Business Services
Positive interim results from NMR
Interim results for the dairy herd management and testing services business NMR show increases in profitability and sales as the sector emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic. The business made a pre-tax profit of £750,000 on a turnover...
Susannah Bolton joins the SRUC
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has appointed Dr Susannah Bolton to the new post of vice principal - enterprise and knowledge exchange. She will play a leading role in shaping and growing SRUC’s enterprise activities and increasing...
Cawood continues to expand
The Cawood Group, the UK’s largest provider of analytical laboratory testing services for the land-based industries, continues its acquisition spree into 2022. The Berkshire-based company has acquired the Scottish microbiology and...
Cawood acquires ChemTech Environmental
Cawood Scientific completed its fourth 2021 acquisition late last month – the first under its new ownership. The UK’s largest independent provider of analytical laboratory testing services for the land-based industries acquired...
New BASIS environmental training and register
Independent awarding body BASIS will support the agricultural industry with new training packages and a register of qualified advisers, as the sector makes the transition towards Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes in place...
Omicron knocks the New Year agri show calendar
The emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has cut a swathe through the agricultural shows and conferences planned for the early new year. The latest is the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF)’s decision...