With less than a week to go until the June 15th deadline for submitting BPS forms, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has extended the opening hours of its drop-in centres. With many now opening from as early as 5 or …
The RPA has produced a useful checklist of the things you need to do when completing your BPS Application this year.
After listening to feedback from farmers and agents about the process of completing the BPS application form (BP5), we’ve put together a few tips to help you submit your claim.
The Helpline will be open all three days this Bank Holiday weekend and 6 Drop-in Centres will also be open.
The Rural Payments Agency offers a range of support to farmers looking to make their 2015 Basic Payments Scheme claims, including via a helpline. Open seven days a week (including the forthcoming May Bank Holidays) the helpline team is ready …
RPA have set up 50 drop in centres across England. These provide a drop-in service for customers wishing to hand in their Basic Payment Scheme forms and also offer help to get online to register on the Rural Payments system …
We’re aware that recently there have been instances of individuals contacting farmers offering to assist them with their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claim as a way of trying to fraudulently obtain their bank account numbers and other personal details. These …
Rural Payments will be temporarily unavailable today from 2pm to mid-night and for a further period from 3pm tomorrow until later tomorrow evening. This is to carry out technical updates to support preparations for the new approach to helping customers claim. We …
If you are registered on the Rural Payments service you can amend your business details, including adding new farming businesses, online at: www.gov.uk/ruralpayments. If you are a new claimant or an agent who’s not made a claim before, you can …
The Rural Payments Agency announced on 19 March that farmers and agents will be offered the use of established forms and processes to complete their claims. Apart from registering, farmers will not be asked to enter any further data online …