Category Archives: A view from the Farm

The True Experience of Rural Broadband – A Business Perspective

Following a critical repair of my Apple PC, having had to take it to Leamington for a replacement logic board and a 2 week wait while they incompetently liased with apple to pick up the bill for its repair, I was keen to install the latest Mac update of the Operating System, to get backContinueContinue reading “The True Experience of Rural Broadband – A Business Perspective”

Save Money Booking Direct and Avoid Holiday Scams

Seasoned Traveler and Farm Stay Owner Writes on the benefits of booking holidays direct and safeguarding your booking

Save Money Booking Direct and Avoid Holiday Scams

Seasoned Traveler and Farm Stay Owner Writes on the benefits of booking holidays direct and safeguarding your booking

Choose Your Name Wisely

For new business startups wrestling with what to call your business is time well spent, we were fortunate in having some excellent free advice via business link and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. The advice given was to chose a name which can grow with your business and not restrict it. “Tony’s Shoe Sales” tells theContinueContinue reading “Choose Your Name Wisely”

Choose Your Name Wisely

For new business startups wrestling with what to call your business is time well spent, we were fortunate in having some excellent free advice via business link and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. The advice given was to chose a name which can grow with your business and not restrict it. “Tony’s Shoe Sales” tells theContinueContinue reading “Choose Your Name Wisely”

Oaks Barn Farm Hosts Studley Castle Team

This weekend we are delighted to welcome Murphy & Young Ltd to our Farm, the team of 6 will be undertaking works on the £35 Million investment by the Warner Group to develop Studley Castle and its facilities. From 1903 to the 1960s the house was occupied by Studley College, a horticultural training establishment forContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Hosts Studley Castle Team”

The Farmers View on Growing Your Social Media Accounts

New Automation Tool Gets the Thumbs Up On The Farm 4085 followers and Growing with automated multi platform sharing of rich farming content. Living and working on the farm, it is rare that we get the chance to buy a news paper, let alone the time to read one, for this reason we use socialContinueContinue reading “The Farmers View on Growing Your Social Media Accounts”

Lambing 2017

Just as the soil is starting to warm and the snowdrops rise their heads from the cold of winter, the signs that summer lies just around the corner are everywhere to see. Spring is my favourite time of year on the farm, getting the lambing shed ready for the imminent arrival of this years lambs isContinueContinue reading “Lambing 2017”

An NHS to be proud of

 While good news stories rarely make the headlines, Oaks Barn Farm’s Wayne Smith as a follow on from his recent article in the Farmers Guardian, Wayne was video interviewed on Wednesday by Susan Kirkpatrick Senior Researcher from The University of Oxford as part of the Inquire Research Project.   INQUIRE (Improving NHS quality usingContinueContinue reading “An NHS to be proud of”

Digging for Bowel Cancer

What a difference a day makes at Oaks Barn Farm, we approached one of our Twitter Friends @Scottlar https://twitter.com/scottylar to do some metal detecting on our bottom fields, he said he would pay £15 per day to let him detect we said we would match fund his contribution if we could donate it towards Bowel Cancer Awareness,ContinueContinue reading “Digging for Bowel Cancer”