Members Only 4 November 2020 BPS 2020 Payments Rise English farmers will see a slight increase in their BPS payment rates this year. This is largely because there will To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 October 2020 English Agricultural Policy We have been reporting on English future agricultural support as it has been announced. We appreciate this has been rather To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 October 2020 Brexit Update – Oct ’20 Despite most of the month being dominated by discord, it appears that the Brexit talks are at last getting down To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 October 2020 Covid Support Changes The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has been forced to amend his plans for Covid-19 employment support. As local lockdowns proliferate across To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 October 2020 NI BPS Payments Most farmers in Northern Ireland have received their 2020 BPS payments. Payments began on the 16th October and it has To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 October 2020 Environment Bill Progress The Environment Bill has restarted its journey through the Parliamentary process, after being dormant since mid-March. The legislation is scheduled To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 October 2020 CAP Reform EU Agricultural Ministers have struck a ‘general approach’ on the three-way CAP Reform regulations. The agreement was reached in the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 14 October 2020 Agriculture Bill Update The House of Commons has removed the amendments to the Agriculture Bill proposed in the House of Lords that would To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 October 2020 ELMs Defra Secretary, George Eustice, has been giving more details of the transition to the Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) in To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 October 2020 Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme – Oct ’20 The third round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme opened on 7th October for new applications and will close To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 October 2020 Scotland Permitted Development Rights The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on changes to Permitted Development Rights (PDR) under Planning. Feedback is being sought To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 September 2020 Protection for 30% of Land The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has pledged that 30% of the UK’s land area will be ‘protected’ by 2030. This To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2020 Food Prices After Brexit The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has estimated that, under a No-Deal Brexit, the cost of importing food and drinks products To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2020 Welsh Schemes Update Further to the Welsh Government’s announcement of £106m worth of funding (see earlier article, Welsh Funding), a number of dates To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2020 New Covid Support The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced a further package of measures to support employment as the original ‘Furlough’ scheme starts To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2020 Brexit Update – Sept ’20 As has so often been the case with the Brexit process, it has been yet another tumultuous month in the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2020 Free Trade Agreements Update Although the UK-EU negotiations dominate the trade landscape, the UK is undertaking several other negotiations with non-EU countries which arguably To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2020 Higher Level Stewardship HLS agreements due to expire in 2021 could be offered a one-year extension. Natural England (NE) will initially carry out To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 September 2020 John Nix Pocketbook The Latest Edition of the John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management has just been published. The ‘bible’ of farm management To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 September 2020 Future Support in England The farming industry in England will have to wait a little longer to get more details on the Agricultural Transition. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 September 2020 No BPS Change in Wales Until 2024? It seems increasingly likely that the BPS in Wales will continue relatively unchanged for the next three years. We had To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 14 September 2020 Glastir Expiring Glastir Advanced and Commons contracts will be offered a one-year extension. The Welsh Government has confirmed Glastir Advanced and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 14 September 2020 Welsh Funding The Welsh Government has announced it will be making £106m of funding available for the rural economy over the next To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 September 2020 UK Internal Market Legislation The negotiations on a post-Brexit trade deal have been thrown into disarray as the UK has threatened to unilaterally override To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
