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BASC responds to Scottish Government’s announcement on deer management

Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »

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New bill would make it easier to prosecute firms for gross negligence resulting in death
Corporate manslaughter bill finally published

A new law to ensure companies whose negligence leads to the death of employees or the public has today been published after nearly a decade of planning. The corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide bill intends to make it easier to bring to justice large firms whose management failure has resulted in death. It was first… Read more »

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Government publishes its pensions plans today
Pension plans ‘will last for generations’

The government has today unveiled a radical shake-up of the pensions system, with an increase in the retirement age and new ways to make people save for their old age. Tony Blair said the pensions white paper would create “something that lasts not just for this generation, but for generations to come”, and insisted it… Read more »