Savills was founded as a rural surveying business more than 150 years ago.
Savills offers a broad range of specialist advisory, management and transactional services to clients all over the world. True to their roots, the UK rural economy remains an integral part of their business and their rural teams are focused on the commercial needs of landowners, farmers and agricultural enterprises. In the East of England, specialist advisers based in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and Essex work together to provide innovative solutions aimed at adding value and maximising their clients’ assets.
Savills’ wide ranging expertise covers agribusiness advice to meet the changing needs of modern farming; farm and estate agency; estate management and consultancy; professional services and renewable energy projects.
Savills is deeply committed to life and business in the countryside. They identify with their clients’ objectives – Savills’ role is to help their clients achieve them however ambitious they may seem.
Find out more at www.savills.co.uk and follow them on Twitter: @Savills.
2023 marks the 10th year of the REAP Conference, Agri-TechE’s flagship event taking place on November 8 2023.
Sponsorship comes from across the agri-tech ecosystem.
Tim Mordan welcomes the opportunity to talk directly to farmers at the REAP Farmers Breakfast to give an update on Defra’s initiatives.
Robust environmental disclosure standards will accelerate change in agri-food supply chains a new report from Savills concludes.
It observes that large companies will be required to report on their climate-related impact through the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) by 2023, with a similar system for nature to follow soon after.
“Farmers urgently need a better understanding of how their operations will be expected to decarbonise by supply chains and banks, what carbon assets may be available to sell as an alternative source of revenue,” says Emily Norton, Head of Rural Research at Savills. Agr-TechE has launched a discussion document that captures 8 enablers identified by farmers as crucial to adoption of carbon management approaches.
Recent research suggests an area in the UK the size of the Champagne region would be profitable for vineyards, extending far beyond the traditional fruit growing regions. The improved quality of the product and the benefits it offers for carbon storage and regenerative agriculture are making viticulture an interesting option for growers.
Indoor farming in the UK has its roots in urban centres, but is it time now for virtual farming to move to the countryside?
The next 30 years are likely to see some significant changes in land use across the UK that will no doubt impact on the tenure and farmland values according to Savills
Each episode focuses on a key nature-based solution starting with water. The series is hosted by Alex Godfrey and Nicky Wightman of Savills.
The agricultural transition period in England means a seismic shift in agri-environmental policy, away from the legacy of the EU Common Agricultural Policy and towards a brave new English future focused on Environmental Land Management (ELM). So, one year into this seven-year transition period, where have we got to? MORE MONEY FOR COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP At […]