Peter Meadows

Experience

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  P.T. Baker Farms

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  Placement Year

  Working alongside the farm manager in all farm operations including; anaerobic digestion, broiler chickens, finishing beef herd and forage production.

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  LAURENCE GOULD PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

  Sept 2016 - Aug 2018

  Agricultural Business Consultant

  Providing strategic independent business advice to a broad range of farm, estate and rural businesses. Alongside the farm management advice given to retained clients, my role included:- Budgeting and cashflow analysis- Investment appraisal and partial budgeting- Management of residential and commercial properties including drawing up licence agreements and dealing with business rates.- Basic Payment Scheme and Environmental Stewardship applications- Negotiation and implementation of contract farming agreementsAchievements including:- Successful grant applications with projects up to £125K grant funding- Successful farm tender application for a client with full 3 year business plan- Work with the Princes Countryside Fund to mentor small regional farm businesses Show less

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  Escrick Park Estate

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2024

  Assistant Estate Manager

  All elements of Rural Estate Management, including but not exclusive to:- Staff management and HR, including H&S- Administration and letting of commercial and residential properties, including compliance- Agricultural asset management - managing contractorship agreements and general farm management, involvement in AHA & FBT tenancies and licences- Environmental schemes - understanding and awareness farm and woodland schemes(CSS/SFI etc), research ongoing into BNG, Carbon Sequestering and Regenerative Farming operations- Overseeing a planned maintenance program of land, property and infrastructure- Project management of infrastructure projects (build of new Estate Cafe) - Developing existing enterprises, and conceptualising new ones- Implementing strategies to improve efficiency and drive for the triple bottom line; social, environmental & financial gains- Communication with external contractors to deliver on a range of tasks- Marketing & advertising, as well as sales for on-site events & weddings- Utilising software packages to produce functional outcomes, including mapping (ARCGIS & Landapp), photography (photoshop), marketing (Canva), accounting and full suite of Microsoft programmes- Front-end website design(Craft) Show less

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  Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

  Oct 2022 - now

  Trustee
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  The Duchy of Lancaster

  Apr 2024 - now

  Senior Rural Surveyor