Cultivating Tomorrow Seminar: Legal Protection and Financial Planning for UK Farmers
Farming is about more than just land, crops and livestock. From complex regulation and disputes to rising financial pressures, farmers face challenges that require specialist protection, advice and tools, helping them to succeed into the future.
Join our free seminar to help you:
✔ Discover how your insurance can truly work for you with advice from specialist liability insurance provider Rural Protect.
✔ Understand the impact of the IHT changes announced earlier in the year, key challenges and potential areas that could assist with future IHT planning, with the law firm rradar.
✔ Learn how to sustain and grow your business with expert guidance from Oxbury – the UK’s only bank dedicated solely to British farmers.
Our speakers will share real-world examples of how legal protection has saved farms from costly disputes, alongside practical financial advice to help you plan, invest, and thrive in the years ahead.
Why attend?
.✔ Understand the support available for the unique risks farmers face.
✔ Learn how to protect yourself, your family, and your business.
✔ Discover potential areas for you to consider when it comes to future IHT planning.
✔ Ask questions directly to tax, insurance and banking specialists.
✔ Enjoy a FREE PIE & PINT with fellow farmers afterwards.
When and where
Tuesday 18th November 2025, 6:00pm
McClarrons, Unit 1, Northside Business Park, York Road, Malton, YO17 6TB
Schedule:
6:00pm – Welcome and refreshments
6.15pm – Introduction
6:30pm – Speakers: Kyle, Steve, and Victoria
7.15pm – Q&A
7:30pm – Pie and pint
Speakers
Grant Hartley, Head of Rural - McClarrons
Grant joined McClarrons in 2020 as Head of Rural, responsible for leading the team and overall Farm strategy. Grant has over 20 years’ experience in the industry and since moving from Scotland to East Yorkshire in 2007 this has included a range of roles within rural insurance.
Kyle Lomas, Managing Director - HB Underwriting/Rural Protect
With experience working across both commercial and agricultural insurance, Kyle has worked with brokers nationwide and successfully launched new agricultural schemes to market. At HB Underwriting, Kyle focuses on product creation, such as the award-winning management liability policy – Rural Protect, operational strategy, broker support, and managing key insurer relationships.
Steve Tetley, Tax Advisor - rradar
Steve is part of the Business Crime and Regulation team at rradar and is a specialist Tax Advisor. Steve’s career spans over 30 years with most of it within HMRC, before joining rradar in 2021. Steve has experienced almost all forms of tax disputes ranging from investigation settlements and alternative dispute resolution to attendance at tax tribunals and large scale Code of Practice 8 and 9 fraud enquiries.
Victoria Todd, Agricultural Relationship Manager - Oxbury Bank Plc
Victoria grew up on an upland beef and sheep farm in Northumberland, participating in annual lambing seasons. She earned an Ag-Business degree from Harper Adams in 2021, completing a placement year at a large poultry processor. Following graduation, Victoria joined the internal team in September 2021. In the summer of 2024, she progressed to the role of External Relationship Manager and is now based in North Yorkshire, covering the surrounding areas.
RSVP
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