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National Plant Health Week: biosecurity as the first line of defence
Our trees are under threat from an ever-increasing number of damaging pests and diseases. We aren’t helpless to stop this, but we need to start taking action now. These actions can be summed up with one word – biosecurity. Good …
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National Plant Health Week: healthy stock for healthy forests
Alistair Yeomans, Scheme Manager for the Plant Healthy Certification Scheme, writes about the aims of the scheme to help protect from pests and diseases.
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The Food Allergy and Intolerance Research Programme - Dr Paul Turner
A seminar by Dr Paul Turner on food allergy in the UK and the impact of the FSA's Food Allergy and Intolerance Research programme over the past 10 years.
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Wonderful woodlands and why you should create them
Sir Edward Milbank, owner of the Barningham Estate, shares his experience of woodland creation and why he’s responding to the England Tree Strategy consultation.
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First on the scene: meet the people keeping our woodlands healthy
Barnaby Wylder, Tree Health Officer in the Plant Health Forestry Team, writes about the importance of his role to the protection of trees in the UK.
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Not a black and white issue: using racially neutral terms in technology
Why Home Office Digital, Data and Technology are replacing commonly used cyber security terminologies ‘whitelisting’ and ‘blacklisting’ with racially neutral terms such as ‘allow list’ and ‘deny list’.
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Right tree, right place, right reason
Find out more about the UK Forestry Standard and why it plays such an important role in tree planting and sustainable forestry in England.
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Coronavirus: recovering in our courts and tribunals
Susan sets out the steps being taken by HMCTS in shifting focus from the emergency response to one of operational recovery in our courts and tribunals.
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Scottish business, SnapDragon win Queen's Award for Innovation
SnapDragon Monitoring fights fakes online. We identify and remove infringing products from online marketplaces, social media sites, and websites. We use intellectual property (IP) to remove the fakes and the fakers - which is cheap, quick and efficient. Gone are …
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Introducing the GOV.UK Data Labs
The digital world is rapidly changing, and with it, GOV.UK users' expectations of how they should be interacting with our services and information. Data Labs is a newly formed multi-disciplinary team, passionate about using data in innovative ways to fulfil our users' needs and expectations.
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Looking to the future of forestry
Sir William Worsley, Chair of the Forestry Commission, looks at how our work has continued through the coronavirus outbreak and what the next steps are.
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Have your say about environmental change
Guest Author Dr Gabriel Hemery, CEO of the Sylva Foundation and co-ordinator of the British Woodland Survey, invites you to have your say this year.
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Leading by laptop: flexible working is happening in every school right now – what can we learn from this experience?
Headteacher, Sue Plant, has long been a champion of flexible working. But what has she learnt about working and leading flexibly while navigating the COVID-19 outbreak?
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Tree felling: do you know right from wrong?
Felling trees without a licence, where one would have been required, is an offence. Find out why tree felling should happen and what you can do to help us if you think it is happening illegally.
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Bringing the UK’s biggest Arborists’ Trade Show online
Stephen Hodsman from the Aboricultural Association, writes a guest blog on the Virtual ARB show 2020 which takes place on Friday 15 May.
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New health and wellbeing guidance reminds us all to take care
Over a month ago, our Joint Chief Social Workers for Adults, Fran Leddra and Mark Harvey, used their Social Work With Adults blog to highlight the importance of maintaining human connections during the coronavirus pandemic. It remains important for the care and support workforce - as well as NHS colleagues and our communities - to …
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Ash dieback, resilience and a new role in the Forestry Commission
Woodland Resilience Officer Rob Coventry on his role in the Forestry Commission and how it's necessary to deal with the threats of Ash Dieback.
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Want to work on digital services that matter?
The Home Office Digital Career Development programme offers an 18-month paid accelerated learning experience to those with a passion for user-centred digital services. You’ll follow a structured development path tailored to your chosen role with access to senior mentors and …
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Introducing the DCMS Libraries team
Find out about the range of work DCMS's Libraries team deals with, from supporting ministers and working with the British Library to writing superintendence guidance.
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Give trees a helping hand
2020 marks the International Year of Plant Health. Over the next few months we will be showcasing the work of our Tree Health team, find out why in this blog post.
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Give Trees A Helping Hand infographic
Forestry Commission is on a mission to protect trees, woods and forests from the threat of pests and diseases. This infographic summarises the key facts around our trees and keeping them healthy and how you can help.
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Forestry is about people: departing the Forestry Commission
As Sir Harry Studholme’s time as Chair of the Forestry Commission draws to a close, he looks at the action that the Forestry Commission and people across the sector must take to protect, improve and expand England’s forests.
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Apprentices - making an impact at Home Office Digital Data and Technology
With skills in Digital, Data and Technology in high demand, the Home Office has a vision to establish a sustained, high quality flow of entry-level resources across all DDaT job families. Building our Civil Service workforce We know we need …
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Fighting ash dieback and protecting the future of our woodlands
We have at least 3 million ash trees across the MOD estate, so managing the tree disease ash dieback is a significant objective of our sustainable woodland management and long-term forest planning. Read on to find out more.
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Protecting animal health - the role of scanning surveillance
As part of our series of blogs around One Health, Fin Twomey, Head of the Surveillance Intelligence Unit at APHA, talks about the importance of APHA’s scanning surveillance programme for detecting diseases of livestock and wildlife.
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Is 'compassionate ageism' the curse within social work and care?
In our social work with adults blogs this year we will be introducing thought provoking themes and ideas from across the sector. Ones that may challenge us, others that we can relate to, but all that will hopefully engage us …
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Climate crisis and the nation's forests
Mike Seddon, Chief Executive of Forestry England, looks at what they are doing with the nation's forests to help tackle the climate crisis.
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The Woodland Carbon Guarantee has now launched
The Woodland Carbon Guarantee offers the option to sell Woodland Carbon Units to government at a guaranteed price. Ian Gambles, Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, explains why land managers should apply now.
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Trees for zero?
Ian Gambles, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, discusses new ways of thinking about sustainable land use - and why the benefits of forests are wider, and even longer term, than reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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Cracking down on illegal felling
Ian Gambles, Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission, looks at how the new Environment Bill will help the Forestry Commission combat illegal felling, close loopholes and protect our precious street trees.
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A coordinated response to the oak processionary moth outbreak
Oak Processionary Moth can cause serious harm to Oak trees. Discover what actions were taken this year when an outbreak occurred.
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Riddle me this: ‘Ooo, advanced, clearly!’
Who would put ‘Croydon’ and ‘Ada Lovelace’ together? Well, if you solved this riddle - you! If you spotted the anagram in the title and you know what’s special about 9 October, it might be time for a new career. …
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New online booking system for training facilities will make life easier for our Armed Forces
A Bidding and Allocation Management System (BAMS Online) went live across the Defence Training Estate this summer. It is a new online booking service for our Armed Forces.
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Protecting our plants and trees for future generations
Find out what we're doing to prevent the Xylella disease coming into the UK and how you can play a part in helping to stop its spread.
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Getting meta in Research Operations: researching researchers
How do you improve a service? By making sure that you understand your users' needs. In the Home Office, this type of understanding comes through conducting user research. But what if your users are researchers? Then you’re probably working …
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How the CMA investigates cartels
We provide insight into how we investigate cartels including the processes involved.
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Home Office in the media: Thursday 5 September
Today's leading stories include the launch of a national campaign to recruit 20,000 police officers, an announcement on future immigration and a High Court ruling on facial recognition. Police recruitment The launch of the campaign to recruit 20,000 additional police …
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Resilience is the focus for the next 100 years of forestry
As the Forestry Commission celebrates its centenary, find out why the Tree Champion, Sir William Worsley, believes that creating resilient forests should be our focus for the next 100 years.
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Working with us to tackle cartels
This blog explains what happens when you report a business cartel to us and the processes we have in place to help protect those who 'blow the whistle' on them.
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Learn about the Woodland Carbon Code
Dr Vicky West, Woodland Carbon Code Manager for Scottish Forestry, explains what the Woodland Carbon Code is and why now is a great time time to sign up to it if you are thinking about creating woodland.