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News and information for members of the East of England Agricultural Society

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Chairman’s MessageAndrew Riddington

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that there is a firm and stable base to develop an exciting programme for our

members going forward.

Membership of the Society has unfortunately been falling for a number of

years and for a number of reasons, and we what to change this trend. We are

a member focused organisation and we need your help and ideas to deliver

your programme. There is an expanding team of dedicated staff at our dis-

posal and we also have a number of committees that cover all aspects of our

business. I particularly want to draw your attention to the new committees

that specifically cover our core objectives of education, and the promotion of

agriculture and rural life. But it’s not all about attending meetings, it’s volun-

teering to help and being part of what’s going on that makes it worthwhile. So

whatever your interest and strengths might be, we can always use your help.

Expanding on this, we welcome to the main Board, James Parish (Chair of

Marshal Papworth Fund), Ben Harris ( Chair of Members and Social Comm.),

Charlie Reynolds (Chair of Agricultural Steering Comm.), Mike Holland ( Vice

Chair Property Comm.) and Nigel Rome (Council representative). We have

also elected a number of “youthful” Council members which have bought it

new energy.

Thank you to all those that are working very hard to make our Society suc-

cessful. There’s lots to do over the coming months and I look forward to see-

ing you there.

Kind Regards,

Andrew Riddington, Chairman

Welcome to our Autumn newsletter and I

hope you like what you read! The past few

months have been hectic, not only with

presenting some excellent events at the

Showground, but also helping local events

elsewhere in our region. Behind the scenes

we have been working very hard to stabilise

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4 Smithfield Festival 2014

4 The Peterborough Dinner

5 Farm Business Awards

6 UK Grain

6 CropTec

7 Equifest 2014

8-9 Festival of Hunting

10-11 Kids Country

12 Marshal Papworth

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A new patron for the Marshal Papworth Trust:

WelcomeLord Iveagh

Over the last thirty years, Lord Iveagh has played an intrinsic role in moving the Elveden Farms es-tate from dairying and sugar beet into field scale vegetable and cereals production, producing over 100,000 tonnes for UK and overseas markets.

Lord Iveagh has also been responsible for leading the development of ‘The Elveden’ offering, aug-menting produce from alternative sources to of-fer a range of branded and own brand products for 52 weeks of the year for its own delicatessen style farm shop, café restaurant and pub.

Commenting on his appointment, Lord Iveagh said: “I have long enjoyed an association with the East of England Agricultural Society, who manage the Marshal Papworth Fund, so when I was asked to help support the great work that the charity un-dertakes I was only too pleased.

Being equipped to effect change, quickly and ef-ficiently is fundamental to our future and being able to share such skills and knowledge with agri-cultural students in developing countries will help us to support and maximise opportunities for gen-erations to come.”

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The East of England Smithfield Festival will be held

this year on the 4th and 5th December.

Registering for this year’s event is easy. You can do it by going to the Smithfield Festival website:

www.eoesmithfield.co.uk and click “Register Now”

facebook.com/East-of- England-Smithfield-Festival

twitter.com/SmithfieldFest

Peterborough DinnerThursday 20th November 2014

Guest speaker: Graham Smith - Consultant and Leading Expert in Agricultural Law with Roythorne’s SolicitorsTicket Price:

£39.00 incl. VAT For more information on this year’s event, please contact:Sarah Mahoney on 01733 234451 or via email: smahoney@eastofengland.org.uk4

BY KERRY BUTTRISS

Judging over 53,000 acres in Bedfordshire,

Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamp-

tonshire for The East of England Agricultural

Society’s annual Farm Business Awards was

achieved in just one week by 14 judges. Besides

first class farming, prizes were awarded for

enterprises as diverse as wedding venues and

solar farms.

This year’s Farm Business Awards attracted

a near record entry of 28 farms; of which 22

were in the four main classes separated by farm

size. The new young farmer class attracted six

entries. The new class, intends to encourage

the farming industry’s younger generation.

Class winners and young farmers now face a

patient wait until the Supreme results are an-

nounced at the Society’s annual Peterborough

Dinner and Presentation Evening on 20th No-

vember 2014.

For the Society, Farm Business Awards Chair-

man Robert Barnes said: “We cannot thank

sponsors, competitors, judges and stewards

enough for their time and effort. We hope that

everyone enjoyed the week as much as we did.”

Thank you to our sponsors:

Results of the Classes

CLASS 1; Farms 0 – 1200 Acres

WINNER Andrew Brown, Fairchilds Lodge,

Market Harborough

RESERVE Alex Bates, Bates Bros (Farms) Ltd,

COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT

WINNER Andrew Phillips, T & K Phillips,

Bedford

RESERVE Andrew Brown, Fairchilds Lodge,

Market Harborough

CLASS 2; Farms 1201 – 1700 Acres

WINNER Michael Brown, T Brown & Son

(Covington) Ltd

RESERVE David Hoyles, G H Hoyles, Lincs

COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT

WINNER David Hoyles, G H Hoyles, Lincs

RESERVE Michael Brown, T Brown & Son

(Covington) Ltd

SPECIAL ENTERPRISE AWARD

Richard Squire, P Squire Ltd, St Neots –

Wedding Venue

CLASS 3; Farms 1701 – 2800 Acres

WINNER Martin Jenkins, Martin Jenkins

Farming, Cambridge

RESERVE Alistair Morbey, Cole Ambrose Ltd,

Cambs

COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT

WINNER Nicholas Watts, Deeping St Nicholas,

Lincolnshire

Young Farmers’ Class

RESERVE James Kiddy, L Samworth & Partners

SPECIAL ENTERPRISE AWARD

Alistair Morbey – Solar Panels and Storage

CLASS 4; Farms 2801 – 7000 Acres

WINNER James Throp, A.G Wright & Son

Ltd, Cambs

RESERVE David Knott, Trumpington Farm

Company, Cambs

COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT

WINNER David Knott, Trumpington Farm

Company, Cambs

RESERVE Ian Smith, Bedfordia Farms, Bedford

CLASS 5; Young Farmer Class

To be announced at the Peterborough Dinner.

CLASS 6; Supreme Countryside

Management Award

To be announced at the Peterborough Dinner.

CLASS 7; Supreme Championship Award

To be announced at the Peterborough Dinner.

For details on the Farm Business Awards

contact:Kerry Buttriss,

Email: kbuttriss@eastofengland.org.uk

OR for information about this year’s

Peterborough Dinner contact:

Sarah Mahoney

Email: smahoney@eastofengland.org.uk

Or call us on: (01733) 234451

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If you need a reason to attend UK

Grain here are some you should con-

sider!

There are some great reasons to at-

tend this year’s UK Grain event. Along-

side a trade show of leading manufac-

turers is a seminar programme that

is packed with information that you

could find invaluable! Come and listen

to what they have to say, ask the ques-

tions you want answering:

Amandeep Purewal, AHDB Senior

Analyst – Grain market update

marketing and technology strategies at

this critical time of year.

The UK Grain Conference is

FREE to all members of the East

of England Agricultural Society

on production of a current

membership card.

Tickets are priced at £10 if you have

pre-registered, and £15 on the day. Pre

registering can be done at UK Grain’s

website: farmsmart.co.uk

John Seed: Woodend Farming Part-

nership – Using biomass to dry your

grain

David Bartlett: HGCA - Practical as-

pects of infestation and maintaining

good grain quality

Garry Rudd: AIC – Changes in the

codes of practice

The grain business event is dedicat-

ed to all aspects of storage quality,

drying, handling and marketing. Al-

lowing visitors to evaluate both their

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BY BETSY BRANYAN

Equifest is now an established event within the equestrian cal-endar and this year we attracted over 11,500 entries across 743 classes with a total of over 2,500 horses on site over the 5 days.

Well-filled classes, a happy at-mosphere and a variety of both fun and competitive classes allow Equifest to become a real eques-trian holiday for the entire family.

Evening Performances in the Peterborough Arena were held before a packed Grandstand with classes ranging from Fan-cy Dress to HackHunters and Shetland ponies.

Plans are now underway for Equifest 2015 where the aim is to make Equifest a more “pub-lic friendly” event. This will in-volve improving the quantity and quality of Trade Stands and increasing the number of equestrian orientated displays and training classes.

The dates for Equifest 2015 are the 12th-16th August - which will be a must for all equine enthusiasts.

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BY JEREMY STAPLES

A new team was in place to organ-

ise and run the prestigious Peter-

borough Royal Foxhound Show

and the Festival of Hunting this

year. A number of changes in the

layout were implemented aimed

at improving the exhibitor, trade

stand and visitor experience. A

driven social media campaign

resulted in an increase in visitor

numbers and the trade stands

reported good sales revenue this

year with many already provi-

sionally booked for 2015. Visitors

seemed delighted with so many

new and carefully chosen stands

selling all the things appropriate

to their sport.

We retained the “dog show” open-

sided marquee for the Harriers’

and Beagles’ classes rather than

use the Arena to bring them back

outdoors which proved to be very

successful.

Event organisers Addoastra

worked tirelessly to improve the

quality of the trade stands on the

site to reflect the exclusive na-

ture of the day. We provided an

After last year’s outbreak of Ken-

nel Cough, we were delighted to

have 22 packs of Modern English

Foxhounds entered together with

10 packs of Old English , which in-

cluded a pack from Louth in North-

ern Ireland. Competition was tough

throughout the day and winners

included Royal Artillery, Grove and

Rufford, Bicester with Whaddon

Chase and VWH.

area (The Hunt Marquee) for the

Vice Presidents’ Luncheon, After-

noon Tea and post event drinks

which proved popular and espe-

cially in such glorious weather.

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With thanks to Katie Tottenham and Georgia Fowle, Addoastra Events. Photographs copyright Sarah Farnsworth Photography.

To keep up to date with the run up to the Festival of Hunt-

ing 2015, we urge our members to stay up to date with us

online.

Website: www.eastofengland.org.uk/festivalofhunting

Facebook: facebook.com/festivalofhunting

Twitter: twitter.com/festofhunting

The Festival of Hunting 2015 show will take place on

Wednesday 22nd July.

The equine section was full with a first-

class Senior and Junior Inter-Hunt

Relay, together with Hoys qualifiers,

Working Hunters and Heavy Horses

competitions.

The Society created a “Members” area

in front of the Hunt Marquee and it is

hoped that this will become one of the

Society’s “social” events for Members

and their friends. We would urge all

Members to find a couple of hours

next year to visit the event as it is of

interest to all those involved with rural

life and one of the flagship events for

the Society.

In the marquees there was a fantas-

tic turnout of of Harrier and Beagle

packs, Bassetts, Bloodhounds and

Draghounds and a record breaking

number of entries from the Terrier

classes.

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BY KELLY ALLNUTT

The education programme launched by the East of England Agricultural So-ciety under its Kids Coun-try banner continues to go from strength to strength. Following hard on the heels of being awarded an In-novative Learning Award by Bayer CropScience, the team now has been accred-ited for offering good qual-ity educational experiences and managing risk effec-tively with a Learning Out-side the Classroom (LOtC) quality mark to add to its recognition as a Learning Destination within the Chil-dren’s University initiative.

“The appetite for learning aboutfood and farming is ever growing.This year we will give over 7,000 children an opportunity tolearn about a great array of topics centered on farm to fork themes.”

- Sandra Lauridsen, Education Manager,

The annual “Grow Your Own Potatoes” event aims to en-gage with its young audience using a variety of interactive an informative workshops to teach children all about food from field to fork.

A whole host of organisations, such as the Potato Council and volunteers were on hand throughout the day to share their knowledge. These in-cluded a team of experts from Produce World, who super-vised the weighing of the pota-toes, cropped by each school,

Tell me and I’ll forget, show me and I’ll remember, let me do it and I’ll understand:How our Kids’ Country programme is providing a “hands-on” approach to educating children about agriculture

and presented the carb loaded accolade of potato crop winner 2014, to Parnwell School for their plentiful harvest.

On this year’s “Grow Your Own Potatoes” two part event, over 400 local school children re-cently returned to the East of England Showground, for a ded-icated Kids Country event, to harvest an abundance of pota-toes and beetroot that they had planted earlier on in the year. Following from the success-ful crop planting day, that the showground hosted in March,

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“...nothing beats a fully

interactive experience

where they can see how farming really works first

hand.”Ian Erskine,

Head Teacher, Fulbridge Academy

the children aged from 7 to 14 years old returned to discover the fruits of their labours.

The second annual Kids’ Coun-try Food and Farming event was hailed a success with over 5,500 children from schools across the Eastern region, coming together to learn where food comes from and the importance of agriculture.

The showground’s livestock build-ings played host to a variety of ani-mals from goats, to Shire horses and foal, to rare breeds and ‘Danc-ing Sheep’.

Education

The Kids’ Country pro-gramme continues to grow in strength only through the support of volunteers from across the region. If you may be interested in helping at any of our Kids’ Country events in 2015, please contact Sandra Lau-ridsen on (01733) 234451.

Find out more about our events next year at our website: eastofengland.org.uk

To stay updated about Kids’ Country, remember to sign up for e-news about Kids’ Country through our “Con-tact us” page.

With thanks to Kelly Allnutt, Conscious Communications.

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Education

The East of England Agricultural Society looks forward to wel-

coming this year’s Marshal Papworth students: Naome Alowo,

Barbara Kavuta, Mesfin Abebe, Jesse Thomas, Elias Jamvia,

Solomon Otiambo, Felix Chidavenzi, Godfrey Kamanda.

will be given the opportunity to gain the skills they need to

develop and achieve sustainable farming practices, today and

in the future.”

“My newly acquired skills have not only helped me personally

since my return to Malawi, but they have also helped other

farmers within the local community, who have also benefit-

ted hugely. The greatest achievement so far, has been helping

a group of women who grow tomatoes to process them into

sauce, jam and juice, so they don’t have to rely solely on the

sale of fresh tomatoes in order to make a living. I have also

been able to put my new dairy production knowledge to good

use, helping to identify suitable pasture and establish fodder

for a herd of dairy cows.

“Companies looking to invest in the Fund should know that

their money will be used wisely, as it is providing young ag-

riculturalists in Africa with the skills they need to make food

more secure across the world. Most counties depend on agri-

culture for their economy and, by getting involved, many more

individuals will be given the opportunity to gain the skills they

need to develop and achieve sustainable farming practices,

Joseph Before is one of many students from Africa to benefit

from the Marshal Papworth Scholarship Short Course in 2013.

After working with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

in Malawi, from April to July, he attended a short course in Ag-

riculture at Shuttleworth College to acquire new knowledge on

agriculture and horticulture.

BY KELLY ALLNUTT

Inspired by his studies in the UK, Marshal Papworth Fund

student, Joseph Before, borrowed a great British tradition

and staged his own agricultural show in his home district of

Phalombe, Malawi. The show was run for the Next Generation

Malawi Mission 2014, and organised by the Royal Agricultural

Society of the Commonwealth.

During his studies at Shuttleworth College, Joseph developed a

deeper knowledge of agriculture and skills in crops and livestock

production along with business management.

Joseph’s agricultural show included livestock and legume judg-

ing, seminars covering farming matters, and exhibitions show-

casing the local produce of the farms including shelled maize,

cocoa yams and groundnuts. Prizes of bicycles were given to

farmers in judged categories, including an award winning goat

and inventive farming techniques for using compost manure to

improve soil fertility.

Joseph Before:

Chairman of the Marshal Papworth Fund, James Parrish,

said: “With the effects of political and social unrest in South

Sudan leading to farmers being unable to plant or harvest

crops, the need to educate agricultural students in such

countries and globally in sustainable farming is paramount

through the Marshal Papworth Fund many more individuals

With thanks to Kelly Allnutt, Conscious Communications.

Marshal Papworth student

stages UK inspired Malawi

Agricultural Show.

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The Autumn ShowOur firm family favourite is back again this year and bigger and better than ever...BY CETTI LONG

THE arrival of autumn can only mean one thing in Peterborough – the fabulous Au-tumn Show at the East of England Show-ground.

A fantastic day out for the whole family, the popular one-day show (Sunday Oc-tober 12) offers something for everyone – from fowl fans to lovers of livestock to budding bakers and green-fingered veg growers.

This is the only event of its kind in the re-gion, mixing farming, agriculture and fam-ily fun – with Peterborough Arena and the East of England Showground adding more attractions to its 2014 line up.

Brand new for this year is the Strongman Challenge and the Great Eastern Craft Fair, giving visitors the chance to flex their muscles and show off their cooking and creative skills.

- Giant vegetable competition- Scruffts- Gundog scurry- Chinchilla show- Sheep show- Classic cars- Vintage Tractors- Birds of prey displays.- Pony Club team show jumping

- Exhibitions of rare breed cattle, sheep, pigs and goats- Donkey Rides- The Supreme London Championships Small Livestock Show, billed as the rabbit world’s equivalent of Crufts- Dozens of trade stands and craft fair

On the back of last year’s hugely successful event – other attractions for 2014 include:

With thanks to Cetti Long, Media Matters.

Advance tickets are on sale now:http://www.seetickets.com/event/autumn-show/east-of-england-showground/806767

Tickets are priced at: £4 for children, £6 for

And this year’s event will have a very spe-cial guest to entertain younger visitors, when the hero next door – Fireman Sam - leaves Pon-typandy for Pe-terborough, along with naughty Norman Price!

The Wisbech Shire Horse Show is also back by popular demand.

senior citizens, £8 for adults and £20 for a family ticket.

Members of the East of England Agricultural Society are entitled to free entry on production of their current membership card.

There is free parking and the show runs from 8am until 4pm on Sunday 12th October 2014.

Free to EOE Members

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Just Dogs Live!

BY CETTI LONG

THE Showground was trans-formed into a dog lover’s para-dise at the weekend for the new look Just Dogs Live event.

The Eastern region’s answer to a summer Crufts has been hailed a success by organisers – which saw the newly formatted show incorporate the prestig-ious East of England Champi-onship Dog Show, Dog Agility competitions and Flyball.

Hundreds of visitors and com-petitors from around the coun-try attended the event, bring-ing with them a staggering 8,700 dogs – which included:

- 7,026 Championship Dog Show entries. - 500 pet dogs- 810 agility dogs- 370 flyball dogs- A number of dog-related charities, including £1,000 raised for Guide Dogs.

The Best in Show honour was given to fox terrier Ch Travella Striking Steel with Ch/Ir Cg Ennafort The One and Only Norwegian Elkhound taking the reserve spot.

Just Dogs Live included every-thing from displays and have a-go demonstrations, specialist trade stands, expert veterinary

advice micro-chipping, local and na-tional dog welfare charities and pro-fessional seminars.

There was also a guest appearance by Peterborough-based canine celebrity

Kerry Buttriss, agricul-tural account manager at the venue and organiser of Just Dogs Live said: “Re-uniting Just Dogs Live and the Championship Dog over one weekend result-ed in a terrific event for dog owners and lovers.

“We were delighted with the turn out of dogs, both those competing at champi-onship level and pets who enjoyed a day

Mugly – ‘the world’s ugli-est dog!” - who judged the Companion Dog Show, which was open to all pure and cross bred dogs.

out with their own-ers. “In addition, we anticipate hav-ing raised several hundred pounds for a number of an-imal charities and are already look-ing forward to nextyear’s event.

In addition, £2 admission to the show donated £1,000 to the Guide Dogs charity.

The cash was raised during the three-day show earlier last month, when four-legged visitors were charged £2 admission, with the proceeds going to a worthy animal charity.

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Just Dogs Live!

Dates for next year’s event are July 10 / 11/ 12 and for all the re-sults of the East of England Championship Dog Show visit: justdog-slive.co.uk

facebook.com/JustDogsLive

twitter.com/JustDogsLive

Some 500 pet pooches visited the show, and the Guide Dogs were among a number of dog welfare charities to attend Just Dogs Live and raise the profile of their work to visitors.

Kerry Buttriss, agricultural ac-count manager at the venue and

Guide Dogs charity who do such a fantastic job locally and across the country. It has been our pleasure to donate this donation. As we receive no government funding every penny will be carefully allocated for use in helping to make a differ-ence and positive impact on someone’s life.”

Guide Dogs community fundraiser for East An-glia, Caroline Woodward added: “Our huge thanks to everyone involved with, and who attended Just Dogs Live for their sup-port and this wonderful amount of money to them on behalf of the public who attended Just Dogs Live.”

organiser of Just Dogs Live said: “We had a wonderful three days at the show – re-uniting Just Dogs Live and the East of England Cham-pionship Dog Show over one weekend resulted in a terrific event for dog owners and lovers.

“In addition, we are de-lighted to have raised £1,000 in support of the

With thanks to Cetti Long, Media Matters.

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East of England Agricultural SocietyEast of England ShowgroundPeterboroughPE2 5XE

Tel: 01733 234451Fax: 01733 370038Email: info@eastofengland.org.uk

The East of England Agricultural Society recognises the need to connect with its members and we are dedicated to maintaining this connection. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to seeing you at the social events of the Society in the next few months.

The Peterborough Dinner

20th November

Autumn Show 2014

13th October

Smithfield Festival

5th-6th December

2015

Dates for the Diary

2014

Kids Country - Wildlife and the Countryside

24th January

Kids Country - Grow your own potatoes

11th March

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CropTec

19th/20th November

UK Grain

4th November

Fengrain Conference

6th November

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Chief Executive’s NotesJeremy Staples

Two major Society events dominated the summer. Firstly the ‘Kid’s Country’ Food and farming

day in early July where over 5,500 children arrived at the Showground for a full day of hands on

learning. I must thank the Trustees, Council members, members and volunteers that helped with

enthusiasm and good humour. The Society is also very grateful for all the support from both local

and national agricultural businesses for their support.

Secondly, I found myself with the great honour of being the Secretary of the Peterborough Royal

Foxhound Show Society and charged with organising the Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show

and the Festival of Hunting. We decided to change the layout of the Festival and look to increase

the quality of the trade stands. It was a very steep learning curve but with a great deal of help the

day proved to be a huge success. I would urge you to visit the event next year. If you have never

been, it is worth spending a few hours at the show. Next year we will be providing an enlarged

members’ enclosure for members to meet.

The Society also supported the livestock at a number of Young Farmers’ shows in the area, nota-

bly Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. Our support was well received and in

addition we hosted the Eastern Region Young Farmers competition weekend on the showground

which was also well received.

This quarter’s newsletter also contained reports on two SGS events, The Championship Dog

Show which this year reintroduced ‘Just Dogs Live’ and the expanding Equifest. Both events were

really well supported by Society stewards and members. Thank you for your help.

We look forward to seeing you at the showground over the next few months.

Kind Regards,

Jeremy Staples, CEO

This is the first of what will be regular newsletters and updates that

we will be producing on a quarterly basis. A great deal has happened

over the summer and we still have the Autumn Show, Peterborough

Dinner and Smithfield to look forward to while we prepare our budg-

ets for the next financial year!

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