New ways to PROFIT

摘要

Can a lowland sheep flock really deliver returns as a stand-alone enterprise? Ian Ashbridge looks at how a college flock has become part of an innovative new business. The strangest thing about Cotswold Organic Lamb - now one of the biggest suppliersof organic lamb to Sainsbury's and turning over pound 250,000 a year - is that it doesn't own any ewes. A serious problem for a commercial lamb production business, one would think But if you're looking for a radical way to reduce fixed costs, it's a simple but effective solution.