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associates
The
consultants within Abacus Organic Services Ltd, have 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 Associates
has regional offices in: DEVON (Axmouth ); DORSET (Corfe
Castle); NORFOLK (Fakenham & Southrepps); BEDFORDSHIRE (Ampthill);
WILTSHIRE (Marlborough); WARWICKSHIRE (Lower Tysoe);
CAMBRIDGESHIRE (Peterborough); LINCOLNSHIRE (Lincoln,
Louth); CHESHIRE (Neston); Surrey (Guildford) and
Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds)
Send a
General Enquiry
or contact the Associate of your choice
Abacus consultants' skills and expertise can be summarised as follows:
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 STEPHEN BRIGGS (Director)
Cambridgeshire
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. Stephen also farms 320 acres in
Cambridgeshire, Rutland and Norfolk.
Approved by Natural England to deliver land based advice & training
through the FATI programme.
UK and international experience.
Tel 01733 219888, Fax: 08715 289703 Mobile:
07855 341309
stephen.briggs@abacusorganic.co.uk
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 MIKE
TAME (Director)
Norfolk
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. Approved by Natural England to deliver land based
advice & training through the FATI programme.
Mobile:
07777 682422
mike.tame@abacusorganic.co.uk
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 GARETH JONES (Director)
Cheshire
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. Approved by
Natural England to deliver land based advice & training through the
FATI programme.
Tel / Fax:01513 362506 Mobile: 07855
484204
gareth.jones@abacusorganic.co.uk
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Lincolnshire
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. Approved by
Natural England to deliver land based advice & training through the
FATI programme.
UK
and International experience.
Tel / Fax: 01522 589464 Mobile: 07855
046069
isobel.wright@abacusorganic.co.uk
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Lincolnshire
Principle International
Consultant
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
Tel / Fax: 01507 611221 Mobile 07976 638118
rick.bowers@abacusorganic.co.uk
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Bedfordshire
Qualifications:
BSc (Hons) Agriculture, MSc Marketing, Chartered Surveyor (MRICS,
FAAV). Cert. Horticulture
Competencies:
Rural diversification,
planning applications, enforcements and appeals, change of use of
buildings. Land agency, property advice and management.
Environmental management, tenancies, share farm / contractor
agreements, rent reviews, business planning and marketing.
Agricultural valuer, insurance claims, compulsory purchase schemes,
pipes, roads and cables.
Marketing strategy and
strategic management reviews, feasibility studies, project
development and implementation, project management, financial
analysis. Local food and supply chain development. Business
planning, change management, budgeting and training.UK and International
experience. Approved by Natural England to
deliver land based advice & training through the FATI programme.
Tel: 01525 630113
Fax:
01525 633100
sam.franklin@abacusorganic.co.uk
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Devon
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. Approved
by Natural England to deliver land based advice & training through
the FATI programme. UK
and International experience.
Tel / Fax:
01297 639911 Mobile: 07887
678780
dan.powell@abacusorganic.co.uk
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Warwickshire
Qualifications:
PhD Botany, BSc Applied Chemistry, Fellow of the Institute of
Horticulture
Competencies:
Creation, development, implementation and management of local and
regional food networks using short Supply Chains and producer
collaborations. Specialist in Public Sector Food Procurement, group
facilitation and Business Development and innovation in the Supply
Chain (production to distribution) in the Horticulture sector.
Expertise in the development of added value foods from production
surpluses, Professional Food Mentor of The Institute of Food Science
and Technology (SALSA , BRC Global Food Standards and HACCP) for
primary horticulture (fruit, salads and vegetables), post harvest
production (fresh and frozen), ambient stable foods and beverages.
Approved by Natural England to deliver land based advice & training
through the FATI programme.
Tel /fax 01295 680127, Mobile 07889 360133
graham.collier@abacusorganic.co.uk
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Wiltshire
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. Approved by Natural England to
deliver land based advice & training through the FATI programme.
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)
Tel:
01672 871265 Mobile: 07740 636455
lois.philipps@abacusorganic.co.uk
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Cambridgeshire
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. Approved
by Natural England to deliver land based advice & training through
the FATI programme.
Tel : 01733 219888
Fax: 08715 289703
Mobile: 07800 534768
lynn.briggs@abacusorganic.co.uk
 ANDREW
HEAD
Dorset
Associate Consultant
Qualifications: HND Agriculture, 15 years Farm and
Livestock Management, 10 years organic.
Competencies: Farm business planning, systems and strategy review, change
management. Livestock systems including deer and poultry. Mixed farm and crop
production systems. Rotation design. Supply chain management, marketing, brand
development and promotion. Environmental stewardship applications. Organic
conversion planning, livestock management plans, farm recording systems, digital
mapping. Project management. UK and international experience.
Approved by Natural England to deliver land based advice & training through the
FATI programme.
Tel / Fax: 01929 481393 Mobile:
07702 114904
andrew.head@abacusorganic.co.uk
 IAN KNIGHT
Surrey
Associate Consultant
Livestock and crop
production, Beef, sheep and arable, Animal health and
welfare, Forage and home grown feed, Soils and nutrient
cycling, Farm business management, Whole farm appraisal and
budgets, Project management and diversification, Brand
design, sales and marketing, Local food, farm shops and box
schemes, Organic conversion and certification, Finance,
subsidies and grant funding, Environmental stewardship,
Registered FATI provider. Approved by Natural England to
deliver land based advice & training through the FATI
programme.
 DOMINIC
WATTS
Suffolk
Associate Consultant
Qualifications: HND Agriculture, National Diploma Farm Management (RAC)
Over 30 years hands-on farm management, of which 11 organic.
Competencies: Arable production, rotation design, soil management,
business analysis and planning, cash flows and budgets,
environmental management, Agri-environment scheme planning and
applications. Cross Compliance and Single Farm Payment advice. Approved by Natural England to deliver land
based advice & training through the FATI programme.
Tel : 01284 386304 Mobile: 07775 514885
dominic.watts@abacusorganic.co.uk
 ALISON
SMYTH
Norfolk
Qualifications: ANC Conservation Management; BASIS Soil & Water
Management; PTLLS.
Competencies: Specialist in Agri-environment scheme applications –
HLS/ELS/OELS; Woodland Management; Soil & Water management;
Conservation grazing systems; Development of Landscape & Catchment
wide land management; SPS Cross Compliance audits & management;
Whole farm planning & risk management; Local food & supply change
development; Development of training, coaching & mentoring
programmes; Organic certification, business planning & management. Approved by Natural England to deliver
land based advice & training through the FATI programme.
Tel: 01263 834038 Mobile: 07920 030711
alison.smyth@abacusorganic.co.uk
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