We are getting lots of calls about the Growth Programme which provides grants for small rural businesses to create jobs and growth in the rural economy. Examples of eligible projects include farm diversification, food processing and development of tourism infrastructure. …
We are getting lots of calls about farm diversification following the recent announcement about the Growth Programme grant. Farmers wanting to diversify may want to attend two free workshops being held on: Wednesday 27th November: The LDNPA and National Trust…
We are still offering free farm business reviews funded by the Cumbria Growth Catalyst programme but have now been given permission to also use these visits to help farmers prepare Expression of Interests to apply to the Growth Programme. The…
RURAL GROWTH PROGRAMME GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE – DEADLINE 16TH FEB 2020 Last Friday, Defra announced another round of its Growth Programme which provides grants for small rural businesses to create jobs and growth in the rural economy. Examples of eligible…
BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME RATES 2019 ENGLISH REGION ENTITLEMENT VALUES GREENING RATES Non-SDA £162.77 £70.11 Upland SDA, other than moorland £161.56 £69.59 Upland SDA moorland £44.33 £19.09 The exchange rate used to convert the payments from Euros to £ sterling…
This week, the Rural Payments Agency has been issuing Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme offers. These have been sent out by e mail (not by letter) and you have until 10th November to accept the offer using the online CPSG acceptance…
The Government has just announced another round of its Growth Programme which provides grants for small rural businesses to create jobs and growth in the rural economy. Examples of eligible projects have in the past included farm diversification, food processing…
The Government has announced plans for a new agricultural policy to deliver an improved environment in England once the UK leaves the European Union and the Common Agricultural Policy. The cornerstone of this is the development of a new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme, which will be underpinned…
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has guides for each farming sector on post Brexit prospects for trade and the impact of a No Deal Brexit. They also have a Brexit impact calculator, webinars and podcasts with Brexit analysis…
If you abstract more than 20m3 per of water/ day and were previously exempt from the need for an abstraction licence, you need to apply for a licence from the Environment Agency now as these exemptions cease on 1st January…