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Diversifications can prove to be profitable avenues for rural businesses, but one case shines a light on the potential pitfalls that can cost farms their tenancy rights
Published on 19 Feb 2026
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- Richard Pinney
- Strapline
- Diversifications can prove to be profitable avenues for rural businesses, but one case shines a light on the potential pitfalls that can cost farms their tenancy rights
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- How can a farm diversification put your home at risk?
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Broadening your income streams makes good commercial sense, but there can be pitfalls. We hear from six CLA members with thriving diversified businesses
Published on 23 Apr 2026
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- Rob Hackney
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- Broadening your income streams makes good commercial sense, but there can be pitfalls. We hear from six CLA members with thriving diversified businesses
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- Making diversification work: lessons from six successful rural businesses
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An insightful day for members who attended a recent CLA seminar
Published on 4 Oct 2024
- Authors
- Lee Murphy
- Regions
- The East
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- An insightful day for members who attended a recent CLA seminar
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- How to succeed with diversification
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Lee Murphy takes a look at a unique farm diversification on the Essex-Hertfordshire border
Published on 14 Jan 2025
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- Lee Murphy
- Regions
- The East
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- Lee Murphy takes a look at a unique farm diversification on the Essex-Hertfordshire border
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- Delivering diversification success
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Following the CLA's budget submission to the government, Senior Economist Charles Trotman explains how a ‘soft loan’ approach could help rural businesses expand and diversify
Published on 16 Oct 2025
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- Charles Trotman
- Campaigns
- Rural Powerhouse
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- Following the CLA's budget submission to the government, Senior Economist Charles Trotman explains how a ‘soft loan’ approach could help rural businesses expand and diversify
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- Soft loans: a potential lifeline for rural growth and diversification
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Discover how an unusual tourism diversification, with endorsement from comedian Johnny Vegas, has created a range of beneficial opportunities for an estate and its local community Published on 17 Sep 2025
Unique rural stays: how a sustainable tourism project can prove to be a worthwhile business diversification
Feature article- Authors
- Natalie Oakes
- Regions
- The Midlands
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- Discover how an unusual tourism diversification, with endorsement from comedian Johnny Vegas, has created a range of beneficial opportunities for an estate and its local community
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- Unique rural stays: how a sustainable tourism project can prove to be a worthwhile business diversification
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Up Acre provides an overview of the most popular types of land use diversification and explains how you can explore the available options for your land Published on 21 Jan 2025
Ad: Is diversification right for your land? The six most popular options from Up Acre
Feature article- Authors
- Rob Hackney
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- Up Acre provides an overview of the most popular types of land use diversification and explains how you can explore the available options for your land
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- Ad: Is diversification right for your land? The six most popular options from Up Acre
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We hear from CLA member Paul O’Brien who has maximised the potential of his 220 acres, with enterprises ranging from farming, a campsite and business park to hiring out military vehicles Published on 17 Apr 2024
Maximising land potential through diversification
Feature article- Authors
- Mike Sims
- Regions
- The South East
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- We hear from CLA member Paul O’Brien who has maximised the potential of his 220 acres, with enterprises ranging from farming, a campsite and business park to hiring out military vehicles
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- Maximising land potential through diversification
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Discover how two CLA members have developed multiple diversifications, including wedding venues, to generate income and maximise business potential Published on 13 Jun 2024
Harnessing diversification to create a successful wedding venue
Feature article- Authors
- Jasmin McDermott
- Regions
- The East
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- Discover how two CLA members have developed multiple diversifications, including wedding venues, to generate income and maximise business potential
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- Harnessing diversification to create a successful wedding venue
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An overview of the CLA's most recent member event
Published on 17 Mar 2023
- Authors
- Lee Murphy
- Regions
- The East
- Strapline
- An overview of the CLA's most recent member event
- Title
- How to succeed with diversification
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The CLA’s Henk Geertsema finds out how a luxury glamping pod business is part of the environmental ethos of a diversified family farm business on the edge of Morecambe Bay
Published on 28 Jun 2024
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- Henk Geertsema
- Regions
- The North
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- The CLA’s Henk Geertsema finds out how a luxury glamping pod business is part of the environmental ethos of a diversified family farm business on the edge of Morecambe Bay
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- Luxury glamping pods: a sustainable and successful business diversification
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We find out how CLA member Ian Griffiths balances different elements of his diverse rural businesses, spanning farming, tourism and the environment, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Published on 4 Apr 2024
Diversification: the CLA member finding business balance
Feature article- Authors
- Jasmin McDermott
- Regions
- Wales
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- We find out how CLA member Ian Griffiths balances different elements of his diverse rural businesses, spanning farming, tourism and the environment, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
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- Diversification: the CLA member finding business balance