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Nominations Sought for 'Custodians of the Countryside'
A search has been launched across the Midlands to find people who have given their lives to managing and caring for the countryside and the traditional sports which provide the incentive for a raft of rural management programmes.
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [May 7th, 2008]

Defra Minister Offers CLA Support in Getting
Defra Minister Joan Ruddock has agreed to a CLA request to consider how it could be made easier for farmers and landowners to have fly-tipped waste accepted at their local tips.
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [May 7th, 2008]

Why Should Essential Rural Services Subsidise Fashion Statements? Asks CLA
The CLA (Country Land and Business Association) in the West Midlands has repeated its call that rural people who have to buy larger 4x4 vehicles for their work are recognised as essential users and are not penalised by the green levies set to tax the...
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [May 7th, 2008]

Life in the Country – dream or nightmare?
Rural economy experts at the CLA have drawn on over a 100 years experience of dealing with rural issues to produce a guide to the rights and responsibilities of people who own land or property in rural areas.
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [April 16th, 2008]

Rural Crime Prevention is More Than Just Protecting Your Heating Oil
The recent spate of heating oil thefts is a reminder that crime is still a serious and ongoing problem for Farmers, Landowners and Rural Businesses. Damage and theft continue to hit profitability directly or indirectly and raise insurance premiums for...
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [April 14th, 2008]

CLA tells Defra Ministers to get off the fence on TB
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has applauded the decision by Welsh Assembly Government Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones to take a proactive approach to controlling bovine TB in Wales.
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [April 11th, 2008]

Hollywood in your house?
Ever considered allowing your house to be used as a film location? Enterprise Works, the training arm of the Country Land and Business Association in the West Midlands, is holding a series of seminars to highlight business opportunities that exist to...
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [April 9th, 2008]

CLA welcomes new Heritage Protection Bill
The CLA (Country Land and Business Association) has welcomed the draft Heritage Protection Bill published today (Wednesday, 2 April) – while saying it does not go far enough.
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [April 2nd, 2008]

Midlands is Focal Point of Biogas Research
The Country land and Business Association (CLA) is helping to organise a high level green conference in Shropshire later this month. Specially invited delegates from the UK and across the globe will flock to a pioneering Biodigester plant in Ludlow on...
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [April 2nd, 2008]

Advantage West Midlands Chief Receives Rural Showcase
The recently appointed Chief Executive of Advantage West Midlands has been given a tour of some of the region’s leading rural projects to see firsthand how economic development is being delivered.
[In_Your_Area/West Midlands/Regional News] - [March 28th, 2008]