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associates
There are fourteen consultants
within Abacus Organic Services Ltd, with a wide range of disciplines
and experience with the ability to provide farmer, growers,
processors, packers and retailers with quality and cost effective
advice and technical support right across the food chain on a UK and
international basis. As a client you can access all of this
expertise.
The strength of the Abacus
Organic Services Ltd team is the wide range of skills and expertise
and the extensive network of organic sector contacts. These include
Organic food retail supply chain management, organic farm business
management advice, food production and procurement, protected
cropping, horticulture, fruit, arable and root crop production,
livestock management (dairy, beef, lamb, poultry and pork),
financial analysis, continuity programming, organic food processing,
product development, food hygiene and safety, the development of
quality systems and HACCP’s, technical monitoring of UK, European
and International supply, land and property management, business
analysis and training to individuals, co-operative groups and
corporate clients. There are four Defra licensed organic inspectors
within Abacus with extensive knowledge of organic auditing and
supply chain integrity on a UK and international basis.
Abacus Organic has regional offices in
: DEVON, Sidmouth; NORFOLK, Fakenham & Kings Lynn ; SUFFOLK,
Barnham; BEDFORDSHIRE, Ampthill ; WILTSHIRE, Marlborough &
Chippenham; WARWICKSHIRE, Lower Tysoe; RUTLAND, South Luffenham;
LINCOLNSHIRE, Lincoln, Louth & Spalding ; CHESHIRE, Neston &
Willaston.
Abacus consultants' skills and expertise can be summarised as follows:
(click on a Name for more about that consultant)
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STEPHEN BRIGGS (Director)
Contact Stephen Briggs
Qualifications: BSc, MSc, HND – Agriculture and rural resource
management
Competencies: Project management, Audit system development and
implementation, Business planning and strategic management review,
change management, financial analysis and budgeting, training.
Creation of business plans and applications, business structure
development, benchmarking using diagnostic tools and on-going
business support to achieve business improvement. Supply chain
development to help open new market opportunities, local food and
supply chain development, Co-op and group formation and development,
arable production, soil management, beef, sheep production. Training
programme development and delivery.
UK
and International experience.
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MIKE TAME (Director)
Contact Mike Tame
Qualifications: PhD, BSc - Biochem
Competencies: Dairy, beef, sheep, livestock management and
programming, ration & feed planning, forage management, livestock
health management, training and group facilitation, food and supply
chain development, grant scheme applications and management, farm
shop and retail development. Training programme development and
delivery.
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GARETH JONES (Director)
Contact Gareth Jones
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Agriculture and Rural Business
Management
Competencies: Business planning and strategic management review,
change management, financial analysis and budgeting. Creation of
business plans and applications, business structure development.
Supply chain development to help open new market opportunities,
local food and supply chain development. Dairy, beef, sheep, upland
livestock systems, business planning and management, financial
analysis. UK and International experience.
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Qualifications: BSc agriculture, BASIS, FACTS
Competencies: Business planning and strategic management review,
change management, financial analysis and budgeting, training.
Creation of business plans and applications, business structure
development, benchmarking using diagnostic tools, supply chain
development to help open new market opportunities, local food and
supply chain development, Co-op and group formation and development.
Arable, root and field scale vegetable production, business planning
and management, financial analysis, training.
UK
and International experience.
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Qualifications: Involved in organic sector since 1975; -
production and supply chain management
Competencies: Registered Defra Organic Inspector. Horticultural
Production Procurement, Identification and selection of “Organic
Suppliers” Technical monitoring of suppliers in UK, Europe,
International, planning for the Corporate/Packer/Food Processor
sector, Field scale & Intensive horticultural production, continuity
programming, business planning and management, financial analysis.
Funding applications, business structure development, supply chain
development, local food network development and supply chain
development, Co-op and group formation and development. Pack house
and distribution centre
development. Training in Stock Management and Control,
reconciliation of inputs / outputs, traceability.
UK, European & International
experience
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Qualifications: Agricultural Degree
Competencies: Field scale & Intensive horticultural production,
continuity programming, business planning and management, financial
analysis. Funding applications, business structure development,
supply chain development, local food network development and supply
chain development, herb production, box schemes, market research and
intelligence, financial analysis.
UK
and International experience.
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Qualifications: BSc Agriculture, MSc Marketing and Management, MRICS
Competencies: Product development, Marketing strategy development
and implementation, project management, Financial analysis. local
food and supply chain development . Business planning and strategic
management review, change management, financial analysis and
budgeting, training.
Rural
diversification, planning applications, environmental management,
land agency, property advice and management. Tenancies, share farm /
contractor agreements, rent reviews, business planning and
marketing. Compulsory purchase schemes. Enforcements and appeals,
change of use of buildings.
UK and International experience.
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Qualifications: BSc Agriculture, MSc
Competencies: Red meat specialist, Beef, Lamb, Pork and Dairy.
Livestock management and programming, Quality assurance schemes, pre
and post harvest handling/grading, ration & feed planning, forage
management, livestock health management, training and group
facilitation, food and supply chain development, grant scheme
applications and management, farm shop and retail development.
UK
and International experience.
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Qualifications: PhD Botany, BSc (Hons) Applied Chemistry
Competencies: Local food and supply chain development. Development,
implementation and management of local food networks. UK and
international Horticultural Fresh Produce business development and
Procurement, Innovative product and market, development, commercial
exploitation of technology, Rural Economy development, Producer
collaboration facilitation, Enhansing customer confidence and
business performance, innovation in the supply chain and technical
excellence support. Pack house and distribution centre development.
Training in Stock Management and Control, reconciliation of inputs /
outputs, traceability, HACCP within crop production, harvest and
post harvest practices.
UK and International experience.
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Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Agriculture, Msc (In-progress)
Competencies: Business planning and strategic management review,
change management, financial analysis and budgeting. Read meat
production performance benchmarking, Salad, veg and root crop
performance benchmarking. Creation of business plans and
applications, business structure development. RDA grant
apploications, supply chain development to help open new market
opportunities, local food and supply chain development.
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Qualifications: MSc Food Analysis & Composition, BSc Hons Food
Technology, Defra-approved Organic Food Processing Inspector, ISO
9000 Lead Auditor, I.E.H.O.Advanced Food Hygiene Cert.
German, French, Spanish and Italian spoken (with varying degrees of
fluency)
Competencies: Systems and/or training for large and
small food processors in the following areas:-
Food safety, quality, organic certification (EU, NOP, IFOAM), HACCP,
audits, importing, specifications, labelling (including nutritional
declarations), microbiology, hygiene, pest control, food service,
product development, marketing, animal feed and seed processing,
on-farm processing.
UK
and International experience.
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Qualifications: BSc
Agricultural Business Management
Competencies: Market development. Post harvest marketing and crop
handling. Business planning and strategic management review, change
management, financial analysis and budgeting, training. Creation of
business plans and applications. Supply chain development to help
open new market opportunities, local food and supply chain
development. Arable and root crop production. Organic beef
production, business planning and management, financial analysis,
training.
UK
and International experience.
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Qualifications:
BSc (Hons),
MI,Soil Sci, C.Sci
Competencies: Soil Water and Nutrient management. Organic grassland
systems. Organic poultry enterprise development and management.
Design and management of ‘Silvo-poultry agroforestry system’ .
Environmental benchmarking. Development, implementation, monitoring
and reporting of on-farm and commercial research programmes.
Research funding. Development of training programmes and linkages
into European networks. Farm energy resource audits. Equine business
operation on organic farms. Organic certification, business planning
and management, financial analysis, training.
UK
and International experience.
Trustee and Honorary Secretary of the British Grassland Society,
Member of the Institute of Professional Soil Scientists, Member of
the British Society of Soil Science
Member of the Charter Institute of Scientists , Member of ISOFAR,
Co-Founder of the UK Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR)
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Qualifications: BSc, MSc – Agriculture and Soil Science
Competencies: Lead Auditor qualified. Registered Defra Organic
Inspector. Project management, Audit system development and
implementation, Business planning and strategic management review,
change management, benchmarking using diagnostic tools and on-going
business support to achieve business improvement. Supply chain
development to help open new market opportunities, local food and
supply chain development. Training programme development and
delivery.
UK and International experience.
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