This article is republished from OneHMRC – the staff magazine of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs A project from Norwich, now gone national, is pulling in millions of pounds of extra VAT from the shooting...
Posted 14 Dec 2006
The game shooting industry, while trumpeting its alleged contribution to the rural economy, is guilty of widespread tax 'irregularities', according to a new report by Animal Aid.
Posted 25 Jul 2006
For five months every year, the 25-strong department store group invites its staff to indulge in the perverse 'pleasure' of blasting pheasants from the sky. Around 200 birds are bagged daily at the firm's 3000-acre...
Posted 20 Jul 2006
HM Revenue and Customs have announced that they are closing in on the shooting industry, as a result of evidence of 'tax irregularities occurring across the country'. The agency will be making unannounced visits to...
Posted 27 Apr 2006
Around 50 per cent of the 35 million pheasants reared on Britain's shooting estates originate from intensive farms in France. With the arrival of Bird Flu in France, pro-shooting lobby group the British Association of...
Posted 21 Feb 2006
A recent edition of Shooting Times magazine carried a three-page article on Britain's 30 Most Wanted Pests. These are animals who interfere with the production of 'gamebirds' and fish for so-called sport shooting and for...
Posted 01 Feb 2006
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has today ruled (December 7) that the Countryside Alliance (CA) made untruthful and unsubstantiated claims in its attempt to promote the alleged benefits of game shooting.
Posted 07 Dec 2005
Animal Aid welcomes the decision by the leading shooting lobby group to go head-to-head with the main game production body over the question of battery cages for breeding gamebirds.
Posted 23 Nov 2005
As the 2005 shooting season rapidly approaches, a new report by national campaign group, Animal Aid, uncovers a new and sickening development within the gamebird rearing industry: battery cages.
Posted 06 Sep 2005
Animal Aid has achieved a major breakthrough in our five year campaign to ban all 'sport' shooting.
Posted 29 Jan 2005