Set up a forestry business

Forestry businesses range from tree nurseries to harvesting contractors and tree surgeons, but they share two defining features: most operations on growing trees need a consent before work starts, and the fieldwork is among the highest-hazard of any sector. This path takes you through it in order: first work out which rules apply to what you do, then put the shared duties in place, then work through the consents and product rules for your operations, and finish by checking you have covered everything. If forestry is part of a farm business, the start an agriculture business journey covers the farming side.