Rostons are proud to report that Tom Selby has recently successfully passed his Central Association of Agricultural Valuers Examination and is now a fellow of CAAV (FAAV). He was the only the only entrant in Cheshire to pass the exam.
BASIC PAYMENT 2015 – UPDATE
A recent update has been published in regards to the payment of Basic Payment claims for 2015.
It is claimed that 47% of claimants have been paid but the majority of those fall within claims ranging between €3,000 to €15,000. A proportion of larger claims (€15,000 – €50,000) have been paid and just 3% of the largest claims (€50,000 plus) have been paid.
Basic Payment – Email Scam Alert
Whilst it is noted that a lot of people have not yet received their BPS payment for 2015, if you are one of the claimants that have please be aware of the actions of fraudsters this time of year that have been attempted previously to access your payments.
Welsh Entitlement transfer process looking good.
Tony Rimmer, Director of Rostons, recently attended a meeting with the Rural Payment Wales User Group to review the latest developments of Rural Payment Wales Online.
England & Wales BPS Update
As claimants start to receive BPS 2015 payments, a remittance advice should be sent. Once the remittance advice is issued a claim statement should be sent by the RPA.
Minimum milk prices that buyers purchase their milk for.
A recent petition “Introduce minimum prices that milk buyers purchase their milk for from Farmers” has now been responded to by the Government.
Cheshire Agricultural Valuers Association Elect New President
Tony Rimmer Director of Rostons, has recently been elected as the 2015/16 President of the Cheshire Agricultural Valuers Association.
Rostons Press Release – Estate Occupation The New Era
Traditionally Estates have let land to Tenants and Tenants have rented from the Landlord. Tom Selby of Rostons has previously managed Estates where historically holdings and land have been let to Tenants.
Rostons Press Release – Welsh Basic Payment Calculation 2015
The Welsh Government have recently published their updated version of the Basic Payment Scheme payment estimator, following the removal of the one published in September due to concerns about the methodology used and its reliability.