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Wondering about registering for the new CAP Information Service?

Posted by: Alice Hammond, Posted on: 31 October 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

...that can help us learn most about what the service is like to use; some who used SPS online, some who used paper forms this year, and soon we’ll start...

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Introducing GOV.UK Verify, replacing Government Gateway for new CAP schemes

Posted by: Emily Ball, Posted on: 17 October 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

...safe place for when you next login. You need to have an email address and a phone number, this can be a mobile number. You should use the address shown...

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The CAP Information Service - the benefits

Posted by: Alice Hammond, Posted on: 17 October 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

...your land parcels, straight-forward permissions process to allow others to use the service for you and simple, user-friendly layout are a big improvement on the paper forms of the past....

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Get ready to begin your application for the new Basic Payment Scheme

Posted by: Alice Hammond, Posted on: 25 September 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

...as Windows (preferably Windows 7, 8 or 8.1), Apple OSX/iOS, Linux or Android a modern web-browser – such as Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE8 or above), or the latest versions of...

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Reporting back... from the Sheep Event

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 30 July 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

This year's National Sheep Association's Sheep Event is set against the stunning backdrop of the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire.

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Introducing CAP Information Service, gradually

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 30 July 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

From this week, the very first users of the new online application and payment service for all CAP schemes, called CAP Information Service, will be able to register and begin using a private beta of the service for themselves.

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Talking greening with farm advisers

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 18 July 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

We have just finished several weeks of travelling around England with the Farming Advice Service (FAS), presenting at seminars for farm advisers on greening and the new online application and payment service for all CAP schemes, the CAP Information Service. …

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This week... we're off to the Game Fair

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 15 July 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

We will be braving the crowds and the rain at this week’s annual Game Fair,

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Farmers and the internet

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 16 June 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

BBC Radio Four’s Farming Today spoke to Jo Broomfield and Emily Ball from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Delivery Programme about the new online application and payment service being developed and what it means for CAP customers. This is part …

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Woodland project highlights CAP benefits

Posted by: Eloise Munday, Posted on: 11 June 2014 - Categories: CAP Reform

Senior staff from the Defra-led Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme, tasked with developing and introducing the new online application and payment service for all CAP schemes, called CAP Information Service, visited Forestry Commission England on 30 May to get a …

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