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United Kingdom: Food Enterprise Zones created to drive growth

Making the food and farming industry more competitive while protecting the environment and Food and farming.

24 February 2015
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Food Enterprise Zones (FEZs) that will unleash the entrepreneurial spirit of the countryside and food producers are to be created, the government announced.

The new zones will free up food and farming businesses, making it simpler and easier for them to grow, and will attract new businesses. Local communities will benefit from new jobs and the opportunity to develop local produce, boosting their economies.

FEZs will ensure that communities are able to grow their businesses while allowing them to protect their valuable countryside. They will give power to local people – allowing them to decide what kinds of businesses should be in their FEZ and where it should be located, developing those areas that their region excels in.

Grants of up to £50,000 will be available to set up FEZs. Based around Local Development Orders, and in line with local priorities, they will make the planning process simpler and easier for food and farming businesses that want to expand.

As well as attracting investment, the Food Enterprise Zones will encourage closer ties between food and farming businesses to boost the domestic food and farming sector.

FEZs will also allow more local decision making on planning and development issues involving food and farming businesses.

There are eleven proposed Food Enterprise Zones with the potential for the scheme to roll out more widely in future:  Somerset, South Downs, Cornwall, Cumbria, Lincolnshire (3 FEZs), Worcestershire, Leicestershire, Cheshire and West Sussex.

Thursday February 19, 2015/ DEFRA/ United Kingdom.
https://www.gov.uk

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