Power lines permanently ‘airbrushed’ from film set scenery
A Surrey landscape picked as a filming location for Nanny McPhee and War Horse has just undergone further improvements. Electricity distributor, UK Power Networks, has permanently rerouted 1.4 miles of overhead power lines underground at Painshill Farm, Dunsfold, to improve views in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The £290,000 project was […]
Costed solar industry plan shows how to get UK solar as cheap as fossil fuel electricity by 2020
The Solar Trade Association has today published its ‘Solar Independence Plan for Britain’, setting out how the new Government can steer rooftop solar-generated electricity to parity with retail electricity prices and utility-scale solar farms to parity with new gas CCGT power station prices, both by 2020. In the report the STA looks at several different […]
Successful results for Borders Climate Change Focus Farm
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment Richard Lochhead paid a visit to Robert and Jac Neill of Upper Nisbet Farm in near Jedburgh. He was there to thank them for their participation on the Scottish Government’s Farming for a Better Climate (FFBC) initiative, which saw the Neills reduce their business’ carbon footprint […]
New study finds 40% of UK imports come from countries with areas of high water risk
Businesses must secure their future by addressing the mounting global water crisis, experts will say today (19th May) at the launch of WWF-UK’s report ‘From Risk to Resilience: Does your business know its water risk?’. UK industry is being urged to assess supply chains both within the UK and internationally to discover where they might […]
NatWest/Royal Bank of Scotland joins the British Hydropower Association
The British Hydropower Association is delighted that NatWest/Royal Bank of Scotland [RBS] has joined the Association as a Principle Company member. Ian Burrow, Head of Agriculture and Renewable Energy at NatWest/RBS, said: “Hydropower represents a huge opportunity for businesses considering renewable energy in the UK. “With continuing pressure for businesses to become more sustainable, more […]
Two leading horticulture businesses recognised by LEAF for high environmental standards
Two leading horticulture companies, Tangmere Airfield Nurseries Ltd and Eric Wall Ltd, both based in Chichester, have been launched as LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) Demonstration Farms in recognition of their commitment to sustainable farming. They are LEAF’s first glasshouse businesses to become LEAF Demonstration Farms and join a group of 40 other farms in […]
Help for farmers to stop losing nutrients
Farmers in England can benefit from a new guide to help them stop soil and manure running off their land. It’s published today online by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), supported by Natural England’s Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) project. Many farmers already have measures in place to protect waterbodies from run-off, so this guide […]
New scheme for farm waste
Exciting times are approaching for DBG Recycling and local farmer John Hodsman. Working in conjunction with Agri.cycle, DBG have opened a new site that will enable farmers to recycle farm waste which would otherwise end up in landfill. The new site situated at Westow will be run as a collection point by John Hodsman. John […]
Fly tipping back on the radar
The CLA has welcomed a change in the law making it easier for authorities to seize fly-tippers’ vehicles, and in some circumstances allowing them to destroy vehicles which have been seized. The Control of Waste (Dealing with Seized Property) Regulations 2015 came into force in England and Wales on 6 April 2015. The changes broaden […]
