold Top Brewery

Developing businesses to add value to an Agricultural Commodity

Outline the transition from Farmer to Brewer to Contract Packager of beer and to Malt Whisky Distilling utilising barley and water from the farm which then underpins its viability. Learning how to market a product both Nationally and Internationally.

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15.30 - 16.00

Keynote

Wednesday

Di Wood (Hammill) - Wild Harvest

Developing your Glamping BRAND - Branding tips for newby glamping business owners

So, you have a glamping site or an idea for one but don''t know where to start with creating a consistent presence online? An identity that is easily recognisable as your business? This talk is for you if you want not just to set up a business but develop a recognisable brand that reflects your business and gets instant recognition across all platforms.

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11.00 - 11.30

Keynote

Thursday

Oliver McEntyre - Barclays

Funding & Financing Diversification

Having a diversification idea is one step, but how to fund it can be one of the barriers to executing your business plan. Oliver will discuss what a bank will look for, the information required and some of the different methods of financing your farm diversification project

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11.45 - 12.15

Keynote

Thursday

John Hoy - Castle Howard

Castle Howard Revisited

Castle Howard is an iconic estate sitting amidst the Howardian Hills in North Yorkshire. It is a traditional landed estate with the house, gardens and park being opened to the public and it is famed for being the setting for Brideshead Revisited – but there are many challenges as well as a significant backlog of urgent heritage repairs. John Hoy, newly appointed as CEO, will talk about these challenges and the actions being taken to address them.

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12.30 - 13.00

Keynote

Thursday

Jeremy Moody - Central Association of Agricultural Valuers

Freeing Land Occupation to Improve Farming’s Productivity

The need for farming to have as much flexibility as possible in access to the occupation and use of land to aid improved productivity and innovation – aided by taxation, tenancy law, planning policies to help the right people make the best use of the land. This is not about the ownership of land but about land’s optimum farming use.

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13.15 - 13.45

Keynote

Thursday

Priya Sheth - NFU

Employment Law – are you complying?

Running a business has never been more complicated, particularly when it comes to employment legislation. At the NFU we specialise in agricultural knowledge and know the issues rural businesses face when it comes to employing staff. Priya will be speaking about key Employment Law topics including contracts of employment, and will provide you with key facts and information to help ensure you remain compliant with the law.

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14.00 - 14.30

Keynote

Thursday

Mark Scott - Clear Sky – The Glamping Experts

Starting and evolving your own glamping park

I will cover the work involved in getting started with your dream from initial planning through financing marketing and finally to opening. We will also look at some of the new trends entering the market.

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14.45 - 15.15

Keynote

Thursday

Charlie Pye-Smith -

Fortune favours the brave – from the Cotswolds to Kampala

Many of the most successful farmers I met when I was researching Land of Plenty were the ones who were prepared to take risks and adopt new innovations and ways of doing business. They ranged from multi-million-pound vegetable companies to small hill farmers. Exactly the same thing is happening in Africa. Farmers in the UK may not think they have much to learn from smallholders in countries like Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia, but I believe they have. Many African farmers – often gathered together in cooperatives – are now using drones, information generated by satellites, weather alerts delivered to mobile phones and new crops and varieties to increase their yields and incomes. They know that innovation – and an open mind – is key to survival. With Brexit looming and the likelihood of farmers losing some or all of their annual subsidies, the same applies here.

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15.30 - 16.00

Keynote

Thursday

Henry Dieudonné-Demaria - Defra

Natural capital and the future of environmental land management

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