Last updated:Thursday, 18 February 2010
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YOU WILL BE ARRIVING IN
Busby Partners Limited
Manor Farm,
Swadlincote,
Derbyshire DE12 8DL.
Dear Student -
Welcome to our farm - please read all this information and print any pages to
take with you on your journey to
We have received
information that a Workcard has been issued in the name of our farm, please do
NOT arrive before the “to date” on your workcard. We plant, grow, pick and pack
strawberries here from March to November. Moreover, you will be working,
if you come as a casual employee and for reasons of crop and weather, no
assurances can be given about the length and continuity of employment.
Please ensure that your
exit and transit (Schengan) visa’s for your return journey home (if you are
travelling across the European countries) will be valid for the whole of your
stay in
The NFU through
the HOPS agency are offering you their “Travel Insurance” this is a very good
insurance to have we fully ADVISE that you take this Insurance, as part of our
daily casual staff you must be properly insured to work at Manor Farm –
proof /
paperwork will be requested on arrival.
Further
information:
Wages: The
Agricultural Minimum wage rate of pay for casual employees will be paid per
hour worked, most work will be done on piece rate work system, based on your
own individual production, the daily rate will be set and will included daily
allocation of holiday pay.
We do not pay for time
taken with meal breaks, so we advise you to bring a lunchbox and flask to
consume food in the set aside areas of the field.
We recommend that you
bring approximately £30.00 in sterling to cater for immediate needs, upon your
arrival in
Other
details about our farm:
We are a family
run farm, in the small and beautiful hamlet of Chilcote; we all work very hard
to ensure a successful and friendly environment. We pick, pack and
deliver for Tesco supermarkets all Class 1 fruit. Our standards are very
high and we expect nothing less.
Our
family and permanent members of staff:
Mr John Busby, Mr Robert
Busby, Mr Phillip Busby and Mrs Nicola Busby.
Our other members of staff
include;
Maria
(Office/Secretary), Sam (Farm Manager),
Alin (Farm Manager)
To contact us: Our
telephone number is
01827 373 282,
Fax 01827 373 561
Or the mobiles
07740 822 092 :
Phillip
07740 822 094 :
Robert
e-mail :
info@jwbusby.co.uk
To find us:
M42/A42 Junction 11
B5493 to
EMPLOYEE
INFORMATION : SUMMER 2010.
IMPORTANT
THINGS TO BRING
Your Passport
(stamped with the correct Visas and entry stamps), Workcard, tickets. Your
full driver’s licence (if you have one).
TAX IN
The new rules
are that all Full Time Students will pay National Insurance
but TAX will not be taken until you reach the current years threshold.
You must have
proof of education from your FACULTY, without proof we will deduct TAX!!!
If you ARE NOT a STUDENT then TAX and NI will
be deducted from day one.
Any
paperwork sent to you by HOPS (GB) that you might need in this country.
Also please
bring your National ID card with you and your
Student ISIC
card, if you have them.
Sleeping bag –
a warm one, this is essential British nights are cold except in
July/August!
If you cannot get one in your country, you can
buy them here (approx cost £15.00).
Clothes – in
which you can work, including shoes/boots. A warm/rainproof coats and boots for
when the weather is wet.
(These items
can be purchased quite cheaply in our country if required.)
Towels,
toiletries, and a sheet (if you wish) and general clothes.
ACCOMMODATION
INFORMATION
You will be
living in large static caravans, which you will share with 4/6 students of
other nationalities. 100/120 EU state students on site.
The caravans are equipped with gas cooker and
also cupboards and refrigerators
so that you
can prepare your own meals including sandwiches etc. and drinks to be used when
working.
There will be
all the necessary equipment and a dining area.
Toilets and
showers are also provided in each caravan, laundry facilities are in a separate
area.
You will be expected
to clean the communal facilities and your own living area, equipment is
available and inspections will be made regularly.
Students, who would like to live as couples,
please let us know before you arrive, so that we can
arrange caravans accordingly.
info@jwbusby.co.uk
There is a
common room with television and an area with darts, basketball hoop/court and
pool table, books and games (not to be removed from the area).
A charge will be
made for the accommodation, facility charge (daily rate); this includes the
first bottle of gas for free. After that you will pay per caravan for any
other bottles you use.
You must not
bring a motor vehicle to the farm unless you have a valid driving licence,
and the vehicle
must be taxed and insured to comply with current
Lending of
money to other students is strictly not recommend, this has caused a lot of
problems in previous years,
whereby
students have gone home at the end of the season and money that they have lent
to other students has not been repaid.
TELEPHONE
CALLS
There is a
public coin operated telephone
If your family wish to make any URGENT ONLY telephone calls they may contact you during office hours only.
British time (9am to 5pm) Monday to
Friday. The number is 01827 373 282 or Fax. 01827 373 561.
Messages
only will be taken after 5pm. Further information will be in the caravan
welcome folder.
Please
contact us before you leave your Country to let us know an approximate arrival
day/time, and other information you may wish us to know.
WRITE,
FAX OR E-MAIL info@jwbusby.co.uk
ACCOMMODATION
ON THIS FARM IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO HOLD A VALID WORKCARD IN OUR FARM’S
NAME.
TRAVELLING TO
However you decided to
arrive in
Option
one: TRAVEL TO
Most students in the past arrive in
You must check the times
of departure from the ticket office.
We can then easily collect
you. Please telephone the farm or one of the mobile numbers before
you get on the coach in
so that we can be there to
meet you in
Option
two: TRAVEL TO
Please telephone us before
you depart the station and we will collect you from
Please DO NOT get
trains to
Check each timetable and
do not be afraid to ask at the ticket counter or a train station person!
There is also a bus from
Victoria Coach Station to Tamworth Bus Station.
There is only one service
a day leaving
Once again please telephone us before
leaving
Your
adventure and journey:
We would like to know when
you are likely to be arriving in
If you know that you cannot come
or have been given an alternative farm and another workcard then PLEASE,
PLEASE
return unused workcards to us or to HOPS (GB).
You can contact us by a
letter (address as above), telephone (01827 373 282), fax (01827 373 561),
Internet web page (www.busbyandpartners.co.uk),
or Internet E-mail (info@jwbusby.co.uk)
We hope that it will be an
adventure and you will enjoy all that
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