Journeys
Step-by-step Business Journeys
Follow our guided journeys to help you through major business milestones and changes.
Start a business 4
Planning and launching a new business venture
Becoming a livestock keeper: complete compliance guide
Comprehensive guide to livestock keeping compliance - from getting a CPH number to meeting welfare requirements. Covers cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats.
Start journey →Do I need an environmental permit?
Quick assessment of whether your business activities require an environmental permit from the Environment Agency or local council.
Start journey →Start an agriculture business
Set up and register a farming or agricultural business - from choosing your structure to registering land and getting support
Start journey →Starting farming: complete compliance journey
New farmers: everything you need to register, comply, and access funding - from CPH numbers to environmental schemes. Follow this step-by-step journey from day one.
Start journey →Comply with regulations 11
Meeting legal, safety, environmental, and sector-specific requirements
Do I need permission to fell trees or remove hedgerows?
Quick check covering felling licences, TPOs, conservation areas, and hedgerow regulations. Determine what permissions you need before carrying out tree or hedgerow works.
Start journey →Ecological compliance for development projects
Learn the full lifecycle of ecological obligations when developing land, from protected species surveys and wildlife licensing through to biodiversity net gain and post-construction monitoring.
Start journey →Failed a farm inspection: what to do next
What to do when you receive a non-compliance notice from a farm inspection. Covers understanding your notice, your rights, taking corrective action, and preventing future failures.
Start journey →Farm compliance calendar
Month-by-month calendar of key farm compliance deadlines covering SFI scheme declarations, TB testing windows, NVZ closed periods, scheme payments, and tax filing. Bookmark this page for quick reference throughout the year.
Start journey →Farmer compliance checklist
A comprehensive compliance checklist for UK farmers covering livestock, environmental, animal welfare, health and safety, financial, and scheme obligations. Includes frequency of compliance tasks, enforcement bodies, and consequences of non-compliance.
Start journey →Livestock compliance for farmers
Complete guide to identifying, tagging, moving, and keeping records for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and deer
Start journey →Livestock movement issues: how to resolve
How to resolve common livestock movement compliance problems including missing or lost tags, late movement reporting, standstill breaches, and missing cattle passports. Covers which body enforces what, severity levels, corrective actions, and preventing future issues.
Start journey →Moving livestock: quick compliance check
Pre-movement compliance checklist for cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats. Three quick checks: tagging correct, standstill clear, documentation ready.
Start journey →TB breakdown: what to do now
A step-by-step guide for cattle farmers who have just received positive TB test results. Covers immediate actions in the first 48 hours, working with APHA during the breakdown, protecting your compensation, managing your business under restrictions, and the path back to TB-free status.
Start journey →Understand Environmental Land Management schemes
A learning path through Environmental Land Management schemes - understand SFI, Countryside Stewardship, and Landscape Recovery to choose the right option for your farm
Start journey →What regulations apply to my farm?
A quick decision-tree navigator that helps you identify which regulations apply to your specific farm based on what you keep, grow, and do. Each answer reveals applicable regulatory bodies and links to the relevant compliance guides.
Start journey →Grow my business 2
Expanding operations, reaching new customers, and scaling up
Diversify your farm business
Explore farm diversification opportunities - farm shops, holiday accommodation, renewable energy, equestrian facilities, event spaces, and rural business units
Start journey →Obtaining an environmental permit for regulated activities
Determine if you need an environmental permit, navigate the application process, and understand permit conditions for pollution control
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