by Holly Chapman | Jul 13, 2026 | News, Training and careers
Ministers will unveil plans to crack down on poor‑quality university courses and shift investment further towards youth apprenticeships, as part of a ‘new deal for young people’. It comes following Alan Milburn’s report which outlined, around 1 in 7 young... 
by Edward Brown | Nov 6, 2025 | News
The government has confirmed the creation of two new national forests, supported by a wider commitment to invest over £1b in tree planting during this parliament. Supporting biodiversity and creating thousands of green jobs, the Department for Environment, Food and... 
by Edward Brown | Oct 27, 2025 | News
A new report has suggested that the UK government’s Net Zero Strategy, which requires 40,000 hectares of trees to be planted annually by 2030, is likely to be held back by barriers to domestic tree production. The Strong Roots report, published earlier this month, was... 
by Edward Brown | Aug 18, 2025 | News, Trees and woodland
Government agency, the Forestry Commission, has secured the highest combined penalty for unlicensed tree felling. During January and February 2023, a contractor illegally felled 586.20m³ of mixed woodland near Belford, Northumberland, lacking the required licence. In... 
by Edward Brown | Jun 26, 2025 | News
New research indicates that natural selection is breeding tree resilience to ash dieback. In 2012, Ash dieback, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, arrived in Britain, prompting a government COBRA meeting. Since then, the disease has spread across the UK,...
