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May - November 2009

Forthcoming Shows

Farmplan will be attending the following agricultural shows this year:

• Beef Expo, Three counties Showground, Malvern, 21st May
• North Sheep, Laund Farm, Preston, 3rd June
• Cornwall, Wadebridge, 4th-6th June
• SW Sheep, North Alfordon Farm, Okehampton, 9th June
• Cereals, Vine Farm, Wendy, Royston, 10th-11th June
• Crop Tech, Moss-side, Oldmeldrum, 18th June
• Highland, Royal Highland Showground, 25th-28th June
• Pitlochie Beef Fayre, Gateside, Fife, 1st July
• Norfolk, Royal Norfolk Showground, 1st-2nd July
• Driffield Show, Kelleythorpe, Driffield, 22nd July
• Tillage South, Coop Farms, The Airfield, Down Ampney, 15th September
• Tillage North, Redpath Farms, Spylaw, Nr Kelso, 1st Oct
• Agriscot, Royal Highland Showground, TBA
• Smithfield, TBA

March 2009

ATTENTION - SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME PLANNER PROGRAM

Please note that we have found that in certain circumstances, the basic land parcel details that are downloaded from the RPA may show that the Other Aid Scheme Area is showing the Total OS Area rather than the Eligible Area.

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March 2009

GOVERNMENT GATEWAY

During the busy payroll year end period, you may experience problems with the Government Gateway at certain times.

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March 2009

IMPORTANT - Earnie Year End Update - A problem has been identified if the 'Use Last Year's Company Data' option is used in conjuction with 'Filing on-line'

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February 2009

New online route means pain-free Single Payment application

For the first time this year all farmers in England will have the ability to submit their Single Payment Scheme (SPS) applications online. Using Farmplan's SPS Planner software, that links directly to the Government Gateway, farmers and agents can save time and help eliminate errors that can delay payments.

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November 2008

Changes to VAT Rates - applicable from 1st December 2008

As you will know, the Chancellor has announced a change to the Standard rate of VAT from 17.5% to 15% applicable from Monday 1st December.

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July 2008

Time saving function for carcase analysis launched

Using Carcase data to analyse cattle profitability can now be done more efficiently with advances in software from Meadow Quality and Farmplan.

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June 2008

THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR IT

Thanks to a project initiated by Anglia Farmers, First4Farming and Farmplan, farmers can now receive invoices on-line and transfer the information into their own Farmplan software at the touch of a button.

The system has been successfully trialled and is being launched at Cereals 2008 where visitors to Anglia Farmers (stand no. 402) and Farmplan (stand no. 270) can see the programme in action.

Called AFO-IMS (Anglia Farmers Online - Invoice Management System), it has been designed to streamline office accounting procedures, reduce paper use and postage costs.

Alex Morton, commercial projects co-ordinator at Anglia Farmers, said:

"The benefits of receiving one monthly invoice from Anglia Farmers are well recognised. However, details from the individual supplier invoices that come with it have, until now, still had to be keyed into members' own accounting software. With AFO-IMS all of these issues are resolved."

Spring 2008

SPS Press Release

Online submission of SP5 forms launched

The Rural Payments Agency will be accepting electronic submission of the Single Payment forms via the Government Gateway in 2008.

The Farmplan Single Payment Scheme (SPS) Planner software, which helps users identify Land Use Codes and calculates Eligible Area and Area claimed for Protein, Energy, Nuts and HFA, now enables users to submit their forms online and obtain an immediate submission receipt. This means that, for forms submitted before the deadline, the user can be confident RPA has received them on time.

“Farmplan is one of only two suppliers working with RPA to enhance existing software to enable customers to submit their SP5 Single Payment Scheme application electronically for the 2008 scheme year. In order to ensure the smooth running of the process, a limited number of online submission licences are being made available for the first year, 2008.” Hugh Taylor, Chief Operating Officer, RPA.

The SPS Planner software has been used by Lilburn Estates and Whitbread Farms amongst hundreds of other farm businesses for many years. One of its key benefits is that it can help improve the accuracy of returns and minimise errors.

“This new enhancement will be a valuable addition for many farms. Claimants could significantly reduce their work load using this electronic channel” commented Neil Unitt, Managing Director, Farmplan.

Training and Support is available.

Autumn 2007

Business Manager

The latest version of Business Manager has some exciting new features:

- Cashflow filtered by bank account

- Exporting

- E-Mailing

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Autumn 2007

Gatekeeper press release

Major innovation in cropping technology

Internet used to improve crop management processes

June 2007 - A brand new software package for keeping crop records.

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