OUR COMPANIES
Within the Velcourt Group you have access to a wealth of knowledge and expertise from across our companies, each specialists in their own fields, working in synergy together to create tailormade services that deliver results.
VELCOURT
With more than five decades’ experience of managing farms and rural estates in the UK, mainland Europe and further afield, Velcourt has unrivalled expertise. Their expert staff are at work on dozens of arableand dairy farms every week, giving them the ability to interpret and react to what is happening on the ground on a real-time basis.
Velcourt believes that farming and rural business must be profitable to be sustainable. Their personal, people-orientated approach ensures that Velcourt can deliver the best possible returns, while maintaining farming methods which are responsible, sustainable and environmentally sensitive.
Every client has individual and unique requirements and expectations. Velcourt therefore works as an active partner – offering a full range of options, from advisory services through to equity-sharing agreements.
BRONWIN
& ABBEY
Bronwin & Abbey are a team of well-seasoned individuals, with over 40 years’ experience dedicated to preserving and maximising the forests and woodlands across our rural landscape. Many of their clients have been with them for almost as long, farmers and landed estates, private owners and institutional investors, each benefitting from their own well considered, tailor-made Bronwin & Abbey service.
Making their clients’ woodlands profitable is key, whilst acknowledging the importance of biodiversity and sustainability. Their team has a proven track record in delivering results, maximising returns from timber sales and grants, as well as a sound knowledge of the newly developing carbon and natural capital markets.
Bronwin & Abbey manage over 20,000 hectares of woodland, harvest over 100,000 tonnes of timber per year and plant over a million UK-grown trees per year too.
OAKBANK
Oakbank is a well-known and well-respected name in game and conservation in the UK. They are one of the leading suppliers of seeds, plants and advice for the creation of wildlife habitat on farmland. This covers Countryside Stewardship, SFI, ELMS and other private funding streams.
Their team of experienced and skilled advisors work with clients to develop and execute projects on both farmland and woodland. Their expertise is regularly used by Natural England, GWCT, RSPB, NFFN and a wide range of private companies.
Oakbank supply a wide range of products for Countryside Stewardship, game covers, cover cropping, landscaping projects plus trees, shrubs and hedge plants. Their team spend a great deal of time sourcing high-quality products, testing them out in real-life scenarios before making them widely available. They offer a wide range of well-crafted mixtures for many situations and also create bespoke mixtures for specific purposes as required.
