Payroll Update 2022-23
For the 2022-23 tax year personal allowances will remain the same at£12,570.00 per annum
New Minimum Wages Increases
April 2021 April 2022
Apprentice £4.30 £4.81
Latest Blog Posts
Latest Blog Posts
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 17:30
Administrator and Bookkeeper
Due to retirement, we are looking for a proactive team member to assist with office administration duties and bookkeeping.
The role will be office based and include answering the telephone, responding to emails, managing general day to day office administrative functions plus carrying out bookkeeping remotely for a range of farming and rural clients. The bookkeeping will include entering sales and purchase invoices, reconciling the bank, submitting VAT returns and running monthly/quarterly reports.
We are… Read More
Friday, November 26, 2021 - 11:58
Details of the new Farming Equipment and Technology have been released and are outlined as follows:
Applications to be submitted by 7th January 2022
Applications will be checked and scored prior to grant funding agreement (GFA) offers are made. You will not automatically get a grant. The grant is expected to be highly competitive, and you are competing against all applications received and scored against the same criteria.
Minimum grant £2,000
Maximum grant £25,000
Once… Read More
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 - 12:15
Results of a recent National Audit review of Defra and Environmental Land Management Scheme review have been published:
Facts already known about ELMS:
ELMS will be delivered through three components:
- Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): open to all farmers with payment for actions to manage land in an environmentally sustainable way
- Local Nature Recovery: payment for more complex actions delivering benefit at a local level and aims to encourage collaboration between farms… Read More
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 - 09:45
The government have announced an expansion of the popular Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) programme to cover every farm in England.
The programme – which is a partnership between Defra, Natural England and the Environment Agency can provide free 1-2-1 advice to farmers to help them reduce water and air pollution through management of farmyard manure and soils among other things.
In recent years it has reduced the number of serious water pollution incidents by almost a fifth, and helped farmers access £100m in grants to help protect the environment.
The funding for the programme will now be almost doubled, with an additional £17m over the next three years. The new annual budget will… Read More
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 - 10:34
The scheme is open to all Farmers and Land Managers within an AONB, National Park or Broads. Also, it may be available to Farmers and Land Managers outside the Protected Landscape Areas if they can meet priority areas described below.
The key areas for the programme are;
- Climate
- Nature
- People
- Paces… Read More
Monday, May 24, 2021 - 15:12
A consultation has been released on the governments proposals for delinking the basic payment scheme and also for taking a lump sum and exiting out of the industry.
If you would like to provide views on the proposals complete the survey here
In summary:
Delinking
Direct payments phased out 2021 – 2027
Delink from 2024. After this payments based on a reference period for 2024 - 2027. Reference period likely to… Read More
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 09:57
Are you thinking about planting some new woodland?
We outline some aspects for consideration and the options currently available here:
What size of woodland will you create?
For an area greater than 3 hectares but less than 10 hectares:
Woodland grants within Countryside Stewardship can offer one off grants to support the preparation of a Woodland Management Plan and planting.
1. Apply for a Woodland Management Planning grant.
This will provide a flat rate payment of £1,000 towards the cost of preparing a 10 year woodland management plan which meets UK Forestry Standards. This plan will help with… Read More
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 - 14:52
Direct payment (BPS) transition
Payment deductions start 2021
Known deduction rate for 2021
No detail on how the payment deductions will be set between 2022 and 2027 (assume flat rate)
No payments from 2028 (final payment 2027)
Delinking of payments
Potentially delinked in 2022… Read More
Thursday, July 9, 2020 - 14:10
Today the Chancellor announced the introduction of the Job Retention Bonus
This is a one-off payment of £1,000 to employers that have used the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) for each furloughed employee who remains continuously employed until 31 January 2021. The bonus will provide additional support to retain employees.
To be eligible, employees will need to:
- earn at least £520 per month (above the Lower Earnings Limit) on average for… Read More