James Peck

MIDLANDS MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT ADVISER

James’s role includes editing the Midlands’ section of British Farmer & Grower magazine, the NFU Midlands’ website and the weekly newsletter and he also manages the region’s social media accounts.

He joined the NFU in 2018 after 14 years as a senior news and court reporter for the award-winning Retford Times newspaper in Nottinghamshire. He has also worked for the Lincolnshire Echo and Target series in south Lincolnshire, as well as writing articles that have appeared in the Daily Mirror, the Daily Mail and other national titles.

He lives in north Nottinghamshire with his wife, two young children and West Highland terrier and is a keen countryside walker, cook and cricketer. James is also an award-winning cricket commentator with his YouTube channel Wheatley TV, which follows the ups and downs of his beloved local club, North Wheatley with Leverton.