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BASC was pleased to host the Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Barclay, at the inaugural Northern Gamekeepers’ Conference on Friday 8 March in the historic grounds of the Swinton Estate in Masham, North Yorkshire. The main hall at the Swinton Park Hotel was standing room only as gamekeepers from across the north of England… Read more »
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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New proposals unveiled by the Government today aim to improve the quality of pharmacies and increase local access to them. Local dispensing chemists are to be protected from full competition by the main supermarket chains. The government rejected a recommendation from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to completely lift restrictions on the number of… Read more »
The Royal Mail has announced that 280,000 letters a week are lost or delayed and claimed that it was a sign of major improvement for the company. The figure represents a 50% fall in the number of letters lost or delayed each week and Royal Mail’s chief executive, Adam Crozier welcomed the improvement but accepted… Read more »
