I think in so many ways we at John Woolley Ltd have been lucky. Once we felt sufficiently sure that, despite the threat of Covid, life...

It has really been quite gratifying this week to read about this in the national press and even in my professional journals. They are...

There is a good little video that’s doing the rounds on Whatsapp – and probably elsewhere, but that’s where I got to see it – recording a...

If you have to, or wish to, appoint a Trustee (and for that matter an Executor or a Power of Attorney), please choose carefully. These...

Looking back at my last two blogs, both written before ‘lockdown’, this one feels like Number Three in the Trilogy! We watch daily and...

It must be an 'age' thing, as more often nowadays, my thoughts turn to how current events will fit into that great subject: The History...

These are watchwords we are going to be hearing and using a lot in the next 5-10 years, especially in the farming world. The reliance on...

A little bit of Isle of Wight history came to Wiltshire this year when the ‘Gilten Market’ was held at the Salisbury Livestock Market on...

I'm lucky to have friends in different parts of the country as a visit to see them gives me the chance to look over hedges and see what...

Some points to keep in mind: Stamp Duty Land Tax This is payable on top of a purchase price. It can be quite substantial especially if it...

It has been a glorious autumn. Blue skies, warm days, colours now changing, the swallows wheeling around above our heads for one last...

John Woolley Limited are pleased to be sponsoring the Local Produce Market at the New Forest & Hampshire County Show for a third year....

You will see an abundance of red in some fields this early summer. What was the oilseed rape's loss has been the poppies' gain. In some...

I don't suppose spending five days visiting my son Michael and Steffi and family in Innsbruck really qualifies me to write about...

The code applies not only to telecommunication masts but to overhead or underground fibre cables, to broadband infrastructure and rooftop...

As we welcome in the month of May I’m very aware that the year is speeding by and I’ve yet to officially introduce myself to you all;...

The date for a Stocktaking Valuation used to be a very important one in the calendar - for both farmer and valuer: it was and is the...

The magnetism of water. What is it that makes it appeal to so many people? If they love spending time by any river, they will even more...

Thursday the 10th January 2019 - the date when Shaftesbury Market became the latest livestock market to close its gates for the last...

Land Registry details may tell you the answer although if the property has been in the same ownership for many years that may not be...