The Andersons Centre
Old Bell House
2 Nottingham Street
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
LE13 1NW

01664 503 200

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  • Farm Profits Up
  • Thu, May 3, 2012
  • Defra has released the latest Total Income from Farming (TIFF) figures today. This confirms the profitiability for UK agriculture for 2011.
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  • CAP Reform Delay?
  • Fri, Mar 30, 2012
  • The European Parliament has stated it will delay on deciding its final position on CAP reform until the EU Budget Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) has been decided...
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  • DEFRA Pledges to Cut Red Tape
  • Thu, Mar 1, 2012
  • The Government has given a positive response to most of the recommendations of the Macdonald report on cutting red-tape in farming.
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  • Future of Stewardship
  • Wed, Feb 1, 2012
  • Natural England has published a ‘package’ of information on its website outlining how the
    Environmental Stewardship (ES) programme will operate for the remaining two years of its
    current programme...
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  • Andersons at LAMMA 2012
  • Thu, Dec 15, 2011
  • The Andersons Centre will once again be exhibiting at the forthcoming LAMMA show - 18th and 19th of January 2012. Our team of consultants will be on hand to provide updates on the latest industry news covering all sectors.
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  • The Euro Crisis
  • Thu, Dec 1, 2011
  • The Euro crisis is clearly now affecting the UK economy. This is the point at which the UK farming industry could start to feel smug, being in an industry that is in demand regardless of theconsumer’s prosperity (or more likely feeling of prosperity). But complacency should not enter the industry...
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  • Farm Business Grants
  • Mon, Nov 14, 2011
  • DEFRA have finally announced the details of the new farm business grant scheme available in England. The new scheme is called the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) and the window for applications is now open.
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  • Supermarket Adjudicator Plans
  • Fri, Nov 4, 2011
  • The Government has released its response to the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations to the Draft Groceries Adjudicator Bill (aka the Supermarket Ombudsman).
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  • CAP Reform Proposals
  • Wed, Oct 12, 2011
  • As expected, the EU Commission released legal proposals for the CAP post-2013 today. For
    those interested, the full set of texts can be found on the European Commission website...
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  • Single Farm Payment Conversion Rate 2011
  • Fri, Sep 30, 2011
  • UK farmers will generally receive slightly higher Single Payments this year than last...
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  • Agri-Environment Schemes Post-2013
  • Thu, Sep 1, 2011
  • Natural England has clarified the position with regards to agri-environment schemes which run into the next Rural Development Programme...
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  • Dual Use on Agricultural Land
  • Thu, Aug 4, 2011
  • The RPA plans to write to 1,100 English farmers asking for details of the occupation arrangements on land that it has identified as potentially having ‘dual use’...
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  • EU Budget Plans
  • Thu, Jun 30, 2011
  • The budget for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should be frozen close to 2013 levels for the following seven years. This is one of the headline points from the proposals set out on the 29th June from the EU Commission...
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  • Red Tape in Farming
  • Thu, Jun 2, 2011
  • Richard Macdonald has delivered his report into cutting the bureaucracy faced by the farming and food industries. It runs to 150 pages and contains 215 specific recommendations. The overall message from the ‘Farming Regulation Taskforce’ is...
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  • Farm Incomes Fall
  • Mon, May 2, 2011
  • Profitability on UK farms fell by 4% in real terms in 2010 compared to the previous year. This is the (somewhat surprising) result of the latest Total Income from Farming (TIFF) figures released by DEFRA...