FARMER TO STEER £1.5M FUNDING PROGRAMME

Farmer, Geoff Payne, has been appointed to spearhead a £1.5million funding project in the East Midlands to boost the profits of farming and forestry businesses.LandSkills East Midlands, which is managed by Lantra Sector Skills Council on behalf of the east midlands development agency (emda), has appointed Geoff as Programme Manager to help agricultural, horticultural and forestry businesses access up to 70% funding towards a wide variety of training activities. Geoff, from near Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, knows first hand why skills development is crucial to business success having worked