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BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
BASC has recently organised three Introduction to Wildfowling workshops for Natural England (NE) staff. The events were aimed at equipping NE staff with the knowledge and understanding of wildfowling which would ultimately help them make informed, pragmatic consenting decisions on protected and designated sites. More than 40 NE staff, as well as members of local… Read more »
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T&G leader Sir Bill Morris has laid out several Government challenges for workers rights in a speech to the TUC conference today. The Transport and General Workers’ Union leader called on the Government to go further than it has for workers, suggesting that they establish protection suitable for a 21st century labour market. He also… Read more »
Service sector confidence has continued to fall this month with increasing job losses and declining investment levels, according to a survey. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) highlighted in its quarterly survey of the service sector that confidence has been falling for a year. The CBI and Grant Thornton found that among consumer services, business… Read more »
