Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the 2025 Budget,after months of hints, leaks and about-turns. So, now it’s finally happened, what does it mean for the rural economy and farm businesses? Jeremy Moody picks out the finerdetail.

With Parliament’s summer recess coming to an end, now is a good opportunity to take stock of various policy developments, and to look ahead to what is coming down the line. Richard Sanders, technical and policy adviser at the CAAV, takes us through some of the detail.

Artificial intelligence – a threat to rural professionals or a tool we can’t do without? Richard Sanders chats to Simon Haley, who has undertaken significant research into the importance of technology to agricultural valuers, to get his top tips and potential pitfalls.

Links mentioned in the podcast are pasted below:

-       Simon Haley’s Scholarship Report, TheValue of New Technologies for the Profession

-        CAAV Paper, Productivity:A Manifesto for Improvement

-        CAAV Podcast #53 – Artificialintelligence: Opportunity or threat?

-     CAAV Webnotes:

o   CAAVNote 230314: ChatGPT for Rural Valuers - Early Comments

o   CAAVNote 230314: AI Chat for Rural Valuers - Testing Updated Knowledge

o   CAAVNote 241119: AI Chat - CAAV Exams 2024

o   CAAVNote 250519: AI and AVMs - Recent Case Studies

o   CAAVNote 250625: AI Tools - Professional Lessons from the Courts

-        The Farmers Club Charitable Trust YouTube Page

In January the Government published its Land Use Framework consultation, looking at the many conflicting demands on land use in our small island. So what are the implications for landowners and managers? Richard Sanders finds out.

Money laundering is something few people encounter outside of gangster movies. But it’s an important area to get right – firstly, to ensure your clients are operating on the right side of the law, and secondly, to ensure your own compliance. Many CAAV members will come under the legislation, but it’s a complicated area, so Rebecca Collins navigates the maze.

The country is three months on from a Budget which, on the face of it, talked about economic growth and investment, but has turned into a battleground for the rural sector and the broader economy, sparking mass redundancies and huge protests. Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, joins Olivia Cooper to talk about the fallout of Rachel Reeves’ proposed Inheritance Tax changes on the rural economy.

The Government recently unveiled its new national planning policy framework for England, which is set to substantially change the planning system with a view to speeding up housing and infrastructure development. Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, unpicks its far-reaching implications.  

Wednesday 30 October saw Chancellor Rachel Reeves announce her first budget, with some significant changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief, as well as National Insurance and the minimum wage. In this podcast, Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, breaks down the headlines which will directly impact many family farms and landowners. 

The CAAV is launching a major new campaign; Route to Rural. Despite having more qualified Fellows and members in training than ever before, demand for agricultural valuers is still outstripping supply. In a bid to attract more people into the sector, the CAAV has built this comprehensive campaign, as secretary and adviser Jeremy Moody explains.

Following Labour’s landslide election win, England is now facing what could be the biggest changes to its planning system in decades. The new Government has rolled out ambitious policies to reshape how and where homes, energy and other infrastructure are built, with a target of 1.5 million new houses for England by 2029. So how might this play out? Jeremy Moody, secretary and adviser to the CAAV, explains.