
Managing the Risk to Lone Workers
Under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, you must manage the risk to lone workers. Think about who will be involved and which hazards could harm those working alone.
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Under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, you must manage the risk to lone workers. Think about who will be involved and which hazards could harm those working alone.

From the 1st of Jan 2021 the agricultural transition period will begin, and so money will be invested in different ways from 2021 to 2027. Farmers will be paid to improve the environment, improve animal health and welfare, and reduce carbon emissions.

ELMS stands for Environmental Land Management Scheme, and in layman’s terms, is a future stewardship scheme which will ultimately replace both Countryside Stewardship (CS) and the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).

Payments for the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme are being paid out as you read this, with more than 95% of farmers in England having received their scheme money on the 1st December, resulting in a staggering £1.67bn being paid on the first day of the payment window.

If you have both ruminant livestock and non-ruminant livestock, e.g. cattle and pigs, or you have a pheasant shoot, there is a chance that you are using animal feeds that contain ‘restricted proteins’.