Promotion expands Wiser senior team

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Georgina Leach to Senior Consultant. Georgina joined Wiser in 2013 as a junior consultant. Her initiative and hard work saw her promoted to consultant just over a year later. In 2016, Georgina was seconded (on a part time...

New EA fees published today

The Environment Agency (EA) has today released its new fees and charges scheme. The changes follow the consultation carried out late last year and enable the EA to charge for the cost of regulatory activity. The new charging scheme covers a wide range of activities:...

DEFRA considers removing exemptions

DEFRA is proposing to limit the number of waste exemptions that any one operator can register or potentially remove exemptions completely in the latest industry consultation launched last month. In January, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...

DEFRA proposes to make it harder to obtain permits

In the latest industry consultation, DEFRA is proposing to raise the standard of operator competence, potentially making it much harder to obtain a good OPRA rating and a permit. Last month, we advised that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...