Jamie Farquhar

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  www.confor.org.uk/Information/News.aspx?pid=23&id=346 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/9/2008    Last Visited: 11/28/2008  

  "The minister understood our concerns fully and from the moment we walked in he was keen and ready to begin acting upon the proposals we put forward," said Jamie Farquhar, ConFor's national manager for Scotland.
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  "The forest industries sector has had to cope with an extended period between the closure of the last grant scheme and the opening of this one," said Jamie.

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  Published on: 1/13/2009    Last Visited: 1/13/2009  

  Jamie Farquhar, national manager for Scotland at the Confederation of Forest Industries is worried about the potential impact if it takes hold in woodland to a similar extent as it has in the south of England.
  
  "If a similar situation were to develop in Scotland, our losses, given the relatively greater importance of our forest industry to the north could be immense," he said.

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  Published on: 3/21/2008    Last Visited: 3/21/2008  

  Jamie Farquhar (ConFor)

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  Jamie Farquhar, ConFor's National Manager for Scotland said, "These announcements together with progress on the introduction of flexibility to the rate of grant which can be paid at the time of claim will go some way to improving the industry's ability to get on with the new planting so desperately required.
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  ·For further information, please contact Jamie Farquhar 07 817 374 906 jamie.farquhar@confor.org.uk

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  Significant improvements to the forestry grant scheme have been secured and it is now time for applicants to take advantage", announced Jamie Farquhar, ConFor's national manager for Scotland . "Dust off those applications and get them in! he advised.
  
  After a concerted campaign, led by Jamie, the Scottish Government has agreed to make a number of amendments to the grants system to assist woodland creation and provide support for sustainable forest management - key objectives shared by government and the forestry and wood-using sector that will help lock up carbon and promote employment.
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  Jamie commented: "It seems that there is a real groundswell of action on the decline of new planting, largely brought about by ConFor's lobbying on this issue".
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  For further information, please contact Jamie Farquhar on 07817 374906. Jamie will be available for interview at the Royal Highland Show on Friday 26 June. e will be at the Finest Woods Awards (11am at the Scottish Government Pavilion) or simply call his mobile.

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  Published on: 11/28/2008    Last Visited: 12/3/2008  

  Jamie Farquhar, Confor national manager for Scotland, said: "The taxation treatment of woodlands is very beneficial, and rightly so.

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  Jamie Farquhar
  
  National Manager for Scotland

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  Published on: 11/24/2007    Last Visited: 11/24/2007  

  Jamie Farquhar
  
  Jamie FarquharNational Manager for Scotland
  
  T: 07817 374906 E: jbfarquhar@btinternet.com

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  Gangmasters « Current Issues « ConFor - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/17/2008    Last Visited: 3/10/2009  

  Stuart Goodall and Jamie Farquhar of ConFor met with Jim Brown, Tyninghame Sawmills, Lachlan MacEwan of the Forestry Contracting Association, George McRobbie of Tilhill and Rob Shaw of Scottish Woodlands to discuss latest developments with Gangmasters Licensing.

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  ICF News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/9/2009    Last Visited: 9/12/2009  

  Jamie advised that there is now no need for further delay, and with the other negotiated improvements to the system - the option to bypass the Statement of Intent, and the fast-tracking of non-contentious forestry schemes by delegated approval from FCS, all of which will be in place soon, and certainly in time for what would otherwise have been the November RPAC - members are urged to dust off their woodland creation schemes and get them through what should be a vastly quicker and simpler process of approval.
  
  He suggests that you keep watching the SRDP website, and contact your Woodland Officer for the latest information.
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  Jamie Farquhar, ConFor's National Manager for Scotland and an ICF Affiliate, said, "These announcements together with progress on the introduction of flexibility to the rate of grant which can be paid at the time of claim will go some way to improving the industry's ability to get on with the new planting so desperately required.

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