Welcome back to the Rural Round-up. On today’s episode George Chalmers and Mary-Jane Lawrie are joined by Andrew Coalter to discuss what the recent Autumn Budget means for farming.  

Timestamps

02:05 Upcoming deadlines

04:51  Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) 

06:35  Greening 2026

07:34  Introduction to Andrew Coalter

09:45 Autumn budget - overall summary 

11:47 Autumn budget – Relief (APR & BPR) 

14:08 Autumn budget - Practical Advice  

22:54 Autumn budget – Personal tax 

26:45 Autumn budget – National living wage 

28:38 Autumn budget – Capital allowances 

33:01 Autumn budget - Other changes 

35:10 Making tax digital 

37:20 Upcoming events

FAS Resources 

Business and Policy December 2025 - Management Matters - Autumn Budget

https://www.fas.scot/article/business-and-policy-december-2025-management-matters-autumn-budget/

Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme 

https://www.ruralpayments.org/topics/all-schemes/scottish-suckler-beef-support-scheme/ 

FAS Events 

https://www.fas.scot/events/ 

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