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It is self-evident that most of the cost is not going to go away and that all businesses, from offices through to farms, face extra costs. Once again, an additional layer of cost to industry is being added by the Government's implementation of an EU directive.
We hope that it would iron out a lot of the difficulties, but we do not expect organic farmers to get extra protection from the same vicissitudes that all farmers face.
That would be more difficult with the general allocation that local authorities receive, so additional money has been made available. That includes an extra £70 million in capital allocations between last year and next year and an extra £20 million in the previous financial year to speed up maintenance activity on lo...
More than five years ago, an entrepreneur in Mallaig offered the rail company £250,000 of business a year with the sprinter trains, at no cost to the company and involving no extra work. However, the company turned the offer down.
We have to look for value for money. If extra money is being spent on new technology, less might have to be spent on handling the huge volumes of paper-based items that are handled at the moment.