Herald - Issue 412

Page 50 • The HERALD • 16th September 2021 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v ASK A PROFESSIONAL BRYANT & CO Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers We provide a wide range of accounting and business services to individuals, partnerships and limited companies. We specialise in working with family owned businesses, providing guidance and advice as appropriate. Our services include: • Annual Accounts • Bookkeeping • VAT • Payroll and CIS • Personal and Corporate Tax Returns • Management Accounts • Business Advice • We also provide training on the use of Sage and Quickbooks, and the implementation of computerised and manual accounting systems. • Meetings can be arranged to suit your needs, including evenings and weekends if more convenient to you. • The initial meeting is free of charge, regardless of the length of time, as we believe it is important to develop a good working relationship from the outset. • All fees are agreed in advance of any work being undertaken. Please call Peter or Lisa on 023 8089 4982 to arrange a meeting to discuss your business needs. You can also contact Peter on 07976 808969, or email us at info@bryantandcompany.co.uk Have a look at our website www.bryantandcompany.co.uk for a fuller understanding of our business. Aquaponics on the Waterside New Forest Aquaponics cic (NFA) has been slowly developing its working methods over the last four years. Run by David Green and Lucie Mann and their sons, they would like to share the next exciting stage of their journey with you. eir journey is about to become your journey! Well they hope it will, that is if you would like to see a community owned regenerative aquaponics farm in the Waterside. Aquaponics being the growing of sh and plants in the same soilless system, regenerative in the form of working to restore land and habitat. What will this mean in practice? If there is enough interest, working alongside the Plunkett Foundation (www. plunkett.co.uk) Foundation NFA will be able to o er democratic (one member- one vote) share o er. is will allow all who are interested to invest and make New Forest Aquaponics a community asset in the Waterside. There will be opportunities for volunteering, and eventually to purchase locally grown produce. Being a regenerative community farm will also mean in every action taken the biosphere will come rst, putting more back than they take out. ey have published their working ethos document on their website giving details of how they will operate and what they aim to bring to the community farm. e website is not super slick at the moment because it is being created as an open source learning experience for a team of young people from around the world, giving them skills they can use to further their community work. But do keep checking back to see how they get on! You can find the working ethos and Lucie’s blog at: www. newforestaquaponics.com As well as a survey to gain interest and support, they would love to know what you think. e survey can be found at: www.forms.gle/km19XpAP4vPVzpTu7 New Forest Business Partnership (NFBP) offer a free weekly Business Support Hour each Wednesday at 3pm. Each week will focus on a specific topic from a local business expert. An important element of these sessions is the interaction between attending businesses. Whilst the rst half hour is focused on the chosen topic, the second half will allow businesses to share ideas, opportunities or issues. You can sign up to attend this support hour via the NFBP website: www.n p. org.uk/events NEW FOREST BUSINESS SUPPORT HOUR