Royal Mail has shelved plans to impose a blanket ban on the carriage of knives which would have unfairly penalised the shooting community and hundreds of small businesses across the country. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) wrote to Royal Mail’s chief executive pointing out that the ban would severely impact retailers across the… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has written to the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, ahead of a major consultation into deer management changes in Scotland. The consultation which closes on Friday 29 March, raises six key themes around deer management changes. BASC has serious concerns regarding many… Read more »
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The head of Imperial Tobacco admitted yesterday there was no such thing as a “safe cigarette.” Defending Imperial Tobacco at the Court of Session in Edinburgh yesterday, CEO Gareth Davies said smokers were more likely to develop serious diseases such as lung cancer. But he qualified his remarks by saying that smoking did not necessarily… Read more »
A small firm in North Wales is close to penning a major contract with the US space agency Nasa. Caernarfon-based PPM Technology Ltd has been approached by Nasa to supply safety devices. Should the deal be secured, astronauts on board the International Space Station will use hand-held and fixed monitoring meters to check for dangerous… Read more »
