CUMBRIAS two largest home-grown building societies have enjoyed record years on the back of a booming housing market. Furness Building Society set record lending levels for a second consecutive year, while the Cumberland Building Society also saw its
PLANS are afoot to improve farmgate prices for Cumbrias dairy farmers with a regional milk brand. The county is one of the largest milk-producing areas in Britain, but its dairy farmers, like their counterparts across the country, have for years been
The next time you hear the lonesome cry of the corncrake at dusk, the RSPB wants you to contact them with the details. A corncrake hotline has been set up as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds attempts to establish how numbers are faring.
A LONG-AWAITED report on reforming the rules for tenant farmers could boost business for many on rented land. Tenant Farmers Association chairman Reg Haydon has described the Tenancy Reform Industry Group report as a great leap forwards for the tenanted
A NEW general manager has been appointed to help deliver further success for Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency. Terry Jarvis is a former branch director of Lloyds TSB Bank Carlisle group, and was previously senior manager for the banks Penrith group
