Appointments

Andrew Large joins the British Poultry Council as chief executive

Andrew Large joins the British Poultry Council as chief executive
18-09-2012 07:16 AM | Appointments, News
Board changes at NIAB
Jeremy Lewis, former head of agriculture at accountants Grant Thornton, has been elected new Chairman of the NIAB Board. He succeeds Tony Pexton, who ...
04-09-2012 11:18 AM | Appointments, Finance, News, NFU
Midland law firm lands NFU contract
A Midland law firm has been reappointed to represent the NFU, advising members in three East Midlands counties. Leamington-based Wright Hassall h...
24-08-2012 16:46 PM | Appointments, News, Property News
Crown Estate announces senior appointments
The Crown Estate has today announced the appointment of two new portfolio managers for its Rural and Coastal Portfolio. Robin Clarke will become the P...
20-08-2012 16:46 PM | Appointments, News
Agriculture board appoints new member
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has recruited Tim Kelly to become of its three independent members. Kelly, whose thirty y...
08-08-2012 16:31 PM | Appointments, News
Johnson appointed CEO of Lead International
Williams Johnson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for LEAD International with effect from 1st August 2012. Johnson was previously Managin...
08-08-2012 15:42 PM | Appointments, News, Sheep
National Sheep Association appoints new communications officer
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has appointed Joanne Pugh as its new Senior Communications Officer. Pugh, who grew up on a livestock farm in ...
03-08-2012 12:52 PM | Appointments, Machinery and Spares, News
McCormick dealer Hilton Machinery strengthens after-sales service
Two key staff appointments at Hilton Machinery, the Market Drayton-based dealer for McCormick tractors, will strengthen its after-sales service to cus...
20-07-2012 15:14 PM | Appointments, News
New appointment at Ufac-UK
Sarah Sleight has been appointed customer services assistant by specialists feed manufacturer, Ufac-UK. She joins the busy team at the company’s Woolf...
17-07-2012 10:31 AM | Appointments, News
Staffordshire CLA elects new Chairman
John Giffard of Chillington Hall has been elected as the CLA’s Staffordshire Branch Chairman.   Chillington Hall has been in the Giffard family for ...
10-07-2012 16:19 PM | Appointments, Arable, Cereal, Crops, News
Grainseed appoint seed specialist
Grainseed have expanded their technical team with the appointment of Wilson Hendry as Seed Specialist. With over 20 years experience in the agricul...
21-06-2012 14:47 PM | News, Appointments
New BASC chairman elected
Martyn Howat has been elected as the new chairman of BASC’s governing council. Martyn, 59, has been a keen game shooter and wildfowler for more th...
15-06-2012 10:28 AM | Appointments, Finance, News
Barclays appoints Oliver McEntyre as National Agricultural Specialist
Oliver McEntyre has been appointed as Barclays National Agricultural Specialist. Oliver will be responsible for providing agricultural expertise th...
13-06-2012 10:38 AM | Appointments, News, Shows and Events
Women's Rural Institute appoints male General Secretary
The Scottish Women’s Rural Institutes has appointed former police officer Raymond Pratt to the post of General Secretary – the first man to be employe...
12-06-2012 17:28 PM | Appointments, News
New rural partner appointed at legal firm
A Midland law firm has boosted its farming and rural credentials with the appointment of a specialist partner. Agricultural and landed estate exper...
11-06-2012 12:24 PM | Appointments, News
Agricultural Society appoints new chief
The Three Counties Agricultural Society (TCAS) has appointed Ken Nottage, Managing Director of Gloucester Rugby, to the role of Chief Executive. He...
07-06-2012 23:15 PM | Appointments, Shows and Events
Three Counties Society Chief to retire
Nick Vincent, chief executive of the Three Counties Agricultural Society, is to retire in November this year, after eight years at the helm. Nick c...
02-05-2012 08:15 AM | Appointments, Finance, News
J&H Bunn open new HQ in Norwich
Fertiliser blenders and distributors J&H Bunn are set to open new corporate headquarters in Norwich’s Broadland Business Park. "This mov...
02-05-2012 08:13 AM | Appointments, News
CLA appoints housing and agricultural advisors
The CLA has appointed an agricultural advisor and a housing advisor to join its policy team in London. Ed Barker has joined the CLA in a role that...
25-04-2012 15:12 PM | Appointments, News
NFU legal board chairman re-elected
Fred Gooder, a farmer and grower from North Yorkshire, has been re-elected as chairman of the NFU Legal Board. Trevor Foss, a former county chairm...
24-04-2012 13:29 PM | Appointments, News
Micron appoint new staff
Micron Group, a producer of hand-held and vehicle-mounted sprayers, has recently appointed a further four new sales, technical and accountancy staff t...
20-04-2012 14:41 PM | Appointments, News
Alltech recruit new ruminant specialist
Mark Townsend joins Alltech as regional Ruminant Specialist for the South of England, where he will be supporting customers from the south east across...
15-04-2012 10:13 AM | Appointments, News
Bill Mellor becomes vice chairman of NFU livestock board
BSE threatened the future of Bill Mellor’s business back in 1996, so he completely changed his farming system and became an active member of the...
13-04-2012 11:44 AM | Appointments, News
Professor appointed to key research council position
One of the University of Reading’s leading agriculture experts has been appointed to the Council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Re...
05-04-2012 20:40 PM | Appointments, News, Sheep
Wool board members re-appointed
Three members of the British Wool Marketing Board continue their appointment with the Board for a further three-year period. They are: · Malcolm...
05-04-2012 12:35 PM | Appointments, News
Farming Community represented in Kent High Sheriff Appointment
Mike Bax, senior partner at the BTF Partnership, Chartered Surveyors and Land Agents, has been installed as the High Sheriff of Kent in a ceremony at ...
04-04-2012 13:27 PM | Appointments, News, Renewable Energy
Hydor appoint new engineer
Agricultural ventilation company Hydor has extended its technical support team with the appointment of Richard Kendall. Richard joins Hydor as a Me...
03-04-2012 09:19 AM | Appointments, Crops, Cereal, Feed and Forage, Arable, News
Lohmar named as US Grains Council China director
The U.S. Grains Council have announced the appointment of Dr. Bryan Lohmar as its new director in China. In this capacity, Lohmar will oversee the Cou...
28-03-2012 07:36 AM | Appointments, Livestock Equipment, News
New team to lead NFU livestock board
Charles Sercombe has today been elected chairman of the NFU’s national livestock board. Mr Sercombe, a tenant farmer from near Melton Mowbra...
27-03-2012 10:15 AM | Appointments, News
CIWEM announced new editor of Environment Journal
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental management (CIWEM) have appointed Dr. John Bridgeman as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Water and ...
26-03-2012 10:04 AM | Appointments, News
NFU re-elects tenant chairman
David King has been re-elected to serve a second term as the NFU tenants group chairman. Mr King, an arable farmer from East Anglia, said that he w...
23-03-2012 10:09 AM | Appointments, Feed and Forage, News
Will Cockbain stands down as NFU Uplands chairman
Long-standing NFU uplands Chairman Will Cockbain has stepped down from his role today after eight years in post. Mr Cockbain, who will remain a mem...
22-03-2012 14:39 PM | Appointments, Crops, Feed and Forage, Arable, Cereal, News
Oilseed specialist appointed in Lincolnshire
United Oilseeds is pleased to announce the appointment of James Arnold as its new Area Manager for Central and Southern Lincolnshire. James took up...
21-03-2012 15:42 PM | Appointments, News
New chairman to lead NFU Combinable Crops Board
Andrew Watts has been elected as the new chairman of the NFU’s Combinable Crops Board. Mr Watts, a farmer from Hertfordshire, succeeds Ian Backh...
20-03-2012 17:06 PM | Appointments, News
New head for J&H Bunn Ltd
Richard Sunderland has been appointed as Managing Director of J&H Bunn Ltd. The former head of Cargill’s UK fertiliser business, Richard returns...
16-03-2012 13:21 PM | Appointments, News
New team announced for SESVanderHave
SESVanderHave has announced the team for its newly-formed UK business. Ian Munnery has been appointed General Manager with Richard Robinson as Trials ...
16-03-2012 10:13 AM | Appointments, News, Shows and Events
Royal Bath & West executive receives fellowship
Dr Jane Guise, Chief Executive of the Royal Bath & West of England Society has received a Fellowship from the Council of Awards of Royal Agricultural ...
16-03-2012 09:21 AM | Appointments, News
RASE appoints a new Chief Executive
The Royal Agricultural Society of England has announced the appointment of David Gardner as its new Chief Executive. David Gardner has been a Trustee ...
15-03-2012 14:06 PM | Appointments, News
NFU appoints new Head of Strategic Communications
The NFU has announced the appointment of its new Head of Strategic Communications today. Fran Barnes will join the NFU from her current position as Ed...
14-03-2012 14:16 PM | Appointments, Dairy, News
Raymond back as NFU dairy board chairman
Mansel Raymond has today been re-elected for a second term as NFU dairy board chairman. His re-election comes after an important and influential ye...
08-03-2012 17:50 PM | Appointments, Dairy, News
Grahams family dairy appoints new board member
Grahams The Family Dairy, Scotland’s largest independent dairy, has announced the appointment of Jacky Farrell, Finance Director to its Board. ...
08-03-2012 07:27 AM | Appointments, Produce, Feed and Forage, Organic, News
Scottish Food Advisory Committee appoints new members
Lord Rooker, Chair of the Food Standards Agency, today announced the appointment of three new members of the independent Scottish Food Advisory Commit...
01-03-2012 14:45 PM | Appointments, Pigs, News
Pfizer expands poultry team for UK and Ireland
Tony Grainger has been appointed manager for the Pfizer range of in-feed products for the poultry industry in the UK and Ireland. He has been with ...
29-02-2012 14:04 PM | Appointments, News, Shows and Events
BASC starts search for new Chief Executive
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has launched its search for a new Chief Executive to replace John Swift who retires in Ju...
28-02-2012 13:10 PM | Appointments, News
Biozeen appoints new President and CEO
BiOZEEN, a niche bioprocess engineering organization delivering end-to-end solutions to the biopharmaceutical sector across the globe, today announced...
Poet Andrew Motion new president of CPRE
The writer Sir Andrew Motion will formally be proposed as the new President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) in June 2012, succeeding t...
Final call for new potato ambassadors
Potato growers are needed to help put potatoes in the public eye and promote how great they are as a healthy, tasty and sustainable food. This final a...
17-02-2012 17:08 PM | Appointments, News
NSA Honours past CEO
Peter Morris, Livestock Development Manager at VION Food, and immediate past CEO of NSA was presented with the 2011 George Hedley Memorial award by th...
17-02-2012 07:49 AM | Appointments, Machinery and Spares, News
New Holland appoints Waldron as Area Manager
New Holland has announced the appointment of Joe Waldron as After Sales Area Manager for its dealer network in the South West region. Joe brings w...
17-02-2012 07:36 AM | Appointments, NFU, News
Hill farmer is new NFU chairman
Hill farmer, Peter Atkin from Rowlee Farm, Bamford is Derbyshire NFU’s new county chairman. Peter farms 1,300 hectares, all rented from the Nati...
16-02-2012 08:07 AM | Appointments, News
Bill Clark to join NIAB
NIAB has appointed Bill Clark as Commercial Technical Director for NIAB TAG, based at the Cambridge office. Currently Director of the Rothamsted Broo...
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