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Farmers energised by advisers

Sisters Heather Hogarty and Fiona Teasdale are feeling ‘energised’ about their Northumberland visitor’s centre after carrying out a fast-track strategy session with chartered accountants unw.

The pair, who run the 40-acre Whitehouse Farm Centre in Morpeth, Northumberland, have undergone an ‘Energiser’ session with unw partner Alan Suggett to take 90 minutes out of their hectic lives on the farm to think about their objectives for the unique business.

The family-owned Whitehouse Farm, which was previously a poultry farm and one of the region’s biggest egg producers and is owned by six members of the Slater family, has been entertaining and educating visitors since it opened its doors to the public in May 1997 and also houses business units.

Now unw, which is based at Citygate on Newcastle’s St. James’ Boulevard, has helped the sisters look at different options to take the business, which allows visitors to handle a variety of animals from traditional breeds to unusual and exotic species, forward in the future.

unw partner Alan Suggett said: “By their very nature, business owners have a very limited amount of time and putting some of that aside to think strategically about the objectives for their business and what they want out of life can be difficult.

“Whitehouse Farm Centre is an unusual and interesting business, which is thinking about a number of options for the future of its business.

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