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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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One in every 10 workers is incompetent, according to a survey of employers. Workers were, more often than not, inexperienced and lacked the requisite skills to do their job well, according to a report by the Learning and Skills Council, which interviewed more than 72,000 employers. The National Employer Skill Survey found a fifth of… Read more »
The Government was heavily rebuked yesterday over plans to permanently dump foreign nuclear waste in Cumbria. The Liberal Democrats slammed the Department of Trade and Industry for burying “bad news” over nuclear waste. Norman Baker, the Lib Dems environment spokesman, accused the DTI of trying to ‘bury bad news.’ “This is a shocking suggestion deliberately… Read more »
