Subscribers Only 8 July 2019 Inheritance Tax Review Gifts could become exempt from Inheritance Tax (IHT) after five years, rather than the current seven, if the recommendations of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 July 2019 Food Review Defra has finally published the Terms of Reference of an independent review into the food sector. As we reported back To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 July 2019 EU Agrees Mercosur and Vietnam Trade Deals On 28th June, twenty years to the day that negotiations started, the EU and Mercosur reached a political agreement on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 June 2019 Mercosur Deal The EU and the Mecosur group of South American Countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay) look close to concluding a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 June 2019 Race for Next PM – The Final Two At one stage, there were thirteen candidates seeking to become the next Prime Minister (and leader of the Conservative party) To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 June 2019 Brexit – North-South Cooperation Areas On 20th June, details were released of an exercise which outlined the scale of the areas of north-south cooperation on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 June 2019 Agri-Environment Payments – Jun ’19 Defra has announced outstanding agri-environment payments will be made by the end of July. Our article of 18th June explained To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 June 2019 Net Zero UK Carbon In one of her final acts as Prime Minister, Theresa May has set down an ambitious new climate change target To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 June 2019 Fertiliser Prices Prices for nitrogen fertiliser have opened the new season around £30 per tonne higher than in 2018. Ammonium nitrate for June/July To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 June 2019 Environmental Scheme Payments Update Environmental Stewardship (ES) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) payment delays continue. Some claimants have still not received their 2017 ES payments. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 June 2019 Wild Bird Licences New General Licences issued To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 June 2019 Labour Land Report An independent report commissioned for the Labour Party makes some radical suggestions for policy on land use and ownership. With To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 June 2019 Agriculture in the UK – Jun ’19 Defra has published the latest version of its compendium of farming statistics – ‘Agriculture in the UK’. The 2018 edition To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 June 2019 Defra Policy Preparations The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised concerns over Defra’s ability to deliver its post-Brexit policy plans. The Government watchdog To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 June 2019 Organic Statistics The latest organic statistics from Defra show that the area managed under this system continues to fall. Total land both To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 June 2019 Future Welsh Farm Support Farmers in Wales will be supported by a single scheme once the BPS is phased-out. The Welsh Government has produced To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 June 2019 Vine Area Leaps UK landowners look to be getting ‘ahead of the curve’ on climate change. The predicted warmer summers make domestic wine To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 June 2019 Farming Not a Shortage Occupation Farming has been excluded from the list of occupations that face shortages of labour following Brexit. The Government’s Migration Advisory To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 31 May 2019 Brexit Update – ‘All Change Please’ Earlier this month, we reported that Theresa May would try to get her Brexit Deal passed one more time. Instead, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 May 2019 Theresa May Tries One Last Time The UK Parliament will be asked (for a fourth time) to approve Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement in early June. The Prime To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 14 May 2019 Farm Profits Fall TIFF Falls for 2018 Farm profits declined by 18% in real terms last year according to the latest figures released To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 14 May 2019 ‘Farming Fortnight’ to Target Schools The charity LEAF is to run a two-week campaign to help educate schoolchildren about agriculture. The farming fortnight’ will run To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 May 2019 Impact of UK’s WTO Tariffs on Food and Farming In April 2019, a study undertaken on behalf of the AHDB was published which focused on the impact of Brexit To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 April 2019 BPS Update – Apr ’19 All seems rather quiet (too quiet?) in regards to this year’s BPS applications. Usually at this point in the process To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
