Farming and Rural Business

Moore and Smalley are proud to act for and advise over several hundred farming and rural business clients who operate throughout Lancashire and Cumbria. We are informed and have extensive knowledge of the unique issues which face many of our rural clients. Through a specialist and dedicated team of individuals, who themselves are from agricultural backgrounds, we aim to provide clients with a proactive service and ensure that they are realising their full business potential whilst minimising their tax liabilities.

Our farming clients range from family farms to large commercial enterprises which operate in the both the livestock and arable sectors. Additionally we act for a significant number of rural related businesses which operate alongside agriculture focusing on adding value to primary produce, property investments, leisure and tourism.

We are pleased to be members of the ICAEW Specialist Interest Group for Rural Business, the CharterGroup for Agriculture and the National Farmers’ Union. In addition, we regularly work with other professionals within the sector to meet our clients’ needs and objectives.

Services

We offer a comprehensive range of core services to our clients such as accounts preparation, payroll and taxation and in particular we are able to offer specialist advice in the following areas:-

Business structures and finance
Property transactions
Succession planning
Inheritance tax and trusts
Diversification and VAT
Financial planning including pension and investment advice.
Benchmarking

Rural Life

Rural Life is the Moore and Smalley specialist newsletter for Farming and Rural Businesses in the Northwest.

In this issue David Bennett looks at what impact the recent emergency budget had on Capital Gains Tax and Richard Furnival from Armistead Barnett LLP discusses whether agricultural land is a good investment. We also review the current Capital Allowances regime and look at funding that is available for businesses in rural areas.

Our Specialist Farming and Rural Business Team

Preston Office: Liz Cliffe, David Bennett, James Treadwell and James Cornthwaite

Lancaster Office: Les Hewitt

Kendal Office: Judith Smith, Rodger Hill and Ian MacGregor

For a no obligation consultation, please contact Danny Houghton at or call on 01772 821021

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Bottom Line Spring 2010
In this issue: An interview with Guy Topping of Barton Grange.....General Election Special report.... Post Budget Analysis ...... Cumbria Tourism Viewpoint.....and much more. Click on the image - to read the latest copy (opens in new window).