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Government launches Farming Advice Service
Service to come online in New Year.

Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has announced the launch of a new service designed to collate all of the advice commonly required by farmers in one convenient source and remove the need to consult numerous organisations before achieving the desired result.

Defra's new Farming Advice Service will provide a single easy-to-use source for farmers needing information on subjects such as nutrition management, competitiveness, cross compliance, climate change adaptation and mitigation. The previous cross compliance advice programme will be replaced by the new Service. A central contact point to assist farmers in finding specialist advice on improving environmental and economic performance will also be available.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr Paice said: “The current array of advice from numerous organisations is bewildering and this more integrated service will make access to help both faster and less complicated.”


The service will launch on 3rd January 2012. The helpline number for technical matters is 0845 345 1302 and the website will be accessible here.

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Building Great Workplaces webinars return

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 BVA has announced a new series of its Building Great Workplaces lunchtime webinars.

Launching from 16 July, the sessions will explore patient safety, motivation, client communication and more.

Its first webinar, exploring neurodiversity in the workplace, will take place at 1pm on Thursday, 16 July. It will feature guest speakers from The Vet Project, a group which supports neurodiversity in veterinary environments.

The following three webinars take place in September, October and November.

Booking is open on the BVA website 

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New form for online veterinary medicines retailers

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has produced a new online form for retailers wishing to sell veterinary medicines on the internet.

The form replace the previous Word version and is part of the VMD's ongoing commitment to digitise its processes. Anyone retailing prescription medicines online, including POM-V, POM-VPS and NFA-VPS categories, is lawfully required to register with the VMD before trading.

The change only applies to new applicants. Retailers already listed on the VMD's Register of Online Retailers or registered under the Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS) do not need to do anything.