Labour’s budget isn’t just hammering farmers – it’s choking our pubs and rural businesses too. Visit your local to see the impact: soaring business rates (+140%) and £12.5k extra NI costs for the average pub. This Christmas, support your local. It needs you.

Listen to Richard. A reasoned argument with facts.

Urging everyone to please shop small this Christmas…a voucher from your local independent pub, hairdressers, restaurant or a small gift from a local candle, jewellery or card makers will go a long way. It’s going to be a tough 2025 for small biz so please help them out!

🌿 Big congratulations to Jimmy Barrett, the 2024 Charles Faram Farms Grower of the Year!   Presented by Richie Phillips, Chairman of Charles Faram Farms, this award honours Jimmy’s top scores across all hop varieties, with his consistency in cleanliness, drying, and picking

🌟 Secure your spot today! 🌟 Check your emails for a chance to be involved and register for the 2025 AromaFest® - Bringing The New To You! 🌿 The hop harvest is complete, and with 2025 on the horizon, it’s time to release next year’s UK AromaFest® locations! 🍃 Join us in

BPR is not just a farming issue, it affects all businesses, it stifles growth and the future of many businesses so please join us at the London Palladium on Mon 16th Dec, 12 to 3pm for a business summit. #Budget martin williams Olly harrison 🥛🍔🌱AccidentalYoutuber Clive Bailye To register 👇

Had sooo many conversations about #FamilyFarmTax What still confuses the life out of me is why there aren’t more family businesses standing up against changes to #BPR I can only surmise that farmers are so used to being 💩on by gov they HAVE to be politically engaged ALL THE TIME

Refresher and update on changes to APR/BPR for inheritance tax The changes proposed to APR & BPR will raise around £200m a year from farming by 2028/29, suggested Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates on Saturday, with another £300m or so from other family businesses, and from IHT

A timely read given the outcome of the meeting with the treasury. #farming #iht carlitashaw.substack.com/p/blackrocks-i…

‘You demonstrate the same lack of understanding the treasury shows.’ Tory MP Ashley Fox MP responds to the idea that farmers should stomach the government’s inheritance tax increases.

It’s worth watching Ed Conway’s superb analysis of ‘farmageddon’. It’s not just inheritance tax that is putting farmers into financial jeopardy. The UK farming sector is under risk from a multitude of issues including rising food imports from abroad, cuts to countryside flood

Faram's Beth and Paul had an amazing time at Heriot-Watt University last week, hosting an AromaFest®! 🌿 It was a pleasure to spread the word to the next generation of brewers about our Hop Development Programme, while showcasing some brilliant examples, and gaining some most

Well worth a watch. EFRA Committee Hosting the Minister and asking about agriculture, profitability, eu trade deal and other items in his portfolio. Parliamentlive.tv - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee search.app/4vG1X8XpnCSDyG… Shared via the Google App

Almost 400 UK pubs set to close in 2025 due to ‘high taxes and business rates’ independent.co.uk/news/uk-pub-cl…

Survey here for all family businesses. What are your concerns? Please take a minute ⬇️⬇️ Paul Andrews Steve Perez Olly harrison 🥛🍔🌱AccidentalYoutuber Clive Bailye Andrew Ward 🇬🇧🚜 surveymonkey.com/r/X6GJT2T

Support #pubs. Drink plenty of Cask Ale, responsibly obvs. 🍻😊

Last hops of the season. We'll finish picking tomorrow.

Very worrying that 35% of British Institute of Innkeeping members have said they could be forced to close their doors if the #Government doesn’t reduce the tax burden at the Autumn Budget. 🙏🏻😔

Typical. Day after we finish, a true hoppicking morning as the mist sits in the Frome valley.

Great to hear Instone Court on Farming Today talking about hop growing. Love the produce in the vending machines