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24.04.2023
There are many reasons why farming businesses should consider integrating more trees into their farming operation. Woodland creation helps to address society’s wider environmental goals, but it can also be an opportunity for farmers to diversify, generate additional income and improve the long-term profitability and resilience of adjacent farmland. John Clegg & Co is running […]
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13.04.2023
I was recently made aware of a newspaper article which made me reflect on the processes we take when planning and implementing a new woodland creation scheme. The article, which appeared in The Times, reported that more than half a million saplings planted alongside a 21-mile stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire have died due […]
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04.04.2023
The Forest Market Review provides a fresh insight into the commercial forestry market, which has seen significant growth over recent years. This new report – which looks at the market in Great Britain across the 2022 calendar year – has been produced by John Clegg & Co, which is Strutt & Parker’s specialist forestry arm. […]
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by Alex Brearley and Simon Hart
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06.03.2023
Improving ride management within woodlands and picking certain tree species should help landowners and farmers to boost numbers of wild insect pollinators. There is growing concern about declines in pollinator numbers given their role in natural ecosystems and food production, but there are ways for land managers to help. Hundreds of pollinator species can interact […]
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23.02.2023
A Forestry Training Fund has been launched to cover training costs for short, practical forestry courses – although new applicants will have to wait a year to benefit. The Forestry Commission is making funding available for people considering a change of career or seeking to build and diversify their skills in forestry and who want […]
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08.02.2023
Nature is currently under an enormous amount of pressure due the impact of climate change and the cumulative effects of human activity. A State of Nature report published in 2019 concluded that over 40% of UK species had declined since the 1970s. This is clearly worrying for all of us, and something needs to be […]
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18.01.2023
The uptake of any new grant scheme can be slow in its first year as people get used to how it works – and so it seems with the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO). Launched in 2021, the Forestry Commission’s most recent grant designed to increase woodland plantings offers fixed rate capital payments and, significantly, […]
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10.01.2023
The pre-Christmas gathering at the Confor (Confederation of Forest Industries) conference proved to be a revelation to many in the audience. The new Defra minister with responsibility for forestry and tree planting, Trudy Harrison MP, was dynamic and clear. Statements such as ‘we are serious about trees and forests, we are serious about our ambitions […]
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07.12.2022
Strutt and Parker’s Forestry Team in Lewes have been instrumental in supporting a client in Sussex fell vulnerable Spruce trees within their estate at risk of Ips Typographus (Eight Toothed Spruce Bark Beetle). The block of woodland of some 3.43 hectares has been suffering from windblow over the last few years which has become a […]
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02.12.2022
The Scottish Government recently announced it will be undertaking a review of the Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) that has been running since 2015. With the current pressure on public finances, this might give rise to suspicions that the golden time in forestry could be coming to an end. However, Scotland’s Environment Minister Mairi McAllan took […]
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21.10.2022
There has been a lot said in recent years about the importance of trees for our future. Forestry can deliver wide-ranging benefits – from helping to address the threat of climate change through to improving health and wellbeing. Over recent months the UK’s economic outlook has started to look less positive, we have seen rises […]
