CLA activities at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show 2025
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) will host a variety of activities at their stand
(Number 194) at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, including several high-profile speaker events.
Open to all Show visitors.
ALL CLA ACTIVITIES CAN BE REGISTERED FOR VIA LINK: www.cla.org.uk/events
TUESDAY 8 JULY
8am – 9.30am CLA Growth of the Rural Economy Breakfast
Booking required via www.bit.ly/4ldaSHS
The CLA’s Deputy President Gavin Lane will host Mayor of York and North Yorkshire David Skaith
who will launch his ‘Review of the state of farming finance and challenges faced’. The panel will
discuss the findings and the wider challenges facing our sector, including a Q & A session with the
attendees.
Speakers / panel members are:
· Gavin Lane, CLA Deputy President
· David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire
· Jonathan Roberts, CLA External Affairs Director
· James Pavey, Partner and Head of Rural Business and Estates at Irwin Mitchell
· Sally Ormiston, Director at Rural Solutions
The event is generously supported by Rural Solutions and Irwin Mitchell
10am – 11.30am – ‘Ask the Advisers’ session – open to all
Booking required via www.bit.ly/4n1oxDw
Judicaelle Hammond, CLA Director of Policy and Advice will introduce the powerhouse of CLA
advisory services with an overview of the latest policy developments impacting rural land use.
Joseph Mitchell, Partner at Harrison Drury Solicitors, who generously sponsors this session, will
field questions on legal issues such as business ownership structures, types of ownership and
diversification.
Each adviser, in the CLA North team, will then host a round table and attendees can choose
between the various experts present and have time to engage with two topics of their choice.
Advisers will be on hand throughout the show to take additional queries.
3pm – 4pm Question Time Panel: Rural Revival – What Next?
Booking required via www.bit.ly/3G5HWm7
This panel will give their take on recent developments in the rural and farming sector and also
consider what the future may hold. As owners of 70% of England’s land we are key stakeholders in
the land use debate and hold many solutions for society’s challenges and the rural economy.
The session, which is generously supported by Saffery and YoungsRPS, will be introduced and
facilitated by CLA Deputy President Gavin Lane.
Panel members include:
· Judicaelle Hammond, CLA Director of Policy & Advice
· Rebecca Wilson, 5th generation farmer in Yorkshire
· Emma Smith, Rural Chartered Surveyor at YoungsRPS
· Erica White, Senior Accounts Manager at Saffery
Each speaker will give their thoughts, followed by a wider panel discussion which will include
questions from the audience.
4.30pm to 5.30pm RABI drinks reception sponsored by CLA Healthcare
Booking required via www.bit.ly/3I3giqq
The CLA will host a reception, generously sponsored by CLA Healthcare, to showcase the
important work of RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution) in supporting farmers up and
down the country. Refreshments available.
WEDNESDAY 9 JULY
8am to 9.30am – CLA Risky Business Breakfast
Booking required via www.bit.ly/3HQRwKc
This Breakfast Seminar, hosted by CLA Deputy President Gavin Lane and generously sponsored by
GSC Grays and Hagen Wolf, will explore perspectives from an insurance, legal and land agent
position on an evolving hypothetical scenario covering change in farming type and diversification.
Speakers giving their expert opinions are:
· Freddie Braithwaite-Exley, Account Executive at CLA Insurance
· Estella Prince, Legal Director at Hagen Wolf
· Land Agent TBC, GSC Grays
The seminar will also facilitate questions from those attending.
2.30pm to 3.30pm Livestock and their Future in Farming
Booking required via www.bit.ly/3FO6nEJ
This panel, kindly supported by Armstrong Watson, will discuss the future of livestock in British
farming, considering pressures of emerging disease trends, public perceptions and the bigger
picture positives of integrating livestock in regenerative models.
The session will be chaired by Andrew Loftus, Yorkshire livestock farmer and Chair of the Beef and
Lamb Environment Roadmap. Expert speakers include:
Sarah Tomlinson, Lead Veterinary Scientist at AHDB (Technical Director TBAS)
· Joe Stanley – Head of Sustainable Farming, GWCT (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust)
Allerton Project
· Sarah Tomlinson, Lead Veterinary Scientist at AHDB (Technical Director TBAS)
· Andrew Robinson, Beef Farmer and Farming Accountant
4.30pm to 5.30pm The Knight Frank – Nuffield Farming Drinks Reception
Booking required via www.bit.ly/449SatA
CLA Deputy President Gavin Lane (also a Nuffield Scholar) will welcome guests at this reception,
kindly sponsored by Knight Frank.
Former scholars, future applicants and supporters are invited to attend this reception, which will
highlight scholars’ experiences whilst giving advice to aspiring applicants.
Media requests for interviews
· Tuesday 8 July, CLA Deputy President Gavin Lane, CLA External Affairs Director Jonathan
Roberts; CLA Director of Policy & Advice, Judicaelle Hammond.
· Wednesday 9 July, CLA Deputy President Gavin Lane.
· Daily: CLA Director North Harriet Ranson.
To request an interview slot, please contact Henk Geertsema on 07976 937406.
Access all the above activities via www.cla.org.uk/events
Daily at the CLA marquee – from 11.30am to 2.15pnm, two course lunches, priced at £25 incl. VAT.
