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BASC issues warning to Minister ahead of final Grouse Bill debate

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Jim Fairlie, Scotland’s Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, urging for further amendments to be made at the final stage of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill. It comes as the Bill nears the final stage of a debate on March 19… Read more »

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What are the natural capital benefits of shooting?

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has published its inaugural assessment of the Natural Capital benefits of shooting. Natural Capital can be defined as the sum of financial and social benefits we get from our natural environment. This concept has increasingly shaped both international and national environmental policies and is at the core… Read more »

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Row sparked by passive smoking claim
Row sparked by passive smoking claim

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) is at the centre of huge controversy today after publishing tobacco industry funded research, which claims that the damaging effects of passive smoking have been over-stated. The 40-year study of 118,000 Californians asserts that the link between environmental tobacco smoke and coronary heart disease and lung cancer is weaker than… Read more »

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TUC calls for regulation of employment agencies
TUC calls for regulation of employment agencies

The Trade Unions Congress has criticised the lack of employment rights for temporary workers, and branded some agencies ‘cowboys’. In a report to be issued next week, the TUC has highlighted the fragmented nature of the UK’s agency market. Its survey found that while the largest five companies take up only 15% of the market… Read more »