article_snippet: A family that has worked the same hillside farm for five generations was yesterday forced to hand over A family that has worked the same hillside farm for five generations land to an ‘aggressive’ loan company.
article_snippet: our have been totally duped by a firm that is asset-stripping farmers of their livelihoods livelihoods.
article_snippet: Farmers across the UK are being driven to the wall by lenders using lax regulation to seize properties and livelihoods, say MPs, who accused Acorn of ‘reckless, if not fraudulent’ practice.
article_snippet: Farmers across the UK initially took out a short-term commercial bridging loan to cover Farmers across the UK mortgage four years ago but saw the amount Farmers across the UK had to pay back soar to £3.1million due to additional loans, fees, interest and charges .
article_snippet: Elfyn Llwyd, a Plaid Cymru MP and barrister, said Acorn and associated companies had exploited farmers for more than two decades in what he called ‘one of the worst scandals’ he had seen.
article_snippet: Dozens of farmers have complained to Avon and Somerset Police, saying Dozens of farmers were victims of an organised sting with conspiring lenders, brokers and solicitors.