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18 May 2012

The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board has received just one written request for a ballot on the horticultural levy.

Caroline Spelman rumoured to be reshuffled after hosepipe bans

03 May 2012 | by Matthew Appleby

Defra secretary of state is rumoured to be set to lose her job in a cabinet reshuffle after local elections today (3 May).

Plant protection treaty celebrates 60 years

20 Apr 2012

Plant experts from around the world are celebrating a global pact to fight plant pests that was launched 60 years ago.

Failed by poor communication

20 Apr 2012 | by Kate Lowe

Summing up perfectly the anger and frustration felt by landscapers and their suppliers across the hosepipe ban-hit regions this week, Palmstead Nurseries sales and marketing manager Nick Coslett spells out the situation thus: "Water companies have made a dogs's mess of the restrictions, saying 'yes'...

Horticulture Sector fights on over water concessions

30 Mar 2012 | by Matthew Appleby

Industry bodies will take united lobbying to Parliament in their bid to secure drought exemptions for landscaping projects.

Mixed bag for industry in Budget

30 Mar 2012 | by Matthew Appleby

Garden centres see potential tax cuts and opening hour benefits cancelled out by fuel duty hike.

Reader Panel - What will be the effect of last week's Budget on your sector?

30 Mar 2012

HW asked industry figures whether chancellor George Osborne's Budget last week was a positive or negative for them.

Edwards On ... Import substitution can boost economy

23 Mar 2012 | by Tim Edwards

As someone who grew up at a time when Britain still had an engineering base, it is heartening to hear the Government claim interest in seeing that base re-established. There seems to be general agreement that while finance and the City are vitally important elements of our economy, life would feel a...

George Osborne's 2012 Budget - a horticultural perspective

21 Mar 2012

A list of measures announced that may impact on horticultural businesses, updated live throughout the Chancellor's speech.

Abstraction measures seek to increase water regulations' flexibility for growers

09 Mar 2012 | by Ced Yuen

Environment Agency measures include increased pumping rates for reservoirs and an access extension to summer flows.

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