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LATEST News

April 16, 2024
General News
LATEST BMR GRASS SEED CATALOGUE AVAILABLE

LATEST BMR GRASS SEED CATALOGUE AVAILABLE

BMR's Grass Seed Catalogue for 2024 is now available to download. This year our seed catalogue can be easily downloaded directly from the BMR website.

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March 21, 2024
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IS IT TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SOCIAL IMPACT?

IS IT TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SOCIAL IMPACT?

Enhancing the social impact of an estate or farm can benefit landowners, land managers and society as a whole, according to property expert Savills latest research article.

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February 25, 2024
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GOVERNMENT MAKES U-TURN ON TAXATION OF PICK-UPS

GOVERNMENT MAKES U-TURN ON TAXATION OF PICK-UPS

The Government has performed a U-turn over its decision to treat double cab pick-ups as cars for taxation purposes – a move that would have affected thousands of farmers across the country.

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JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES

General Labour

Multi Skilled Farm Worker

Due to change in circumstance a position has become available for a multi-skilled farm worker.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic person to work with an established team on the family farm; comprising of cattle, sheep and arable enterprises.  Playfair Farms, (six miles south of Kelso) covers three farms, with around 400 spring calving suckler cows, 1500 Cheviot ewes and about 300ha of combinable crop.

What the role includes:

• Working with the beef and sheep enterprises as need dictates

• Arable work as necessary

• Tractor and telescopic/loader work

• Maintenance of equipment

• Estate maintenance as required

What you will need:

• Eagerness to develop skills and gain experience of a diverse range of enterprises

• Have a keen eye for detail

• Interest in mechanics and have an interest in looking after equipment

• Availability to work weekends and evenings during busy periods

• Have a full clean driving licence

• An ability to work as part of a team and independently

What we offer:

A diverse range of work throughout the year. A competitive salary and wider benefits, a supportive team environment, the opportunity to progress and develop your career.
Additional training will be provided as part of our ongoing training and investing in skills.
We would welcome your CV please send to:  playfairfarms@gmail.com
For further details please ring Rob Playfair on 07813266824.

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General Labour

Field Sales Manager – Northumberland, Scottish Borders, East Lothian

Company looking for a driven individual who has passion and ambition to succeed as a Field Sales Manager (Agriculture) based in the Northumberland, Scottish Borders and East Lothian areas.

You would be joining a growing Agricultural division with a focus on driving growth in line with the businesses objectives and responsible for selling our exciting product range direct to farmers and farming related businesses. Servicing an already established customer base you will need to be able to address your customers’ needs and concerns and develop and maintain strong relationships.

Company car and private healthcare scheme.
Competitive salary, 42.5 hours per week.

Visit Spaldings website for more details.

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OUR History

Borders Machinery Ring (BMR), the first Ring to be formed in the UK in February 1987 by 23 farmers and contractors.  Currently, there are over 1030 members. Turnover is around £10 million.

Essentially a machinery ring “matches a shortage of machinery and/or labour capacity on one farm with a surplus on another.

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testimonials

“I find it very beneficial to work with BMR. I work all over Britain and with one phone call to BMR my fuel, chemical or grass seed is delivered anywhere in the country at competitive prices the following day. This free up a lot of time trying to source local suppliers and lets me get on with the job in hand.”

Brian Keen, Forestry & Conservation Services

“I am constantly looking at lowering input costs of which drier gas is significant. Through BMR we changed our supplier and saved 10p/litre. The service was better than from our previous supplier and we saved over £800 in the first season.”

Adam Marshall – Slighhouses, Duns

“Our staff all really, genuinely enjoyed the Emergency First Aid at Work course, they said it was much more relevant to their work than any course they had completed in the past and said the instructor was fantastic. They’ve all learned lots.”

Bill Rae Contracting, Hawick