July 2009

• Contractor’s Response to High Court Appeal on Pesticides

April 2009

• First ‘Assured’ Contractors Collect Agricultural Waste
• Sheep shearers get entry clearance
• Important Notice to Shearers
• Sugar Beet Compensation Deadline: 30th April
• Sheep Shearing farce threatens animal welfare crisis

March 2009

• Sulphuric Acid Falls Victim
• Transport: Dangerous Projections

February 2009

• NAAC Wins debate on Shearing!
• Slug Pellets (Metaldehyde) - Best Practice Warning
• ATV Warning from HSE: Use of Hand-Lances

January 2009

• New Quality Standards for Agricultural Waste Collection Contractors
• Action Needed to Bring in Shearers

September 2008

• Compensation Cash for Beet Contractors
• Immigration Controls Tightened
• Beating the Skills Shortage

August 2008

• Going Hell for Weather
• Beet Contractors Urged to Register

July 2008

• Fuel Duty Increase Postponed
• Contracting Prices Lift Significantly

June 2008

• Rising Costs Hit Customers’ Bills
• Princess Anne Opens New Offices
• Operator Licensing Challenge

May 2008

• Sugar Beet - A Bitter Taste
• Delegate Veterinary Jobs
• European Contracting Standards

April 2008

• Escalating Fuel Costs
• Transport Event Report
• Shearing and Work Permits

February 2008

• IMPORTANT Insurance News: Are you ACTUALLY Covered??
• Sugar Negotiations Continue
• NAAC Work Permit Victory

January 2008

• NEW Guidance on Red Diesel

November 2007

• Contractor 2007 Event - 5th Dec 07
• Responsible Spraying: Good Neighbour Initiative

October 2007

• FMD News for Livestock Contractors
• FMD: Livestock Contractors Licensed in England

September 2007

• Tax help for FMD affected
• Animal welfare issues
• FMD Compensation for Contractors?
• Bluetongue Disease Hits UK

August 2007

• 'Sustainable' Use of Pesticides — A Real Threat to Ag. and Amenity
• Contractor 2007 Event
• INSURANCE - Check the Small Print !
• Foot and mouth hardship for livestock contractors
• Update for Land-based Contractors on Foot & Mouth Disease
• Foot & Mouth: NAAC warns livestock contractors to stay away from farms
• Foot & Mouth: NAAC warns contractors to be vigilant
• Red Diesel update
• Who Cares, Wins
• Flammable and Explosive Substances

July 2007

• Are tractors safe on the road?
• Help for employers of migrant workers

June 2007

• Protecting exemptions for contractors on drivers’ hours rules
• Government listens to NAAC on notification of spraying
• Report on disclosure of spray records

May 2007

• Assured Land-based Contractor Scheme is nearly ready for launch
• NAAC members stand ready to help in a FMD outbreak

April 2007

• Work Permit fees leap
• Fair Play in EU compensation to sugar beet contractors

March 2007

• NAAC persuades Work Permits UK to put new PAYE rules on hold
• Special training deal for NAAC Members

February 2007

• Serious threat to contracting businesses from proposed NVZ rules
• NAAC’s new Directory of Contractors goes to every local authority
• Check your website complies with new laws

July 2006

• Contractors Welcome Local Approach to Safe Spraying
• Sugar Beet Nightmare
• Good News on Gangmasters for Shearers
• Road Plannings News
• Impact of Single Payment Scheme
• New Fertilizer Website

June 2006

• Gangmasters Lobby
• Take Care - Stay Alive!
• New Health and Safety Qualification

April 2006

• Red Diesel Update
• New Amenity Action Plan
• Gangmasters Licensing — Contractors Watch your Step!
• Agricultural Waste Controls Come into Force
• Avian Flu Biosecurity

March 2006

• Red Diesel Update
• Operator Licensing Changes?
• New Pesticides Code
• Lord Bach has Listened?
• Sheep Dip Shock - Cypermethrin Suspended

November / December 2005

• Meeting with Lord Bach
• Red Diesel News?
• VI Pesticide Container Roadshows
• Legal Advice: Getting the Contract Right

July / August 2005

• European Sugar Reform: The Unknown Victims
• Colorado Beetle
• New Corporate Member