The Business Development, Food Processing and Rural Tourism Infrastructure grants are now open to new applications. You must submit an Expression of Interest...

The Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme Round 2 is now available for all farm types including livestock, horticulture and arable businesses, with a ...

Following graduation from Harper Adams University, Amy was invited to speak on her dissertation topic at the April 2019 Rural Research Conference. Her resear...

Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason, in the biggest change to the private rent...

The UK Government believes “… Common Agricultural Policy Payments have failed to reward some public goods adequately, such as measures to improve water quali...

As of March 20th 2019, the Fitness for Human Habitation Act will come into force for tenancies in England. This legislation amends the Landlord and Tenant Ac...

Regardless of what happens with the UK’s exit from the EU, BPS 2019 will continue to operate under the current rules. Even if there is “no deal”, it’s busine...

The 2019 hedgerows and boundaries grant scheme offers farmers an 'excellent opportunity' to unlock public funding to help restore neglected hedges and stone w...

Do you know that the new rules for all farmers in England to help improve water quality are now in place and will be enforceable from 2 April 2019? The rules...

You will be eligible to apply for extra capital items if you're located within the Red Catchment Sensitive Farming area. See below for map and eligible capit...

The Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme opened today (18 February) for farmers, foresters and land managers to request 2019 application packs. These agreemen...

The Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme offers grants of between £3,000 and £12,000 to support farmers who want to invest in specific pieces of agri...

Farmers and landowners must follow these cross compliance rules if they claim for certain payment schemes and stewardship projects. Here is a list of dates c...

Dissatisfied homeowners and tenants will have simple and quick access to help when things go wrong, thanks to new plans announced yesterday (24 January 2019)...

Farms will face new restrictions on spreading manure and slurry under the government’s “world-leading” plan to tackle air pollution. The government plans to ...

The Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme is DEFRA's completely fresh way of managing the UK's important landscape. It is the Governments' ambition to h...

The Environment Secretary Michael Gove delivered his keynote speech at the 2019 Oxford Farming Conference on 3rd January 2019. This speech focused on the opp...

The end of the year can often be a busy time for farmers trying to get everything done before a well earned rest and a mince pie at Christmas. However, befor...

More than 65 per cent of farmers have received their 2018 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money in the first day of the payment window (3 December), according to ...

The long-awaited Inheritance Tax Review from the Office of Tax Simplification, which was commissioned by the Chancellor of the Exchequer this year, includes ...