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![]() What CLA Wales does for you CLA Wales is dedicated to lobbying on your behalf and helping to resolve problems. We listen to your concerns and represent you at the highest level. The Presteigne office has a highly qualified team of advisers and lobbyists led by CLA Wales Director Ben Underwood, together with Policy Director Sue Evans, who is Welsh-speaking, Charles De Winton who is the regional surveyor and Caroline Parkinson, Office Manager. Find full details on the contacts list on the left. We welcome your views on CAP Reform and Glastir and in the coming months we'll be working hard to ensure members' interests are championed in changes to the Natural Environment Framework, the Nitrates Directive in Wales and business rates. As part of our lobbying, we help make sure CLA members' views and interests are aired in the media. If you have a story connected to your business and the CLA that is of media interest, contact Catherine Hughes CLA Wales Communications Manager on 01547 317085 or email catherine.hughes@cla.org.uk We keep you up to date with the latest news on land management and rural business. The CLA Land & Business magazine has a section devoted to Welsh affairs and our website together with the regional e-news helps to deliver the most recent developments in law, regulations, farming and business practice. CLA members also join our network of rural contacts. We have thousands of members across Wales. Our network is a vital tool and support for land managers and rural business owners. Latest Wales Regional NewsTwo major CLA lobbying successes that result in reducing planning regulations in England has made it easier to bring agricultural and office buildings back into productive use. CLA Wales urges Welsh Government to adopt a similar approach immediately to... [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] Residents in Powys are being urged to report any incidents of illegal off-roading they witness. Illegal use of motorised vehicles is widespread across Wales, and Powys is by no means an exception. Now the Powys Community Safety Partnership (CSP)... [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] The CLA Game Fair is looking for two young members to do front-desk, media registration and general administrative work for the press office team in the Media Centre prior to and during this year's CLA Game Fair which is being held at Ragley Hall... [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] As the world's largest countryside show, the CLA Game Fair generates around £80million for the regional and wider rural economy with upwards of 144,000 visitors and 1,000 exhibitors. The event takes place from Friday, 19 July to Sunday, 21 July, and... [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] We strongly urge members to contact the office to let us know of any flooding experienced on their ground after encountering one of the wettest years in living memory in 2012. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is putting flooding high on its agenda and... [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] With this year’s SPS application just past, Single Farm Payments are high on the agenda for farmers and many should take this opportunity to consider protecting their payment by locking in an exchange rate now. [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] The CLA has responded to the European Union-wide consultation “A common approach to reducing the harm caused by criminal use of firearms in the EU”. The consultation has been designed to inform the European Commission about whether action is needed at... [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] CLA Wales would like to arrange a visit to Brussels so that Welsh members can experience what and where major decisions are made regarding, amongst many other things, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] “We will continue to lobby Welsh Government on the concept of a part farm agri-environment scheme which we believe will deliver greater environmental benefits compared with a whole farm scheme,” says Sue Evans, Policy Director for CLA Wales. [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [24 May 2013] Two major CLA lobbying successes that result in reducing planning regulations in England has made it easier to bring agricultural and office buildings back into productive use. CLA Wales urges Welsh Government to adopt a similar approach immediately to... [In_Your_Area/Wales/Regional News] - [14 May 2013] |
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