09 Jul 2018

  Invitation – Incentives and barriers to engaging with government institutions Engagement between the UK research and policy communities on marine and coastal issues Good morning, You are invited to participate in an online survey exploring barriers to and incentives for collaborating with government institutions in general, and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in particular, […]

06 Jul 2018

Non-licensable Activity Impacts on Marine Protected Areas Questionnaire The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have commissioned the Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies (IECS) at the University of Hull to gather both local and regional evidence of non-licensable activities occurring in English (inshore and offshore) Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Building on previous research, this work will […]

04 Jul 2018

The Government have launched their long awaited thoughts on how fisheries will look post-Brexit in a white paper and have set a consultation in motion. The details of these and links are set out below. There seems bound to be a flood of commentary on this and the links below set out some of the […]

04 Jul 2018

This letter is Minister Rutley‘s (Interim Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) response to the Chief Executive Officer of Ofwat. Ofwat sent a letter to Minister Rutley setting out initial reactions to the National Infrastructure Commission’s ‘preparing for a drier future’ report on water. This included thoughts on how the sector needs to […]

04 Jul 2018

BBC: Water companies have damaged trust, regulator Ofwat says. High levels of payments to bosses and investors by water companies have damaged customer trust, the regulator Ofwat has said. It has published new rules that will force firms to explain how executive pay is linked to performance and to prioritise customers’ interests. Companies paying dividends […]

04 Jul 2018

New £63 million defence scheme is turning the tide against floods in Rossall, on North West coast. A multi-million pound coastal defence scheme to shore up Rossall’s sea defences while reducing flood risk to 7,500 homes has been officially opened today (1st June 2018). It is one of the single biggest investments in a single […]