Business Services

The Business Barn is a free, online resource providing advice and guidance for diversifying farmers, rural business owners and landowners. If you’re looking for ideas and inspiration for a new business venture, guidance on how to start a business or support with developing your existing business look no further than The Business Barn Advice Library. Hosting a wealth of articles, case studies and business guides, The Business Barn has been established to help you in the initial stages of business. To find out more, visit www.thebusinessbarn.co.uk or download our free 101 rural business and farm diversification ideas to get you thinking. 

Shearwater Insurance have over 20 years’ experience in the equestrian industry & are uniquely placed to offer a wide range of equestrian insurance policies to suit your needs. As horse owners themselves, Shearwater understands the needs of every horse owner & each member of the equestrian team has direct experience in the equestrian world. This means Shearwater can work with you to create a horse insurance policy that meets your needs & provides the right level of cover for your horse or pony.  Shearwater Insurance are passionate about the equestrian industry & supporting people at all levels who take part. From personal to business, equine event to household, Shearwater Insurance provide a wide range of insurance policies to help you protect what matters most.

Get a Tax Rebate specialise in getting equestrian businesses the maximum refund possible for research and development (R&D) tax credits.

All you need to do is fill out a simple online form and our team can help your business claim back thousands in tax.

Our average SME claim is £55,962 with an average refund time of just 28 days. To date, we have a 100% success rate so please go to https://getataxrebate.com/equestrian/ for more information. 

Is your ‘day to day’ taking all day? Or worse still, not happening at all?

We can all be  good at telling people how well our business is doing when in reality we know we haven't found the time to fix 'x' or the right person to help with 'y'.

Making the decision to get on with it today and finding the right help to make those things happen is what we are here for...and if we don't have the expertise in-house, we know exactly where to find it!

And because it is important for you to build, engage with and enjoy a digital relationship with your customers, our SOLUTIONS help you get to grips with some valuable skills and platforms that you should be using every day to generate leads, visibility and credibility in the digital arena.   

As a specialist small business ourselves, we recognise that external input can be extremely valuable.  To this end, we have grown a NETWORK of industry specialists from our extensive equestrian community, enabling us to put you in touch with appropriate experts when you need them.

None of what we do is about us, it is all about YOU. It's all about your journey, your struggles, your needs and your triumphs along the way. Our job is to help with the struggles, fulfil the needs and shout about the triumphs.

So,  we encourage you to get in touch and have a quick 15 minute chat....no charge, no obligation, no pressure...it's important to see if we get along and if you think we might have the right team to give you that edge or boost...big or small!