14 Feb 2023
Four dead seals have tested positive for bird flu in Scotland, as the number of cases of highly pathogenic avian flu in mammals continues to grow globally with experts warning of “a step-change” in its spread. The largest ever bird flu outbreak had already spilled over into otters and foxes in the UK, with about 70 […]
14 Feb 2023
The second round of Skills and Training, part of the £100 million UK Seafood Fund, is now open for applications until 21 April 2023 to support the catching, processing, aquaculture and recreational angling sectors. Between £50,000 to £3 million of grant funding is available to update, equip or build fixed or mobile training facilities. Round […]
14 Feb 2023
The Red Rocks and Longay Marine Protected Area (MPA), in the Inner Sound of Skye will be permanently designated from 9 February 2023, protecting a flapper skate egg-laying site of national importance from various activities. These include certain types of fishing, recreational sea angling, marine deposit sites/waste disposal, aquaculture, marine infrastructure and anchoring, amongst others. […]
08 Feb 2023
On 1 Feb, Lib Dems tabled an amendment to the UK Infrastructure Bank Bill, which has just been passed in the House of Commons, with the Government standing down their opposition to our campaign. The amendment ensures that the Government’s new Infrastructure Bank will not invest in water companies unless they produce a costed and […]
08 Feb 2023
The government has announced that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is to be broken up as part of Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle. The prime minister has unveiled a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which will be led by Grant Shapps, previously the BEIS secretary. This could help prioritise […]
08 Feb 2023
Average yearly water and sewerage bills in England and Wales are forecast to rise by £31 (7.5%) to £448 in the forthcoming year, below inflation (November CPIH inflation, which regulators set as the benchmark, was 9.3%). Water bills remain lower, in real terms, than they were a decade ago. Read more at Water UK The […]
08 Feb 2023
From waterwise Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat have written to the chairs of the five regional water resource planning groups in England to confirm that they expect the groups to continue and deliver a further round of regional multi-sector water resource planning. The regulators highlight the benefits of working beyond company boundaries, optimising water […]
08 Feb 2023
Major water projects could be fast tracked through planning under Government plans to reform the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime. On 25th January, Michael Gove, secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, told Parliament that his department is working with Defra, BEIS, Treasury and the Department for Transport on modernising the approach […]
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