The Funding & Business Support Briefing hosted by Bishop Fleming at Kingsley Village on the 18th January has been extremely well received by both exhibitors are delegates. The audience heard a range of presentations on grants, loans, asset-backed lending, equity finance and general finance raising – the idea being to highlight alternative and complimentary sources of finance to conventional lending.
In addition, 30 exhibitors were there ...
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Defra has launched a new Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) to help farming, forestry and horticultural businesses in England to become more efficient at using resources. The scheme aims to make businesses more profitable, whilst reducing the impact of farming on the environment. It forms part of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), which contains a strong package of measures designed to stimulate ...
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The Government is aiming for 12% of the UK's heat demand to come from renewable sources by 2020, a major increase from the current level of just 1.5%. The £860m Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is a new Government initiative similar to the renewable electricity Feed-in Tariffs, and is designed to revolutionise the way in which heat is generated and used. Under the scheme, applicants can ...
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