Laurence Gould Partnership Ltd
Organisation type:
Consultancy
Contact name:
George Veltom
Position/ Role:
Farm Advisor
email:
Grants interested in applying for:
Lowland Peat Water Discovery Grant, Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant, Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund
Region:
Somerset
Areas of expertise
Carbon accounting/ water management, Farmer engagement/ knowledge exchange, Market innovation/ product development/ supply chain, Private finance, Other (please specify in Additional Information below)
Resources available
Facilities for meetings/ demonstrations, Staff time/ research capacity, Other (please specify in Additional Information below)
Engagement interests
We would be interested in being a project partner on projects.
We are based just outside Langport and have farm management clients on the Somerset Levels.
We have been providing advice in the local area for more than 25 years with the wider company advising clients for over 60 years.
We would be supportive of projects and could Chair/organise meetings.
We would engage with our clients on the projects on the Somerset Levels.
Through our work we could provide insight into the economics of farming, the impact of peat restoration on farming systems and profits, supply chain insights and opportunities through other Government support schemes (CSS and SFI) and supporting farmer engagement.
We would be well placed to deliver carbon audits, which would provide a baseline for farmers as well as proposals for improvement on farms.
Our Company details are available at www.laurencegould.com.
We provide executive and Non-executive roles for Companies as Chairman and Director positions and for clients as Trustees.
Additional information
We were one of 17 firms which delivered under the Future Farm Resilience schemes - Interim Phase (September 2021 to August 2022) and Scale Up phase (September 2022 to March 2025).
We delivered 245 carbon audits under the Future Farm Resilience Scheme - Scale Up phase.
Over the past 3 years we have delivered more than 500 carbon audits.
Advice and preparation of Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes for clients.
Advice and preparation of CSS capital grants on farms.
We delivered a paper on the Economics of the Choices Facing Fenland Farmers on 5th March 2020.
We attended the Fenland Peat Committee Economics workstream meeting on the 14th June 2021.
Our Chairman, Keith Leddington Hill is Chairman of a £150 million turnover Fresh Produce grower organisation.
We deliver Integrated Land Management Plans for farmers in Scotland.
We were on the committees for the Fens LAG and Fens Adventurers LAG.
Keith Leddington Hill is Chairman of a 2,000 ha farm, which has land in the Lincoln & Witham Landscape Recovery project (phase 2).
We are supportive of regenerative farming practices where they complement and fit the farming system for clients.