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Events

2016
Show Dates
BALMORAL SHOW
2016 - 11/05/2016
Venue: The Kings Hall
Complex, Lisburn Road,
Balmoral, Belfast.

ROYAL NORFOLK
SHOW - 29/06/2016
Venue: Norfolk
Showground, Dereham
Road, Norwich, Norfolk.

www.balmoralshow.co.uk

http://royalnorfolkshow.
rnaa.org.uk/

NBA BEEF EXPO
- 20/05/2016
Venue: The Agricultural
Business Centre, Bakewell.
www.nationalbeefassociation.
com
ROYAL THREE COUNTIES
SHOW - 17/06/2016
Venue: The Showground,
Malvern, Worcestershire.
ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW
- 23/06/2016 - 26/06/2016
Venue: The Royal
Highland Centre, Ingilston,
Edinburgh.

LIVESTOCK EVENT 06/07/2016 - 07/07/2016
Venue: Birmingham NEC,
Birmingham.
http://www.livestockevent.
co.uk/
GREAT YORKSHIRE
SHOW - 12/07/2016
Venue: Great Yorkshire
Showground, Railway Road,
Harrogate.
http://greatyorkshireshow.
co.uk/

http://royalhighlandshow.org/

FFA plans
protest march to
Westminster
The protest group, Farmers
for Action (FFA) is planning
to organise a protest march in
London on 23 March, subject to
the approval of the authorities.
»»THE MARCH WAS PLANNED

FFA says it wants to

following a unanimous FFA

open the eyes of the public,

committee meeting vote in

the media and farming’s

January. The FFA stressed that

customers to the plight of the

the march will be a peaceful

sector which is struggling with

one, designed to tell Mr

low commodity prices and

Cameron and his government

delays with the Basic Payment

that British farming is prepared

Scheme.

to fight for its survival. FFA

Support is needed from

says it strongly believes there

at least 1,000 people for the

are a number of things this

march to go ahead.

government could do to ease

Farming co-operative, Mole

the situation in many farming

Valley Farmers has pledged to

sectors.

provide coaches from each of

Calling for strong support
from all farming sectors, the

its UK branches.
The last such British

FFA says it wants to show

farming event took place in

London and the rest of the

2012 in London, when dairy

country “why the hardworking,

farmers staged an emergency

ordinary, farming community

meeting at Westminster to

is so important to our island

draw attention to the plight of

and its people, in these very

many of Britain’s struggling

testing times”.

dairy farmers.

SOLAR POWER PORTAL
ROADSHOWS
»»THIS IS AN INTERESTING TIME FOR THE
UK energy market as it moves towards a
more sustainable and decentralised energy
production.
The Solar Power Portal Roadshows
are coming back in March and April to
address issues such as energy efficiency,
calculating returns on a commercial
installation, community energy, storage
code of conduct, heat storage, picking the
right technologies for the right properties
and adjusting to changing regulatory
environment.

The roadshows are half day events
designed to facilitate networking and
knowledge exchange.
For more information on these issues
and all the current developments in the
UK solar market, read Solar Power Portal’s
latest 10-page news roundup.

‘networking and knowledge’
To find out more about the roadshows
and register, visit ukroadshow.
solarenergyevents.com

THE SOLAR POWER PORTAL
ROADSHOWS WILL TAKE PLACE IN:
Manchester – 15 March
Newcastle – 16 March
Edinburgh – 17 March
Nottingham – 5 April
Brighton – 6 April
Cardiff – 7 April

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