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Welcome to Let’s Talk Business, a regular podcast from Barclays UK where our sector experts make sense of the latest news and events across agriculture, real estate, brokers and more. Make money work for you.

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In this podcast, Adam White, Head of Agriculture for Barclays UK, is joined by Olivia Ward, Marcus Fox and Abigail Teward from SAC Consulting, to discuss the barriers facing young people interested in a career in agriculture and what can be done to overcome them.

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In this podcast, Adam White, Head of Agriculture for Barclays UK, is joined by Tristan Fischer, founder of Fischer Farms, and James Trotman, Agri-Tech Lead at Barclays Eagle Lab, to discuss the benefits of vertical farming and what is needed to make it a more commercially viable farming solution in the future.

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In this podcast, Adam White, Head of Agriculture for Barclays, chats with Christopher Price, CEO of Rare Breeds Survival Trust, about the work they are doing to conserve and promote native livestock and the benefits of using native breeds in commercial regenerative farming systems.

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In this podcast, Adam White, Head of Agriculture for Barclays, chats with Caroline Doyle, an Agricultural Relationship Director in Northern Ireland, and James Milne, Agricultural Regional Manager covering the Eastern & South-Eastern Area, about some of the most important topics affecting the UK Agriculture sector today.

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Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by Professor Alastair Driver, Conservationist and Director of Rewilding Britain, to discuss alternative land uses like rewilding. Oliver and Alastair go on to discuss the benefits of rewilding and how it differs from but is complementary to nature friendly farming, as well as being financially viable. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by Andrea Gardner, Head of Agricultural Projects at Myerscough College, to discuss the Skills Accelerator programme and how they’ve been delivering it across Lancashire through the Myerscough College Ag Net Zero Challenge. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by Abi Reader, Dairy Farmer at E Reader & Sons, to discuss how she’s embracing sustainability and experimenting with agroforestry on her farm. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by award-winning podcast producer Emma-Victoria Houlton, otherwise known as the ‘Accidental Farmer’, to discuss her experiences of entering the farming sector during the pandemic and how the topic of sustainability is shaping the industry. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by Camilla Hayselden-Ashby, who is part of an innovative research project to grow hemp, to discuss sustainability and take a closer look at hemp as an industrial crop. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by Tom Gill, Head of Sustainability at Promar International, to discuss sustainability and the UK agriculture journey to net-zero. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by George Dunn, Chief Executive of the Tenant Farmers Association, to discuss agriculture, sustainability, and how the Tenant Farmers Association helps support its members. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by Phil Stocker, Chief Executive at the National Sheep Association, to discuss sustainability and many other sheep sector topics. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by BSc Agriculture Lecturer Stephen Watson and student Tilly Abbott from Hartpury University, Gloucestershire, to discuss how the next generation is getting prepared to become tomorrow's agriculturalists. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Minette Batters, NFU President, joins Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, to discuss the changing role of women within the agricultural sector. Make money work for you.

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In this episode we're joined by Glenn Collins, Head of Technical Advisory at the ACCA. Glenn discusses the potential impacts of tax and VAT changes following the Spring Budget, covering corporation tax, VAT thresholds, claiming tax relief and more. Make money work for you.

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In this episode our host Ian Workman, Co-Head SME UK at Barclays, is joined by Juliet Rogan, our Head of High Growth & Entrepreneurs. They discuss what the Spring Budget announcements could mean for high-growth businesses, from the Future Fund Breakthrough and Help to Grow schemes to visa reforms to attract top talent. Make money work for you.

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In this Spring Budget episode, our host Ian Workman, Co-Head SME UK at Barclays, unpacks this year's Spring Budget with Hannah Bernard, our Head of Business Banking. In this episode they discuss coronavirus support, measures designed to help kick-start growth as well as recruitment and training opportunities which were announced. Make money work for you.

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Peter Alvis, Chair, and Robert Craig, Vice Chair of the RABDF, discuss sustainability and how dairy farmers are working towards becoming carbon net-zero by 2040, with Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director. Make money work for you.

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In this episode, John Ainsworth, our National Head of Real Estate, talks to Simon Rubinsohn on the latest trends within the RICS UK Residential Market Survey and what that could mean for the real estate market. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, discusses what 2021 could bring and what farmers should look out for in a post-Brexit world with Mark Suthern, our National Head of Agriculture. Make money work for you.

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In this episode, Ffion Parry, an Agriculture Manager at Barclays, discusses sustainability with Richard and Pamela Lilburn, owners of Brookvale Farm in Northern Ireland, who are using technology to help them farm more sustainably. Make money work for you.

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Tony Geary, our Head of Business Development, talks to Mark Suthern, our National Head of Agriculture, about the importance of sustainability and how farmers are working towards the goal of becoming net zero by 2040. Make money work for you.

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In this episode Oliver McEntyre, our National Agricultural Strategy Director, is joined by Stuart Roberts, NFU Deputy President, to discuss the importance of sustainability in agriculture and how farmers are working towards the goal of becoming net zero by 2040. Make money work for you.

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Neil Parish MP, Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, joins our podcast to discuss sustainability in agriculture and how farmers are working towards the goal of becoming net zero by 2040 with Mark Suthern, our National Head of Agriculture. Make money work for you.

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Nigel Owens MBE, rugby union referee and farmer in Wales, discusses sustainability in agriculture and shares his own experiences with Mark Suthern, our National Head of Agriculture. Make money work for you.

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Tony Geary, National Head of Business Development at Barclays, discusses the impacts of coronavirus on the broker market with Paul Goodman, Chair of the NACFB. Plus, Tony talks real estate with John Ainsworth, Barclays UK Head of Real Estate, and Mark James, Omega Central.

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Oliver McEntyre, National Agriculture Strategy Director at Barclays, interviews Tom Morrison, an international agricultural consultant, on the importance of managing one of your farm's biggest assets - soil. Make money work for you.

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Oliver McEntyre, National Agriculture Strategy Director at Barclays, shares the latest 'News from the Field' insights. From arable to poultry and livestock to finance and everything in between. Make money work for you.

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Welcome to Let's Talk Business, a regular podcast from Barclays UK where our sector experts make sense of the latest news and events across agriculture, real estate, brokers and more. Make money work for you.