ABT - Agricultural Business Training

03/09/2026

Big changes are on the horizon! As we celebrate Christine’s exciting step into retirement, we’re delighted to hand the reins over to Lucy Witty at RuralEdge to carry forward all of ABT’s work with the farming community. See comment below:

05/03/2026

An event organised for North York Moors National Park farming businesses.😊

05/03/2026

North York Moors National Park - Rural Business Advice Day
📅 Friday 6th March
⏰️10.15am- 4pm
📍Pickering Memorial Hall
Additional Speakers:
-10.45am Amy Hughes of EmpowerAg (Beyond right and wrong. Finding the middle ground on the farm)
-11.30am Melissa Houghton of Barclays UK (Fraud & scams)
-1.30pm Louise Day (Marketing our farm: Farm AI to AI)
-2.30pm Sam Dale (Farm Business viability & future planning)

05/03/2026

North York Moors National Park - Rural Business Advice Day
📅 Friday 6th March
⏰️10.15am- 4pm
📍Pickering Memorial Hall
12.30pm Panel line up:
Frase Hugill- environmental consultant
Sam Dale- GSC GRAYS
Dave Arnott- NYMNP FIPL Officer
Louise Day- New Sheepfold Farm
Emma Boocock- North York Moors Tweed
Mike Kaye- Energy Oasis consultants
Peter Jones- NYMNP Head of development management

05/03/2026

JOIN US TOMORROW
📅 Friday 6th March
⏰️10.15am- 4pm
📍Pickering Memorial Hall
🍰🫖 Farmers cuppa and chat
Drop in or stay for the day at the long awaiting
North York Moors National Park - Rural Business Advice Day
Continuing with our speakers introductions next up is:
Mike Kaye - As company founder of Energy Oasis, Mike works with businesses to help them understand how their working environment can become healthier and more energy efficient. Improving lighting by using intelligent LED, monitoring the power consumption to identify waste, helping them understand how to increase energy efficiency and ultimately make businesses more sustainable by choosing the right combination of renewable technologies.

04/03/2026

Our next speaker and panel member at the North York Moors National Park - Rural Business Advice Day is
Emma Boocock- Emma has created North York Moors Tweed after visiting a Farm Innovation Event. She aims to restore the value of wool, pay farmers fairly and create something beautiful and meaningful, inspired by the Park area. She has used the Kickstarter crowd-funding platform to help initiate and grow the project.

04/03/2026

This Friday 10.15am -4pm the North York Moors National Park - Rural Business Advice Day panel line up continues....
Louise Day- Alongside husband Mark, Louise has undertaken the diversification of New Sheepfold Farm and now offers educational visits, stays at the Incline View Holidays and local meat and produce from vending machines. The Days have been finalists in the British Farming Awards and Louise recently spoke at the Oxford Real Farming Conference. Her existing marketing skills have enhanced their diversification journey.

03/03/2026

Another of our panel speakers at the North York Moors National Park - Rural Business Advice Day this Friday!
Dave Arnott- As the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FIPL) Officer for North York Moors National Park, Dave is thrilled that the FIPL scheme has been extended for another 3 years and is able to support Farming businesses through their application process.

03/03/2026

4 days to go until the North York Moors National Park - Rural Business Advice Day Let me introduce you to another of our panel speakers.
GSC GRAYS Sam Dale- With over 9yrs experience in farm business consultancy, Sam offers a comprehensive range of services including farm business reviews, budget/cashflow analysis and grant applications inc environmental, productivity and diversification schemes. Having grown up on his family's mixed farm in North Yorkshire, he combines practical farming knowledge with a deep understanding of the industry.

02/03/2026