The Rural Payments Agency is not the most popular body among many of my farmers. The systems it operates in order to assess and make Basic Farm Payments has been widely and rightly criticised - but has improved. However some complex … [Read more...] about Rural Payments Agency Hotline
Archives for April 2016
How bad is YOUR broadband?
The Office of Communications, watchdog for the industry, has come up with an internet tool to tell you. Naturally you will need access to the internet to use the tool, which might prove to be a severe problem in some parts of this … [Read more...] about How bad is YOUR broadband?
Failure to connect?
There is nothing wrong with the idea of "Connecting Devon and Somerset". Our rural communities desperately need decent broadband. But CDS has proved remarkably slow to deliver so far. In 2015 they ditched BT, saying the company's bid to … [Read more...] about Failure to connect?