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BASC and Natural England meet to talk wildfowling

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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Eat Game Awards raises record funds for charity

Eat Game is delighted to announce that this year’s Eat Game Awards raised a record amount of donations for the Country Food Trust. The awards, which took place last week, raised £2,255 for the charity, which was once again selected as our charity of the year. With the Eat Game Awards celebrating the contributions of… Read more »

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Farmers had paid up to £22.5 million because of payment delays, auditors said
Defra delays ‘cost farmers millions’

The delays in delivering the single farm payment scheme left English farmers with a bill of between £18 million and £22.5 million, a new report warns. The National Audit Office (NAO) today condemns the “unacceptable delay” in delivering European agricultural payments, caused by a catalogue of management errors. One fifth of farmers told the watchdog… Read more »

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Mass lobby of parliament calls for action on Post Office network
Blair warns of limit to Post Office support

The government will do what it can to stop the decline of the UK’s post offices but “there is a limit” to the amount of financial support it can give, Tony Blair has said. A petition signed by four million people was delivered to Downing Street today by the National Federation of Sub-postmasters (NFSP), which… Read more »