The UK Government-owned British Business Bank has issued its 75,000th loan through its Start Up Loans programme, marking more than £623 million invested in small businesses across the UK since its launch in 2012.
Aphra Brandreth, Member of Parliament for Chester South and Eddisbury, has held her first on-farm meeting with Cheshire NFU and local farmers as an MP.
The meeting took place at Poplar Hall Farm, kindly hosted by Neil and Nigel Matthews, and gave farmers in attendance an oppurutnity to speak