Expressions of interest for Defra’s new £25million ring fenced natural flood management fund open today (22 September 2023) and will close on 10 November 2023. Funding is available for projects that can be delivered during 2024-27 and the programme will be managed by the Environment Agency. For those interested, details of the programme can be viewed here and the full prospectus can be read here.

HMRC guidance about the taxation of ecosystem services
HMRC published its long awaited technical note on the taxation treatment of income and expenditure on biodiversity net gain (BNG) units, nutrient

