Scottish Agricultural College

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We are a 'Knowledge Transfer' company, taking outputs from our own and others' research programs and reworking them into understandable and practical solutions to match our customers' requirements.

The key drivers of our success include:

• Our independence
• The high quality of our services
• Our services are widely accessible

SAC Consulting provides a range of consultancy services to more than 12,000 customers in Scotland, United Kingdom, and worldwide. Our team of more than 375 consultants, veterinarians, technicians, and support staff are proud to deliver independent, quality, and accessible services to farmers, rural business, food processing, and supplier markets.

The services portfolio ranges from analytical services to bespoke individual consultancy contracts, but all are designed to meet our customers' requirements. Knowledge transfer consultancy solutions are based on sound research, practical outcomes, and sound business sense. All customers will have direct access to the entire SAC Consulting resource through a nominated client service manager.

SAC Consultancy Services is responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of consultancy services, including:

• Farm & Rural Business Services
• Veterinary Services
• Environment and Design
• Rural Business and Marketing

Our Crop Consultancy Service is closely linked to our applied research programs, ensuring that customers are given the most up to date and market-led information.

Customers can choose from a wide range of services. Our consultants will work closely with them to ensure an optimum solution for their specific needs.

Our crop consultants provide services to all the crops industry sectors, including trade suppliers, primary producers, processors, and accreditation bodies.

SAC Consulting has specialists in renewable energy, environment, and environmental planning.

Our experienced and qualified team undertakes projects across a broad spectrum of disciplines and situations. Working with clients, we provide innovative environmental solutions to the private and public sectors throughout the project lifecycle, from feasibility to implementation.

Delivering consultancy services from our extensive network of offices, we are close to you and your business. Our team know local and regional requirements and work together to bring the best resources and skills to undertake your projects. With accreditation under ISO9001 and ISO14001, complemented with Investors in People, we pride ourselves on delivering quality and first-class service for our clients.

Our consultants understand the environmental and financial demands of farm and rural businesses. Increasingly woodlands form an integral part of many farm businesses.

Well-designed woodlands offer amenities, shelter, shooting, or income from timber production. Government policy supports woodland creation, and management grant aid from the Forestry Commission provides an opportunity for farm diversification.

We recognize the critical importance of our customers' practical business management needs, particularly during these times of fundamental change to support mechanisms and increasing global competition.

Our business management consultants provide independent services tailor-made to the needs of our customers. While we work very closely with third parties, our consultancy services are impartial, geared solely to our customers' needs without commercial compromise.

Our business management consultants can call upon a wide range of specialist back-up services to meet the specific needs of our customer's analytical services, environmental design, conservation management, livestock and crop husbandry, building design, and marketing consultancy services.

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