Monday, December 11, 2017

CLA Making The Big House Pay

Wednesday 7 March 2018: 9.45am – 4.00pm
Great Fulford, Dunsford, Exeter EX6 7AJ
Price: £45 CLA members (additional family members FOC); non-members £55; Students & YFC members £5
Supported by: Savills and Saffery Champness               

Whether it is art or animals, weddings or weekend guests – the question of how to make money from the Manor House has been testing inventive minds of landowners and their advisers for decades.

It has been two years since we covered this topic and things have again moved on. This seminar will showcase the ideas, expertise, trials and tribulations of those who have secured the financial future of their family homes, complimented by professional advice on all practical aspects from planning to marketing.

Speakers will include:
  • Sammie Coryton, Pentillie Castle
  • Lady Victoria Vyvyan, talking about Trelowarren’s restaurant, spa and eco holiday lettings
  • Caroline Lowsley-Williams from Chavenage, which is currently enjoying fame from the successful Poldark series
  • Simon Foster, who has been responsible for marketing many successful enterprises including Eastnor Castle
  • Fiona Francombe, who runs the Bottleyard Studios in Bristol
  • Professionals from Savills and Saffery Champness
The seminar will cover:
  • Taxation, VAT, IHT & succession
  • How to compete effectively in today’s wedding market
  • Legal issues: contracts, employment
  • Film & photographic locations
  • Events & festivals
  • Spas, restaurants and eco holiday lettings
  • Luxury B&B and overcoming red tape
  • Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards on let property
The event is being held at Great Fulford, the home of CLA member Francis Fulford. Great Fulford featured in the TV programmes The F***ing Fulfords and Life is Toff. Francis is the author of Bearing Up: The Long View; looking at the troubled history of landowning and identifying the characteristics which have enabled many estates to survive while others have foundered. Surveying the scene today, Francis draws on his own experiences to suggest a strategy of survival in the twenty-first century.


The event will include a two course lunch with wine followed by a tour of Great Fulford with Francis. 

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