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The Rural Hub is the place to find information, advice and the latest research on all aspects of land, estate and farm management.

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Specialisms

As you consider your future strategy, having access to the right expertise and information is crucial. Our teams cover every service and discipline within the rural sector; grounded in excellent farming and land management fundamentals, we are underpinned by the wider financial and property expertise of the BNP Paribas Group.

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Managing Estates & Land

Strutt & Parker’s national land management team provides strategic business advice and practical management services to clients including private estates,...

Farming

Our experienced and knowledgeable farming team can help make you become more profitable and efficient by offering practical and realistic...

Estates & Farms Agency

Strutt & Parker have been at the forefront of the estates and farms market for over 130 years. We have...

Forestry & Woodland

John Clegg & Co is the specialist forestry & woodland division of Strutt & Parker. Our specialist forestry and woodland...

Environmental

Strutt & Parker’s environmental land management advice is delivered with an eye firmly on the bigger picture and with a...

Energy

Rural Ambitions

Managing Rural Housing

Our services are tailored to each client and range from advising on the regulations affecting residential tenancies, through to a...

Viticulture

Strutt & Parker’s viticulture group are the market leaders in identifying and securing land suitable for vines through purchases or...

Rural Connectivity

Strutt & Parker's unrivalled telecoms group acts for landowners only and never for telecommunications operators. With dedicated local specialists, we...

Client Accounting & Taxation

Our land & property accounting and bookkeeping department works closely with our taxation team, who uniquely combine rural and agricultural...

Estates Development & Planning

The Planning Team work alongside landowners, institutional clients and the development industry to unlock the planning potential of land and...

Future Trends

Keeping abreast of trends in markets and demographics is key to running successful rural businesses. Whether it is looking for...

Research

Our in-house rural research team reviews the latest information and trends and produces briefing papers for clients and for our...

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Latest Articles

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Forestry grants get a boost to encourage tree planting

Two of the main schemes designed to support woodland creation in England have had their funding periods extended in an attempt to make them more attractive to landowners and land managers. It is widely acknowledged that England is behind on its tree planting targets, with the Government having set a goal of increasing tree canopy […]

Forestry & Woodland
Environmental
Woodland planting and management

01.12.2023

3 mins

Exploring the potential benefits of agroforestry

The early autumn Farm of the Future Agroforestry event, hosted by Stephen Briggs, at his farm near Peterborough, and Innovation for Agriculture, gave a useful insight into why farmers might choose to give agroforestry a try, as well as a glimpse of the challenges and lessons learned along the way. There is growing discussion around […]

Farming
Forestry & Woodland
Agronomy

01.12.2023

5 mins

Land Business Update | Week Commencing 27th November 2023

Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Forestry Commercial forestry transactions shrink, but values holding – John Clegg & Co’s interim Forest Market Review 2023 Greater caution has crept into the commercial forestry market in Great Britain than there was 18 months ago. The amount of […]

Research
Land Business Update

30.11.2023

8 mins

Why land managers must shout about social value

As part of the latest issue of Land Business magazine, Strutt & Parker invited CLA president Victoria Vyvyan to share her thoughts on the importance of quantifying social value Owners of land, property and rural businesses will naturally have an understanding of their operations, but have we considered the true social value of what we […]

Managing Estates & Land
Farming
Sustainability

30.11.2023

3 mins

Opportunities and risks for the rural sector in 2024

Our annual London Land & Property Briefing saw experts from Strutt & Parker’s Rural team share their insight on the risk factors and opportunities facing landowners and land managers as we head into 2024. Here is a roundup of some of our key messages: The pace of change in the rural sector has sped up […]

Managing Estates & Land
Farming
Environmental
Research
Land Business Magazine

28.11.2023

6 mins

Grant funding on offer for repairs to heritage buildings

Owners of heritage assets are reminded they may be eligible for government funding under the Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk scheme. Grant funding is available to support individuals and organisations with urgent repair work intended to reduce the risk of loss or damage to important architectural, archaeological or landscape features. Focusing on sites on […]

Managing Estates & Land
Grants

21.11.2023

2 mins

Land Business Update | Week Commencing 13th November 2023

Farming Basic Payment statements and delinking Basic Payment claimants should receive a statement of how their delinked payments for 2024 to 2027 have been calculated by the RPA. The calculation is based on the payments they received in 2020, 2021 and 2022, if they made a claim in 2023. Please contact your local S&P farming […]

Research
Land Business Update

16.11.2023

6 mins

Unlocking borrowing solutions for the rural sector

A client recently approached us concerned that their current bank was not offering them the most competitive terms on a £14 million refinancing package they required for their rural estate. When it comes to finance, it is clearly a very different world to the one we were living in back in late 2021 when the […]

Managing Estates & Land
Client Accounting & Taxation
Planning

14.11.2023

4 mins

Top tips for securing the right building contractor

Appointing the right contractor is key to the success of any building project. But finding building contractors, particularly ones with the specialist knowledge and skills required to work on listed or historic properties, is getting harder. There are concerns that contractors may be in increasingly short supply over the coming months because the construction industry […]

Managing Rural Housing
Management

14.11.2023

2 mins

Commercial forestry transactions shrink, but values holding

Activity in the commercial forestry market in Great Britain has slowed during the first nine months of 2023, with the amount of land traded significantly down on levels seen during 2021 and 2022. According to John Clegg & Co’s interim Forest Market Review 2023, the amount of forestry land sold so far this year totals […]

Forestry & Woodland
Market Update
Woodland values and investment

13.11.2023

3 mins

Biodiversity restoration funding on offer in Scotland

Funding is on offer for landowners in Scotland who want to implement projects which will restore biodiversity and prevent the spread of invasive, non-native species. Around 150 projects across Scotland have already received a share of more than £30 million in support from the Nature Restoration Fund since its launch in 2021. The fund, administered […]

Environmental
Biodiversity
Environmental schemes

02.11.2023

2 mins

Land Business Update | Week Commencing 30th October 2023

Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Farming Tests and trials – fourth call to help develop Defra’s Environmental Land Management schemes Land managers who would like to take part can submit an application by 30th November 2023. Defra would like to explore topics including: what […]

Research
Land Business Update

02.11.2023

6 mins

Land Business Update | Week Commencing 16th October 2023

Welcome to our fortnightly update on key land management, farming, planning, forestry, environmental and energy issues. Farming Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill starts parliamentary process This Bill, which is expected to be passed in 2024, provides the new framework for support for Scotland’s new farming and rural policies. The main elements of this Bill […]

Research
Land Business Update

19.10.2023

7 mins

How can warm words on forestry be turned to positive outcomes?

Congratulations are due to the organisers of the National Forestry Conference 2023 held in Newbury in October, on the theme of The Next Generation – Securing Our Future. Given the parlous state of nature, the ever-changing climate and the essential targets of net zero, this was an apt title. And what a part that trees and […]

Forestry & Woodland
Policies and regulations

18.10.2023

4 mins

English Estates & Farmland Market Review | Autumn 2023

The average value of arable land in England has plateaued following eight successive quarters of sustained growth. Our Farmland Database, which records the details of all farms, estates and blocks of publicly marketed farmland over 100 acres, shows the average value of arable land sold so far in 2023 is £10,900/acre. This is slightly lower […]

Estates & Farms Agency
Farmland values and investment

17.10.2023

2 mins

EPC shake-up offers landlords respite, but more uncertainty

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has scrapped plans to enforce tougher minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings in England, arguing that the costs involved are too much at a time when many people are facing financial difficulties. In 2015, the government introduced the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES), which required private rented property in England and […]

Managing Rural Housing
Policies and regulations

16.10.2023

3 mins

What’s really changed when it comes to net zero?

The government and prime minister Rishi Sunak have been criticised – widely – for changes to a range of environmental policies. The first recent change was to try to remove the requirement for nutrient neutrality of new developments in areas that are sensitive to nitrate and phosphate pollution, although a subsequent defeat in the House […]

Environmental
Government Policy

06.10.2023

6 mins

Land Business Update | Week Commencing 2nd October 2023

State of Nature report highlights its worsening state but ways to support it are clear This latest report is the most accurate study of UK nature available, using information from more than 60 research and conservation organisations. The Green Alliance summed it up as, ‘the latest numbers still have the power to shock. Almost 1,500 […]

Research
Land Business Update

05.10.2023

7 mins

Scottish Farming Update: Autumn 2023

Welcome to this quarter’s Farming Update, which is produced by our Farming Research Group and reports on market and administrative issues that affect farmers’ business decisions and on which they may need to act. It has been a slow and prolonged harvest but fortunately weather conditions have improved towards the end. Yields are generally good. […]

Farming
Grants
Policies and regulations
Scotland

27.09.2023

1 min

Why is social value important for land and property?

Social value is a concept used to measure the impact that property and places can have on communities and the wellbeing of people who live, work and visit them. It is one of the three main pillars of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards used by companies and organisations as a framework to ensure […]

Managing Estates & Land
Sustainability

22.09.2023

1 min

21 November 2023

Land Business magazine Autumn/Winter 2023

Our Autumn/Winter 2023 edition of Land Business magazine is now available, bringing you the latest insight and advice on the opportunities and key issues facing landowners and rural land managers as we head into 2024. Managing an estate, farm or other rural assets is undoubtedly becoming an increasingly complex process, but we remain convinced that […]

Managing Estates & Land
Farming
Land Business Magazine

Rhodri Thomas

An introduction to regenerative agriculture

Farming
Soil
Sustainable Farming

Rhodri Thomas

English Estates & Farmland Market Review | Summer 2023

Estates & Farms Agency
Farmland values and investment

Rhodri Thomas

Future Farming and Countryside Programme for England poster

Farming
Grants
Farming Update

Welcome to Strutt & Parker Rural Hub

Specialisms

Managing Estates & Land

Farming

Estates & Farms Agency

Forestry & Woodland

Environmental

Energy

Rural Ambitions

Managing Rural Housing

Viticulture

Rural Connectivity

Client Accounting & Taxation

Estates Development & Planning

Future Trends

Research

Latest Articles

Latest Publications

Land Business magazine Autumn/Winter 2023

Rhodri Thomas

An introduction to regenerative agriculture

Rhodri Thomas

English Estates & Farmland Market Review | Summer 2023

Rhodri Thomas

Future Farming and Countryside Programme for England poster

Rhodri Thomas

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