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Delays to firearms licensing are set to reach record highs causing significant complications for certificate holders according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Covid restrictions, regulatory medical involvement and a peak in firearms licensing renewals has caused mass disruption across licensing departments in England and Wales. In… Read more »
Applications for BASC’s legacy funded scholarship programme aimed at supporting further education opportunities in conservation, land management and gamekeeping have opened for the 2022 intake. The scholarship is directed at assisting students wanting to progress their education in the land management sector. Scholarships this year are in memory of Mr Herbert Heywood, who kindly left… Read more »
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The UK and EU could be approaching an impasse on the Northern Ireland Protocol, as both parties are set to lay out their approach to the intensive talks scheduled to commence later this month. The Protocol was implemented to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the wake of… Read more »
Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News at 8.30am this morning, Secretary of State for Energy Kwasi Kwarteng defended his and his government’s actions over the ongoing energy crisis. Since the start of the year, energy prices have rocketed by 250% and ministers are under pressure to prevent the industry from grinding to a halt…. Read more »