Subscribers Only 7 March 2019 Extra Defra Staff According to a Freedom of Information request, Defra has recruited 2,700 extra staff to deal with Brexit. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 March 2019 New Minister of State Following the resignation of George Eustice, Robert Goodwill has been appointed as Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 March 2019 Eustice Resigns The Farming Minister, George Eustice, resigned his position on the 28th February in protest at the Government’s handling of Brexit. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 February 2019 Brexit Update – Feb ’19 Politically, it has been yet another tumultuous month regarding Brexit, but from an agri-food perspective, there have been relatively few To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 February 2019 Irish No Deal Preparations The UK Government continues to update its No-Deal Brexit notices (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-prepare-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal). The Irish Government has now also taken its No-Deal To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 February 2019 UK Tariffs to be Set The level of tariffs that the UK will levy after Brexit is due to be published shortly. It has been To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 February 2019 New Powers to Prevent Traveller Trespass The Government plans to give new powers to Police and Local Authorities to deal with illegal traveller sites (see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-plans-to-tackle-illegal-traveller-sites). To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 February 2019 Water Consultations Defra is currently consulting on updating the legislation on water issues. It aims to improve the long-term planning of water resources and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 February 2019 CFE Relaunch The Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) is now ten years old and is set to be re-launched under a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 February 2019 Conservation Covenants The Government is consulting on the introduction of Conservation Covenants (see https://consult.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-management/conservation-covenants/). Whilst perhaps not sounding very exciting, these potentially To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 February 2019 Scottish Environmental Protection The Scottish Government has published a consultation on Environmental Principles and Governance after Brexit (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/consultation-environmental-principles-governance-scotland-4/pages/2/). This seems to mirror To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 February 2019 NFU Future of Food Report The NFU launched its ‘Future of Food 2040’ report at its annual conference in mid-February. The document looks at the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 February 2019 Countryside Stewardship 2018 Payments Michael Gove announced at the NFU Conference that bridging payments will begin for Countryside Stewardship (CS) 2018 payments from the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 February 2019 RLE1 Forms We understand from the RPA that it is a good time to be submitting RLE1s. According to the Agency it To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 February 2019 Natural England Chairman A life-long environmentalist is set to become the next Chairman of Natural England. The Environment Secretary has announced Tony Juniper To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 February 2019 UK Organic Market The organic food market in the UK has grown for the seventh consecutive year according to the latest report from To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 February 2019 Welsh Scheme Update Below are some key dates for schemes in Wales: BPS – The Single Application Form (SAF) will be available from 4th March; To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 February 2019 Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme – Feb ’19 Like many of our readers, we were expecting the second round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) Scheme to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 February 2019 LFASS 2018 Payments The Scottish Government has announced it will again be offering a nationally-funded loan scheme to those eligible for LFASS 2018 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 February 2019 BPS & CS Key Dates The RPA has confirmed the online Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications window will open on 13th March. The announcement has To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 January 2019 Brexit Votes On 29th January, Parliament voted on a series of Brexit amendments which sought to give some clarity on the future To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 January 2019 Tariffs Under No Deal As the political chaos continues, we have had a few queries of what the practical effect of a ‘No-Deal Brexit’ To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 January 2019 Entitlement and Land Transfers Open It is now possible to transfer English entitlements and land ahead of the 2019 BPS claim. The RPA has ‘switched To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 January 2019 Defra Food Policy Michael Gove’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference at the start of January saw a subtle shift in the Government’s To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
