Subscribers Only 17 January 2017 Hard Brexit Ahead The UK will not seek to remain within the EU Single Market after Brexit. This was the clear message delivered To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 16 January 2017 Agriculture Champions Four ‘Agriculture Champions’ have been appointed by the Scottish Government. Their task is to develop an Agriculture Strategy to ‘guide To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 16 January 2017 NVZ Designations The Environment Agency (EA) has released details of the proposed Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) for 2017. These are updated every To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 16 January 2017 Welsh Small Grant Scheme The Welsh Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary, Lesley Griffiths, has announced £40m for a new Small Grants scheme in Wales. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 January 2017 BPS Update – Jan ’17 Letters to Claimants All Agents should have received an ‘e-Bulletin’ outlining payment progress so far and what the situation is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 January 2017 Growth Programme The Environment Secretary, Andrea Ledsom, has announced a further £120m will be made available under the Growth Programme. This is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 January 2017 BPS Payment Update – Jan ’17 The RPA has confirmed it has hit its first target of paying 90% of eligible claimants by the end of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2016 BPS Payments – Dec ’16 Asat 20th December some 79% (68,200) of eligible claimants had received their 2016 Basic Payment. The total amount paid to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2016 Cross Compliance Guidance – Dec ’16 The 2017 edition of the Guide to Cross Compliance in England has been published. It is not being sent to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2016 Scottish Brexit Plans The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has set out the Scottish Government’s thoughts on Brexit. Whilst the publication called ‘Scotland’s Place in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 December 2016 Scottish Land Rights Consultation Scottish Ministers are consulting on the Land Rights and Policy Statement. Under Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) 2016 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 December 2016 CAP Reform – Dec ’16 In normal times the UK farming sector might be getting quite excited about the next round of CAP reform, which To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 December 2016 Farm Business Income Update DEFRA has updated its 2015/16 Farm Business Income (FBI) results which were published on 27th October (see November’s article). The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 14 December 2016 Brexit Roundup – Dec ’16 There has been considerable discussion and argument over Brexit this month, but little in the way of concrete developments. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 14 December 2016 CSS Facilitation Fund – Dec ’16 DEFRA and Natural England have announced an additional round of the Countryside Stewardship:Facilitation Fund. This is in response to actions To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 December 2016 BPS Payments – Dec ’16 The RPA has released a further update on 2016 BPS payment progress. As of 13th December 59,000 claimants (68%) had To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 December 2016 Welsh 2016 BPS Rural Payments Wales has confirmed that nearly 90% of eligible BPS claims were paid on 1st December. After a difficult To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 December 2016 Welsh Scheme Updates The Welsh Government has made a number of announcements regarding Rural Development Schemes some of which claimants need to respond To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 9 December 2016 Welsh Farm Incomes Drop Farm profitability in Wales fell by almost a quarter in 2015/16. This is according to the latest Farm Business Income (FBI) To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 9 December 2016 ADAS Sold The consultancy firm ADAS has been purchased by the environmental and engineering services group RSK. ADAS employs 300 people from To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 9 December 2016 Energy Crops DEFRA has produced statistics on the use of energy crops in the UK. These show that just under 2% of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 December 2016 BPS Payments – Dec ’16 According to the Rural Payments Agency, over 51,000 farmers in England received their 2016 BPS payment either on 1st or To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 December 2016 Woodland Grants The Forestry Commission has announced the Woodland Creation Grant for 2017 will open for initial applications on 3rd January and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 December 2016 TIFF Revision and Balance Sheet Farm Income Update Farm incomes in 2015 were 6% better than first estimated. Latest figures from DEFRA for Total Income To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
