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Nottingham based fresh produce retailer fined for failing to meet marketing standards

Nottingham based fresh produce retailer fined for failing to meet marketing standards

Tuesday, 02 February 2016

Horticultural Marketing Inspectors investigation leads to charges for shopkeeper...

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Farming Recovery Fund extended to all parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire

Farming Recovery Fund extended to all parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire

Friday, 15 January 2016

Farmers hit by Storm Eva flooding in Lancashire and Yorkshire will receive emergency funding....

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Birmingham fruit and veg wholesaler prosecuted for failing to meet produce standards

Birmingham fruit and veg wholesaler prosecuted for failing to meet produce standards

Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Horticultural Marketing Inspectors' investigation leads to fines for wholesaler...

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North London fruit and veg retailer prosecuted for failing to meet produce standards

North London fruit and veg retailer prosecuted for failing to meet produce standards

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Horticultural Marketing Inspectors' investigation leads to fines for shopkeeper...

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Recovery fund for flood affected farmers opens

Recovery fund for flood affected farmers opens

Friday, 18 December 2015

Farming Recovery Fund open for applications from 18 December 2015...

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Burnley fruit and veg store fined for failing to meet fresh produce standards

Burnley fruit and veg store fined for failing to meet fresh produce standards

Monday, 14 December 2015

Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate (HMI) investigation finds quality defects and labelling offences in fruit and veg...

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RPA urges farmers to be vigilant against fraud

RPA urges farmers to be vigilant against fraud

Wednesday, 02 December 2015

Rural Payments Agency (RPA) says farmers need to be aware of potential fraud as the 2015 BPS payment window opens...

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RPA confirms BPS payments are already hitting farmers’ bank accounts in England

RPA confirms BPS payments are already hitting farmers’ bank accounts in England

Tuesday, 01 December 2015

Over 33,000 farmers in England paid full 2015 BPS claim on the first day of the payment window...

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Kent shopkeeper fined for fruit and vegetable offences

Kent shopkeeper fined for fruit and vegetable offences

Monday, 30 November 2015

Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate investigation finds quality defects and labelling offences in fruit and veg...

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RPA confirms BPS payments set to begin on 1 December

RPA confirms BPS payments set to begin on 1 December

Friday, 27 November 2015

Around 30,000 farmers set to receive BPS payments on 1 December...

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RPA making good progress towards BPS payments for farmers

RPA making good progress towards BPS payments for farmers

Wednesday, 04 November 2015

Less than a month to go before Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments to farmers in England are due to start....

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Euro exchange rate set for 2015 Basic Payment Scheme payments

Euro exchange rate set for 2015 Basic Payment Scheme payments

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

BPS payments for England are set in Euros and then converted into sterling. The rate for 2015 has now been set....

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RPA helps farmers by providing guidance on greening rules 2016

RPA helps farmers by providing guidance on greening rules 2016

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Updated guidance on EU greening rules has been published...

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Bristol shopkeeper fined for rotten fruit and vegetables offences

Bristol shopkeeper fined for rotten fruit and vegetables offences

Thursday, 24 September 2015

Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate investigation finds quality defects and labelling offences in fruit and veg...

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Basic Payment Scheme claims window closes

Basic Payment Scheme claims window closes

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

More than 88,000 BPS applications received as of 9 July. Rural Payments Agency is now focussed on validating and verifying claims to make sure of prom...

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Final call for Basic Payment Scheme claims

Final call for Basic Payment Scheme claims

Wednesday, 08 July 2015

Deadline for applications for Basic Payment Scheme 2015 is midnight on 10 July ...

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North London shopkeeper fined for rotten fruit and vegetables offences

North London shopkeeper fined for rotten fruit and vegetables offences

Friday, 03 July 2015

HMI investigation finds quality defects and labelling offences in fruit and veg...

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BPS 2015 closes in 10 days warns RPA

BPS 2015 closes in 10 days warns RPA

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

With just 10 days to go until Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2015 closes for all applications, the Rural Payments Agency has received 87,315 applications ...

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RPA support for late BPS applications

RPA support for late BPS applications

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

The Rural Payments Agency continues to support farmers with late Basic Payment Scheme applications...

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84,500 meet BPS deadline

84,500 meet BPS deadline

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

84,500 farmers made their Basic Payment Scheme application by the deadline - there is still time to apply but there will be a penalty....

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BPS claims near 80,000

BPS claims near 80,000

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Last night as only a few hours remained until the midnight Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) deadline for claiming without penalties, 80,000 claims had been ...

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RPA gears up to receive last minute BPS claims

RPA gears up to receive last minute BPS claims

Friday, 12 June 2015

With three days to go until the June 15 deadline for BPS 2015, the RPA is urging those farmers who have yet to claim to do so....

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Tips for Basic Payment Scheme application forms

Tips for Basic Payment Scheme application forms

Thursday, 11 June 2015

With less than a week to go to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claim deadline, here are some more top tips on getting your application right…...

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Drop in centre opening hours extended ahead of BPS deadline

Drop in centre opening hours extended ahead of BPS deadline

Monday, 08 June 2015

Ahead of the 15 June BPS deadline, the Rural Payments Agency has extended the opening hours at most of its drop-in centres. ...

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More than half of BPS 2015 claims submitted as deadline approaches

More than half of BPS 2015 claims submitted as deadline approaches

Tuesday, 02 June 2015

With two weeks remaining until the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) deadline, over 50 percent of completed applications have now been received by the RPA...

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BPS 2015   3 weeks to apply

BPS 2015 3 weeks to apply

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Latest details of support available for BPS 2015 as deadline approaches....

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Bradford shopkeeper fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables

Bradford shopkeeper fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Sentence follows an investigation by the Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate ...

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BPS 2015 update

BPS 2015 update

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

RPA has now received almost 20,000 BPS applications...

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Latest information on applying for Basic Payment Scheme 2015

Latest information on applying for Basic Payment Scheme 2015

Wednesday, 06 May 2015

Latest news on applications for Basic Payment Scheme 2015....

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RPA announces more detail on how to claim for BPS 2015

RPA announces more detail on how to claim for BPS 2015

Wednesday, 08 April 2015

Pre-populated BP5 claim forms will start to be sent out next week by e-mail ...

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