Soil Association Woodmark recognised as Monitoring Organisation in the EU
Soil Association Woodmark has announced today (5 February 2015) it has been recognised as a Monitoring Organisation for the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) on illegal logging. As one of only four other Monitoring Organisations with capacity to cover all EU states, Woodmark will help companies meet EUTR obligations providing them with a cost effective […]
PM ‘right’ to slash red tape to boost rural economy
The organisation supported David Cameron’s speech to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in which he said 80,000 pages of Defra regulations would be removed by March next year, saving rural businesses £100million a year. The CLA, which called for cuts in red tape in its housing report Tackling the Housing Crisis in England, also […]
Bayer CropScience Managing Director calls for better regulation at European Liberal Democrat conference in London
Mr Orme was talking at a meeting on Regulation and Competitiveness, within the framework of the ALDE Party Congress alongside a vice-President of the European Commission Olli Rehn, President of the Board of Swedish Industry and Commerce for Better Regulation Jens Hedström, and MEP Phil Bennion, moderated by MEP Alexander Graf Lambsdorff. He presented a […]
AIC urges legislators to rethink approach to regulation
It makes this point as part of a submission to the Government with regards to the balance of legislative power between the EU and UK, and its effect on agricultural industries. This is in response to one of a number of calls for evidence as part of an overall Government review. Jane Salter, Head of […]
Drive to remove red tape from the agriculture sector
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has today called for views on how the Government can make regulation less burdensome for businesses and others in agriculture, animal health and welfare, plant health and forestry. This is the latest group of regulations to be reviewed under the Government’s Red Tape Challenge, which was launched in April 2011 to […]
