Sponsor: EQ Accountants

EQ Accountants are a modern accounting, tax, and business advisory practice with offices in Forfar, Dundee and Glenrothes. They have over 120 staff with 17 partners and offer bespoke services to different sectors, including agriculture, each with their own dedicated, specialist team.  

Their dedicated agriculture team, known as EQ Agriculture, is recognised as one of the leading providers of accountancy, taxation, and business advisory services to the Scottish rural sector. This reputation has been built up over many years and the firm continue to grow their agricultural client base through their extensive experience and knowledge of the sector. 

The EQ Agriculture team understand farming and the issues affecting the industry with many of them owning and running farms themselves. They act for a range of clients including livestock and arable farmers, estates and landowners and many diversified businesses operating in the rural economy throughout Scotland. Highly regarded by their clients, they are renowned for their proactive and personal approach, getting to know their clients’ circumstances and key drivers so that they can deliver reliable tailored support and advice to help them achieve their personal and business objectives, create and protect their wealth. 

Along with general accounting support, the EQ Agriculture team regularly advise clients on several other matters to provide a proactive and comprehensive service. These include tax planning, budgetary and financial controls, growth and diversification, support with accounting software packages and farm business appraisals. 

For the last 18 years, the firm have chaired and sponsored the Farming Scotland Conference, held annually in Carnoustie, with the aim of bringing together like minded, progressive businesses and individuals from throughout Scottish agriculture.  

Graeme Davidson, Head of EQ Agriculture, said: “For EQ, agriculture is a prominent sector for us, and we thoroughly enjoy chairing the Farming Scotland Conference annually as it allows us to promote discussion and debate on issues affecting the farming industry whilst bringing the agriculture community together. Agriculture shows up and down the country provide further opportunities for communities to come together and celebrate what is great about farming and rural life, and we always enjoy meeting up with our clients from across Scotland at these events.

“Sadly, that is not possible in a physical sense again this summer, so we are delighted to be main sponsors of The Scottish Agricultural Show – Online for the second year running. It was great to see the community coming together in an innovative way last year and we look forward to celebrating Scottish agriculture virtually again this year.”

For more information or to discuss your own circumstances, you can contact the EQ Agriculture team on 01307 474274 or email agriculture@eqaccountants.co.uk.