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Provenance – The Future is Bright post-Brexit
In a landscape where fresh and local is big business, coupled with uncertainties over future trade deals with the EU, the provenance of Scottish food and drink has never been…
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The Post-Brexit UK Food Supply Chain
Brexit is likely – to a lesser or greater extent depending on the deal we get – to impact on the competitiveness of our exports, so the domestic customer has…
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Government funding to help farming businesses improve resilience to Brexit uncertainties
While trade talks continue as we head towards the 31 December Brexit deadline, many Scottish farming businesses will be concerned about future markets and the potential consequences of higher trade…
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EU Settlement Scheme Deadline Approaching
All EU/EEA or Swiss citizens who are currently living and working in the UK and wish to continue doing so must apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. It is vital…
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Managing People
Managing people and getting the best from staff can be challenging. Often farmers themselves have never been employed other than by the family business and this makes the thought of…
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Grain sampling during COVID restrictions
Many grain merchants provide an on-farm grain sampling service to their clients in order to gauge the quality and suitability of grain lots. This is extremely important in the case of malting barley…
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Brexit – what lies ahead?
Little change in 2020 – risk of no-deal remains from January 2021 After 47 years, the UK left the European Union at 11pm on 31st January 2020 and has now…
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Election – Quick Take
Parliamentary deadlock broken – what next? The Conservatives have gained a commanding Commons majority and will be able to get approval for just about anything they wish. This means that…
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The Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill – Why do we have it and what does it do?
When we leave the European Union we will be in a position to amend the raft of areas of EU law that currently apply to Scottish agriculture, but this doesn’t…
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EU Nationals and Brexit
Employing EU Nationals…what changes will Brexit bring? Brexit has signaled changes for the many EU Nationals working in the UK. And with 33% of permanent staff in the dairy sector…
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