Articles

Agricultural Investment Indicator

Political uncertainty prompts flight to safety by land investors.

Energy and Climate Change

The new coalition Government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have come together, to put forward a programme for partnership government, including a statement on areas of focus for energy and climate change.

Tyres - Beware Getting Stung Twice!

There has been much reported in the press recently about scams involving tyres, especially several occurrences where everything starts off well then the tenant vanishes, leaving you, the Landowner to foot the bill of the removal.

The Grassland Derogation

With an increasing number of farms being engulfed by Nitrate Vulnerable Zones and so subject to the onerous Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2008, there is a need to find ways to mitigate the strict obligations. One option for farmers is an application for The Grassland Derogation through the Whole Farm Approach Scheme. The derogation will allow farmers with at least 80 per cent grassland to increase their N max limit from 170kg N/ha to 250kg N/ha for grazing livestock.

Coalition Government's Manifesto

There has been much reported in the press recently about scams involving tyres, especially several occurrences where everything starts off well then the tenant vanishes, leaving you, the Landowner to foot the bill of the removal.