The Scottish Government

Effective business development

Ethics in business

Financial management

Business planning

Negotiation skills

Information Communications Technology (from basic to advanced, eg record keeping and management systems)

Set business objectives

Assess business performance

Improve business performance

Manage cash flows

Maintain accounts

Maintain profitability

Record keeping

Rural resource management

Business benchmarking

Marketing

Introduction to marketing

Branding your business

Understand your market place

Marketing and promotion

Develop a marketing plan

Website development

Customer care

People Management

Creating and managing teams

Motivating staff

Instructional techniques

Performance management

Target settings

Staff recruitment and development

Employment law

Personal development

Personal effectiveness

Confidence building

Leadership skills

Diversification Opportunities

Managing diversity

Managing the consequences of change

Farm diversification

Land, countryside and environmental management

Rural enterprise

Business development

Market research

Project management

Technical Skills

Chainsaw (for non-forestry workers)

Supply chain management

On-farm food production and processing

Technical training needed for diversification

Animal health and welfare

Hygiene

Conservation/environmental management

Traditional management techniques (eg dry stone walling, hedge laying, coppicing)

Organic farming techniques

Looking at new ways of working