TELEVISION personality and farmer Adam Henson is to be the guest speaker at a seminar organised by the new Rural Focus service.

The one-off event for trading farms and other small rural businesses is at Taunton Racecourse on Thursday, February 23.

Also present will be event chairman John Lee and Rural Focus team leader Tanya King, who will update participants on the new grant-funding available through Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) , including the recently launched farming and forestry improvement scheme.

Call Rural Focus on 08456 047 047 or e-mail enquiries@ruralfocus.info to find out more about how the organisation can help and to book a place at the forthcoming Focus on Growth seminar.