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How to allow someone to act on your behalf in the Rural Payments Service
Watch our short video that explains how to add people to your business and update their permissions level on the Rural Payment service.
https://youtu.be/lYr-OuK9WWQ
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Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2019 – open for applications
You can now apply for BPS 2019. If you applied online last year (2018), we’ll have sent you an email explaining that you can find everything you need to apply for 2019 on GOV.UK. If you used a paper form …
Have you requested your Countryside Stewardship application pack yet?
Request your application pack now and give yourself plenty of time to submit your application. Whether applying for a Higher Tier or Mid Tier agreement, make sure you request your application pack before the deadlines shown below. Dates for applications …
Dates for your diary
The ‘Key dates: Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES)’ timeline is now available on GOV.UK It shows you important dates in 2019 for all three schemes (BPS, CS and ES), ahead of the full …
Rural Payments Agency emails have started to change
Over the coming weeks and months, emails sent from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will come from an email address without the ‘gsi’. For example: mailbox@rpa.gsi.gov.uk will change to mailbox@rpa.gov.uk. Where emails contain ‘bcms’, this is also being removed. For …
Track the progress of your Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 claim
You can track the progress of your 2018 BPS claim online by signing in to the Rural Payments service at www.gov.uk/rural-payments If you applied on paper, you can still use this service, if you have your log in details. If …
13 important reminders when making your BPS application
With 2 weeks left until the 15 May deadline for BPS 2018 applications, here are some important reminders to help you when you apply online or on paper. 1. Read the guidance: some rules and processes have changed for 2018, …
Everything you need to apply is now online
The Basic Payment Scheme is now open for 2018 applications. We’ve published everything you need to help you apply on GOV.UK . Please make sure you read the scheme rules before you apply, in particular the changes that have come …
Save the date(s)
The ‘Key Dates for BPS’ timeline is now available on GOV.UK. This shows important dates in the 2018 BPS scheme year, ahead of the full scheme rules being published on 13 March. We have also included some of the things …
We need your (valid) email address
We want to stay connected with you so that we can contact you when we have important information to share, such as letting you know about new grants that are available, reminding you about application windows, or letting you know …