Jake McClure, Director of Organisational Development at the Rural Payments Agency, has been named a Chartered Institute of Management Chartered Companion. Jake will help lead the Chartered Institute of Management’s (CMI) 140,000 members and partners in transforming experience, expertise and …
My name is Jacki and I work in the RPA Customer Service Centre. I’m based in Cumbria and I answer customers’ queries on the Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Farming helpline. In the past I’ve also covered the Rural …
You can now submit your applications for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). To make sure you have everything you need to make your application, we have put together some useful information. We have published …
Welcome to the first in a series of blogs introducing you to people who work in different areas of the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) The idea is to give you a better understanding of what goes on behind the scenes, …
Applications for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier opened on 8 February 2022. Application packs can be requested using the Rural Payments service. The pack will be emailed to you and will contain the information that we hold for your business …
The Rural Payments Agency has launched its first ever podcast! We will be publishing a series of podcasts throughout 2022 to help farmers, landowners, and rural communities keep up-to-date with the latest news and announcements from RPA. The RPA Podcast …
James: Hello and welcome to the Rural Payments Agency’s first ever podcast. I’m James Ryan and during 2022 we’ll be bringing you a series of short podcasts to help farmers, landowners and rural communities keep up-to-date on developments at the …
We have achieved a significant milestone this month. We issued the first batch of quarterly payments to those Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot participants whose agreements started in November 2021. This has been the culmination of hard work across teams …
Countryside Stewardship applications will open on 8 February 2022. To make sure you have everything you need to make your application we have put together some useful information. You can read our Countryside Stewardship: How To Apply guide on GOV.UK …
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is embarking on an innovative programme to build leadership in environmental sustainability across the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Tamara Finkelstein, Defra Permanent Secretary and Civil Service Apprenticeship Champion, said: “Our …