Rural Hub’s Rural Business Advice Day - Stafford

Staffordshire Rural Hub - Thursday 10 Nov 2011 at 10.00

Thursday 10 November  11am - 3pm
The Grandstand, County Showground

There will be stands representing many aspects of rural business, including:-

Business Management, Planning & Start Up
Financial Matters
Cross Compliance Advice
Specialist Software for Farm Businesses
Health & Safety
Funding opportunities 
Environmental Stewardship schemes
Cattle & Sheep Records and Identification

There will also be an opportunity for a free health check

On Line Systems
DEMONSTRATIONS AND ADVICE THROUGHOUT THE DAY

Single Payment Scheme
Cattle Tracing System
Soil Protection Review
VAT
If you would like help for registering and enrolling for CTS Online, SPS Online, VAT Online, please bring along your Government Gateway User ID and Password.
- For CTS Online you will also need your Holding number, and your CTS Online
Reference Number (if you do not know this, contact the BCMS helpline on
0845 050 1234).
- For SPS Online, you also need your SBI number, and, if you still have it! – the
Electronic Channel Service Pin Number (sent out by RPA in the spring to anyone
not registered for SPS Online)
- For VAT Online, you will also need your VAT Registration Number, the Postcode of
your principal place of business, your effective Date of Registration (EDR) for VAT,
the final month of the last VAT Return you submitted, the 'Box 5' figure from the last
VAT Return you submitted. This information can be found on your VAT4 (Certificate
of Registration), and the last VAT Return you submitted.


ENTRY IS FREE including lunch but please email debbie@staffordshireruralhub.org to let us know that you are coming.

We would like to thank the following Businesses and Organisations who will be at the event to offer advice, information and demonstrations (in no particular order) :-

FWAG
CLA
RDPE delivery team
HMRC
HSBC 
SASTAK
Farmplan Computers
Not Spot Broadband
Momenta
BCMS
GreenWatt
Lanyon Bowdler
Growing Rural Enterprise
Knights Solicitors
Business Innovation Centre Stafford
Winning Moves
Cheadles Accountants & Business Services
Simply Staffordshire
Natural England
Staffordshire County County Animal Health/Trading Standards

SPEAKERS
A speaker from RDPE who will be giving a presentation during the day on latest funding opportunities and will be available to answer questions throughout the day.
Also  presentation from Winning Moves and Simply Staffordshire will be made.