08 Mar 2016

BIS: Business Secretary unveils measures that will help deliver the government’s commitment to cut a further £10 billion of red tape. Comprehensive measures that will help deliver the government’s commitment to cut a further £10 billion of red tape were unveiled today (3 March 2016) at the BCC annual conference by Business Secretary Sajid Javid. […]

08 Mar 2016

This was rather lost in the WFD announcement but reveals a worrying failure of commitment and regulation, but the clock is ticking. Angling Trust and Fish Legal: The Environment Agency is unable to properly regulate 1,968 sewage outfalls because water companies are failing to provide information to them about exactly what is coming out of […]

08 Mar 2016

The Catchment Based Approach could be one of the most significant developments made over the last five years; to sign up to its newsletter click here. Latest CaBA news includes CaBA Self-Assessment Tools now available A suite of Self-Assessment Tools is now available to help CaBA Partnerships quickly assess how well they are performing in terms […]

08 Mar 2016

It is all very well reminding people of the threat but this begs the questions of what Government is doing. A point that has not been missed by the NGO responses from Wildlife Link members – see below. Invasive species week Defra: The second annual Invasive Species Week starts on 29 February and will run […]

07 Mar 2016

Britain’s leading green energy company today welcomed the Government’s review of tidal lagoon energy – and announced that it is ready to take part in the review and to compete to build the first tidal lagoon energy site in Britain. The company, which will release details of its plans later this year, believes it can […]

07 Mar 2016

Fair Isle Marine Environment & Tourism Initiative (FIMETI) Elizabeth’s Riddliford – FIMETI is delighted to share the news that members of the public are now being asked to give their views on the Fair Isle Demonstration and Research MPA proposal as part of a public consultation which opened on 1st March, 2016 and which runs until […]

07 Mar 2016

The case illustrates both effective monitoring and use of the points system …’The court was also told that, as a result of these offences, six points per offence will be applied to the vessel’s fishing vessel licence in accordance with the provisions of the EU control regulation (EC) 1224/2009 and in accordance with the MMO’s […]