Category: Updates

Tenancy Law, Updates, Wayleaves & Easements

Wayleaves: Informal Tenancy Muddles Claim for Damage

The recent case Kirby v Electricity North West Ltd (2023) EWHC 75 (TCC) has highlighted the significance of documenting tenancy arrangements, as well as alerting utility companies of the importance of ensuring their contractors understand the extent of any agreed wayleaves before entering land to undertake work. The Case Electricity North West’s (the defendant) contractors entered a field to replace an underground cable in accordance … Continue reading Wayleaves: Informal Tenancy Muddles Claim for Damage

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Tenancy Law, Updates

Proposed Changes To Residential Lettings

As part of the Government’s Levelling Up Agenda, they have published a subsidiary White Paper – A Fairer Private Rented Sector. It underlines their commitment, through the Renters Reform Bill, to ensure all private landlords adhere to a legally binding standard on decency. The Bill also fulfils their manifesto commitment to replace Section 21 ‘no fault’ eviction notices with a new tenancy system. These changes will … Continue reading Proposed Changes To Residential Lettings

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Agriculture, Business, Grants and subsidies, Updates

Slurry Infrastructure Grant To Be Launched This Autumn

This autumn we will see the launch of the Slurry Infrastructure grant – Slurry Infrastructure grant – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The grant is available to help replace, build new or expand existing slurry stores to provide six months storage. All grant funded stores must be fitted with an impermeable cover, unless you treat slurry through acidification. The grant will cover 50% of eligible costs. The minimum grant … Continue reading Slurry Infrastructure Grant To Be Launched This Autumn

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Grants and subsidies, Renewables, Updates

The Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) – tariff support for biomethane produced via anaerobic digestion which is injected into the gas grid

Information taken from the .gov website that you can read in full by clicking here This scheme provides tariff support for biomethane produced via anaerobic digestion which is injected into the gas The Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) provides tariff support for plants producing biomethane via anaerobic digestion which is injected into the gas grid. Tariffs are calculated to compensate plants for the building of … Continue reading The Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) – tariff support for biomethane produced via anaerobic digestion which is injected into the gas grid

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Agriculture, Business, Farming, Tenancy Law, Updates

How alternative rent review methods could make rents more sustainable

You may have seen my comments recently in Farmers Weekly regarding alternative rent review mechanisms in Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs) and how they might work with the reduction in Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) as a tool for sustainable rents. If you haven’t, you can click here to read the article. Some more information on this topic below… Rent levels We are still seeing people bidding … Continue reading How alternative rent review methods could make rents more sustainable

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Agriculture, Agriculture Act 2020, Agriculture Bill, Business, Farming, Grants and subsidies, Updates

Future Farming Resilience Fund opening next month- Berrys are on the list of providers!

Tailored business support for farmers during the agricultural transition will be made available from August this year. Outside of the EU and no longer bound by the Common Agricultural Policy, the Government has set out plans for a seven-year agricultural transition to the new system which will reward farmers for environmental improvements alongside food production on their land. The Future Farming Resilience Fund has been developed … Continue reading Future Farming Resilience Fund opening next month- Berrys are on the list of providers!

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Planning & Development, Updates

Planning reform

Article taken directly from IPA RA Magazine online, access by clicking here. In the Queen’s speech today [11th May 2021], the UK government set out its legislative plan for housing in a bid to help build more homes and increase homeownership. In her speech, the Queen said the government will help more people to own their own home while enhancing the rights of those who … Continue reading Planning reform

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Accountancy, Tax, Updates

Budget 2021: Key points at-a-glance

Information below taken from BBC News online Taxation No changes to rates of income tax, national insurance or VAT Personal income tax allowance to be frozen at £12,570 from April 2022 to 2026 Higher rate income tax threshold to be frozen at £50,270 from 2022 to 2026 Corporation tax on company profits to rise from 19% to 25% in April 2023 Rate to be kept … Continue reading Budget 2021: Key points at-a-glance

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Farming, Grants and subsidies, Updates

Rural Grants – What Schemes are Available Now and Going Forward?

It’s nearly the end of January and this is my first post for 2021, but it’s worth the wait… The team at Berrys have put together a fantastic document about what grant schemes are available now and what schemes are going to be available going forwards, there’s also a handy flow chart to see where you fit in with the Transition Period, read on for … Continue reading Rural Grants – What Schemes are Available Now and Going Forward?

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