A growing selection of relevant government organisations, initiatives and departments
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GOVERNMENT BODIES

Business Links Business Link is a direct route to help and advice on all aspects of running a business or starting one. Business Link operates in 45 local areas across England and helped over 300,000 businesses in the last year. You can access the service through this website or over the phone.
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) is the leading body in the United Kingdom for research, survey, monitoring and training in the terrestrial and freshwater sciences.
Countryside Agency The Countryside Agency works to achieve the best for the English countryside through conservation, research, and influencing central and local government.
Countryside Council for Wales The Countryside Council for Wales is the Government's statutory adviser on sustaining natural beauty, wildlife and the opportunity for outdoor enjoyment in Wales and its inshore waters. The national wildlife conservation authority.
DEFRA The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
DEFRA
Foot and Mouth Site
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
English Heritage
Environment Agency (England & Wales)
The leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It's their job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society, so that tomorrow's generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world.
Environment and Heritage Service The aim of the Service is to protect and conserve the natural and built environment and to promote its appreciation for the benefit of present and future generations.
Forestry Commission Take a stroll through the site to find out more about the country's forests and what the Forestry Commission is doing to protect and expand them.
Ministry of Defence (Estates)
Ensures that the defence estate is managed in line with government policy on the environment to actively conserves MOD land, its properties and its wildlife. As MOD is one of the UK's largest landowners, much of the rural property is home to rare wildlife, ancient monuments and buildings listed as of archaeological or historic interest.
Property Consultants, Surveyors and Valuers Jonathan Berney Consultant Surveyors and Valuers (inc. Henry Berney Chartered Surveyors, Motor trade and Leisure Property Specialists) is a multi-disciplinary Surveying and Consultancy practice.
Regional Development Agencies
Scottish Natural Heritage
SEPA The Scottish Environment Protection Agency



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