Tell us a little about the company
Wadland Finance is a specialist Agricultural Finance Brokerage run by Andrew Wadland. Andrew has been in agricultural finance since 1993, having been an employee of ING and then Claas Finance before starting Wadland Finance in 2007, almost 20 years ago.
Dywedwch am y Cwmni
Mae Wadland Finance yn arbenigwyr mewn Cyllid Amaethyddol ac yn cael ei rhedeg gan Andrew Wadland. Mae Andrew wedi bod yn gweithio o fewn cyllid amaethyddol ers 1993, a chyn hyn yn gweithio i ING a Claas Finance. Yna, yn 2007 dechreuodd Wadland Finance ac mae wedi bod yn rhedeg ers bron 20 mlynedd.
What do you offer as a business?
Wadland Finance arrange funding for just about anything you need for your farm or contracting business!
Andrew Wadland is from a farming background and studied Agriculture at Wye College 1990-1993. He has his own farm and runs 450 breeding ewes that are lambed outside in April. As a farmer himself, he is very knowledgeable and understanding of his customers’ needs and requirements.
Wadland Finance has access to the whole agricultural funding market, and can offer loans, hire purchase and lease funding for anything from cattle, tractors, machinery, fertiliser, sheds, vehicles, slurry storage and handling… the list is endless! If you are buying anything for your business, Wadland Finance can help.
A low cost base allows efficient and competitive funding, and telephones are answered when you need them to be. Just like your business, this is NOT a 9 to 5 operation!
Beth mae’r cwmni yn cynnig?
Mae Wadland Finance yn trefnu cyllid ar gyfer bron popeth ar y fferm neu fusnes contractio.
Daw Andrew o gefndir ffermio ac wedi astudio Amaeth yng Ngholeg Gwy rhwng 1990-1993. Mae Andrew hefyd yn ffermio 450 o ddefaid sydd yn wyna tu allan yn ystod mis Ebrill. Felly, mae’r profiad fel ffarmwr yn rhoi’r wybodaeth a’r deallusrwydd sydd angen ar gyfer y cwsmeriaid.
Mae gan Wadland Finance mynedfa i holl farchnad cyllid amaethyddol, yn gallu cynnig benthyciadau, hurbwrcas a nawdd prydles ar gyfer unrhyw beth, o wartheg, i tractorau, peiriannau, peiriant gwrtaith, siediau, cerbydau, storfeydd slyri ac offer trin anifeiliaid. Mae’r rhestr yn ddiddiwedd. Os ydych yn prynu rhywbeth ar gyfer y busnes, mae Wadland Finance yn gallu helpu.
Mae sylfaen cost isel yn caniatáu nawdd effeithiol a chystadleuol, ac mae’r cwmni ar gael pan fo angen, nid 9-5 yn unig!
How have things changed in the business over the years?
Over the last 32 years, much has changed in the agricultural finance world, and much has remained the same. The early days of handwritten documents, biros and calculators have now gone. Huge ‘brick’ telephones and call boxes have been replaced with iPhones, e-mail and laptops – urgent documents can now be ‘e-signed’, and everything is much quicker and more efficient.
But the core values of Wadland Finance remain the same. A personal and professional service, by a farmer for farmers. Customer calls are still very much part of a working day, and Andrew has visited many hundreds if not thousands of farms over the years, and if not yours, why not give him a call and see how he can assist you?
Wadland Finance support clients directly, but also supplies dealers and manufacturers. If you sell to the farming sector, we can also help you by offering finance to your customers.
Andrew says: “The joy of working in UK agriculture in my role comes from getting to know so many different people, characters, and farms — from small family operations to vast units covering thousands of acres, and from hill farms to large arable enterprises.”
“If only I could have taken photographs of some of the people and places that I have visited over the years – in many cases a way of life that has changed forever.”
Sut mae pethau wedi newid i’r cwmni dros y blynyddoedd?
Dros y 32 mlynedd diwethaf mae llawer wedi newid o fewn byd cyllid amaethyddol a thipyn wedi aros yr un peth.
Mae’r dyddiau cynnar o ddogfennau ysgrifenedig, beiro a chyfrifiannell wedi diflannu. Mae ffonau symudol mawr wedi newid i’r iPhone, e-bost a’r gliniadur – dogfennau brys yn cael eu harwyddo gan e-lofnodi ac mae popeth tipyn yn gynt ac yn fwy effeithiol.
Ond mae gwerthoedd craidd y cwmni wedi aros yr un peth. Gwasanaeth personol a phroffesiynol, gan ffarmwr, i ffermwyr. Mae galwadau cwsmeriaid yn rhan fawr o’r diwrnod gwaith ac mae Andrew wedi ymweld â channoedd os nad miloedd o ffermydd dros y blynyddoedd. Mae Wadland Finance yn cefnogi cleientiaid yn uniongyrchol, ond hefyd yn cyflenwi delwyr a gwneuthurwyr.
What is your unique selling point?
We offer a fully licensed and compliant service, ready to meet the requirements of today, and the challenges yet to come.
Through conflicts, national emergencies, weather events and awful political decisions – Farmers never stop working to support their families, and feed an often ungrateful public.
Wadland Finance remain proud to support UK agriculture, and to offer the best service we can to your business, now and for the future, in all winds and weathers!
Beth yw cryfder y cwmni?
Rydym yn cynnig gwasanaeth sydd yn barod i gwrdd â gofynion heddiw a’r heriau sydd i ddod.
Trwy wrthdaro, argyfyngau cenedlaethol, digwyddiadau tywydd a phenderfyniadau ofnadwy’r llywodraeth, nid yw Ffermwyr yn stopio gweithio er mwyn cefnogi eu teuluoedd a bwydo cyhoedd sydd aml yn anniolchgar.
Mae Wadland Finance o hyd yn falch i gefnogi amaeth DU ac i gynnig y gwasanaeth gorau posib i’r busnes, heddiw ac yn y dyfodol beth bynnag y tywydd.
