AgriBusiness Consulting

Our agribusiness service specialises in farming and rural businesses and provides independent advice to effectively manage the current and future financial landscape and plan for the years ahead.

Areas of specific expertise include:

Single Farm Payment form completion and liaison with RPA
The 7Y team is able to assist you with all aspects of your Single Farm Payment Scheme application, from completion of the relevant paperwork and forms, liaison with the Rural Payments Agency and resolving of claim queries and problems.

Grant funding assistance and project management
7Y has considerable expertise in securing grant funding for both agricultural and rural projects. Our team will discuss your project ideas and help you identify the most suitable source and method of funding to enable the project to proceed from food processing to renewable energy schemes, from one thousand to several hundred thousand pounds.

We have considerable experience of various funding schemes including the old Rural Enterprise and the Processing and Marketing Grant Schemes (in England) and the Farm Improvement Grant and Farm Enterprise Grant (in Wales) and are now using this expertise in submitting applications for capital funding from the new Rural Development Programmes for a number of innovative projects. We understand how to frame an application to ensure the greatest chance of success and provide the link between you and all the relevant authorities in this process. We also undertake feasibility to ensure that project makes business sense, ranging from market analysis and investment appraisal to project management planning.

Environmental Scheme Management including Entry and Higher Level Scheme Applications
Your farm business may benefit from entering into environmental schemes to enhance the biodiversity, habitat and landscape features of your land and provide extra income for the business. 7Y can help in selecting the environmental scheme which will be the most suitable to work alongside existing farming operations and facilitate the Farm Environment Record and application process.

Farm strategy planning and succession advice
7Y offer a bespoke consultancy service to suit your particular business or family situation. Our highly experienced consultants can facilitate a strategy review, taking the needs of all of the stakeholders into account, advise on the issues currently facing your farm or rural business and help you devise a realistic strategy to develop the business to meet the needs of everyone involved.

Rural business diversification
Changing the way you carry out business is a decision not to be taken lightly. Ensuring that any new enterprise can be managed without affecting the existing business is critical to overall success. 7Y is able to offer guidance and can assist with carrying out a feasibility study to ascertain the market opportunities, specialist analysis of the sector and help you form the financial plans for your new enterprise. We can also facilitate planning and other specialist needs through our network of associated professionals and assist in securing the funding if required.