On the 1st December the two professional practices, both with expert, well established agricultural departments, will share the speaker’s platform at Worcestershire Young Farmers Club, Hawford.

The idea behind the collaboration is to deliver a seminar devised to help farmers plan ahead in a constantly changing economic climate. The session will provide a forum for advice on practical issues such as how to pay less tax for example. Delegates will also be given guidance on ways to explore new business opportunities and the latest updates on the issues currently affecting the agricultural sector.

Bill Ballard, founder and partner at Ballard Dale Syree Watson is delighted to combine forces with Halls for the good of the farming community.

Head of Agribusiness at BDSW, Mr Ballard said: “Farmers are extremely busy people and to have access to the free advice we are offering in one intensive evening session is very appealing to them. No matter if a farming business is performing well or struggling in the current climate it is important to minimise tax liability and to deliver sensible, successful strategic advice.”

With offices in Shropshire, Worcestershire mid-Wales and the West Midlands Halls have a wealth of expertise and diversity in many sectors and prides itself on its success in helping clients in the agricultural sector.

Rural surveyor, Helen Gibbs who will be representing Halls at the seminar said: “Farmers are always seeking further opportunities to make the most from their assets. We hope this seminar will highlight and remind farmers of the best way to maximise their income and allow them to consider alternative income streams. All farming enterprises are subject to changing government policy and we hope to provide helpful updates in this regard.”

For seminar enquiries, please contact Steven Jones on 01905 794504/mobile 07828 198 918 or e-mail:steven.jones@ballardsca.com

Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.

A crowd of nearly a quarter-million jammed Grant Park and the surrounding area in Chicago, where Obama addressed the nation for the first time as its president-elect at midnight ET. Hundreds of thousands more — Mayor Richard Daley said he would not be surprised if a million Chicagoans jammed the streets — watched on a large television screen outside the park.

“If there is anyone out there who doubts that America is a place where anything is possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama declared.