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February 22, 2023
Some UK producers not happy with £1 million horticulture levy transfer
March 14, 2022
AHDB group says 'abysmal' consultation response should not be used to allow levy to 'creep back' - from Horticulture Week
January 27, 2022
CAMPAIGNERS against the statutory levy that funds the AHDB have warned Defra against any effort to undermine the result of last years producer…
January 24, 2022
Defra has been urged to uphold the results of the ballots on statutory levies for horticulture and potatoes.
December 28, 2021
Vegetable, flower and potato growers who voted to abolish the statutory levy on horticulture and potato production have slammed minority calls for…
December 27, 2021
Plans for a new levy-funded body to oversee future research in the horticulture sector have been slammed by growers opposed to any compulsory levy as
March 17, 2021
Growers warn AHDB Horticulture may charge another years levy 17 March 2021 | Flower grower Simon Redden, along with two others, campaigned to abolish the levy Campaigners who called for an end to AHDB Horticultures compulsory levy have reacted angrily to suggestions that growers could still be charged a levy for another year. There is industry speculation that the amount of parliamentary time required to amend the statutory instrument means that the legal basis for the levy may not be repeale...
March 16, 2021
The growers who instigated the ballot on the future of a levy for the horticulture sector have called for an immediate end to the AHDB fee.
March 10, 2021
Spalding-area growers give thanks after levy vote campaign | Updated: 15:33, 10 March 2021 Growers opposed to the continuation of a compulsory levy to fund AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) horticulture have spoken of their gratitude to those who have supported a ballot campaign. Simon Redden, John Bratley and Peter Thorold have thanked those who joined the campaign to vote in which 61 per cent voted ânoâ on the continuation of the statutory levy. Simon Redden, ...
February 28, 2021
DEFRA secretary George Eustice has said that he will respect the outcome of the vote by horticultural growers to abolish the levy they pay to fund…