Press Releases from the British Aggregates Association

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BAA Press Release
No Aggregates - No Housing

Mineral Planning    February print edition

• Trefor Evans “Concern Grows over Aggregates
  

BAA Press Release
UK SME Quarries Plans to Keep the Gritters Running – and Ready for Flood Defences

Updated database 12.02.2018 available here: pdf / excel / zip

Quarries are once again supplying fine aggregates to local authorities and highway agencies to treat iced up roads and pavements.
Quarry grit was the traditional method of dealing with snow and ice before the use of salt became commonplace. Although it does not melt ice in the same way as salt, it is environmentally friendly and ideal for providing grip on slippery surfaces. Assistance is also available to the environment agencies to supply both good sand, and bagged sand for food defences Download Press release  pdf

BAA Press Release
British Aggregates Association Profile - Voicing Support - August 2017
2- page article in latest  Construction & Civil Engineering magazine (pp52-53).
BAA is operated daily by people experienced in all aspects of the minerals industry providing essential support and advice on health & safety, technical, planning and regulatory issues. 

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BAA Press Release
Record attendance for our Annual Meeting and AGM 
Marriott Forest of Arden, Warwickshire, Monday 19th June 
Inspiring Keynote Address from Digby Jones

Meeting Programme pdf
Speaker Profiles pdf

Press Coverage
Quarry Management -
July BAA Annual Conference 2017 pdf
August  BAA Conference part 2 pdf

Minerals Planning -
August  Early Engagement is Key to Success  pdf

Photos from the seminar (Download as.jpg)
(*Kind courtesy of Eric Bignell, Quarry Management) 

Morning Speakers: image
Jim Davies
Victoria Bankes Price
John Wilkinson
Mike Phillips

Afternoon Speakers: image
Rupert Craven
Peter Dorans
Helen Barnard
Mark Osbaldeston
Julie Stone
Lord Digby Jones

BAA Operating Standards Awards 
Longwood Quarries, Leics (Laurence Carmichael)
WCL Quarries  Muckley Corner, Staffs,  (Mark Deadman) view
Harleyford Aggregates Sipson Quarry, Heathrow, (Dan Folley) view
BAA Quarry of the Year Award - Longwood Quarries view
Eric Darlow hands over Panel Chair to Steve Cole view
Delegates at the 2017 Annual Gathering (There are 3 pics)

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BAA Press Release
BAA Offering Experience and Expertise to help SMEs
Trefor Evans Comment in April print edition of Mineral Planning magazine

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BAA Press Release
UK SME Quarries Plans to Keep the Gritters Running – and Ready for Flood Defences

Updated database 18.01.2017 available here: pdf / excel / zip

Quarries are once again supplying fine aggregates to local authorities and highway agencies to treat iced up roads and pavements.
Quarry grit was the traditional method of dealing with snow and ice before the use of salt became commonplace. Although it does not melt ice in the same way as salt, it is environmentally friendly and ideal for providing grip on slippery surfaces. Assistance is also available to the environment agencies to supply both good sand, and bagged sand for food defences

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BAA Press Release
"Unintended Consequences". BAA Director Robert Durward revisits some of the problems brought about by the Aggregates Levy. Published in Quarry Management, January 2017 pdf

BAA Press Release
Significant Progress in Aggregates Levy Challenge 
We have successfully overcome two challenges (from the Commission supported by the UK government) to appeals lodged at the EU General Court.  BAA have written to Chancellor Philip Hammond restating our preference for a negotiated settlement.

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BAA Press Release
Another Cracker of an Annual Meeting and Hillhead! 
BAA AGM Palace Hotel, Buxton Monday 29th June 2016 
Hillhead Stand P17 Tuesday 28th – Thursday 30th June

Programme pdf
Speaker Profiles pdf
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Press Coverage

Quarry Management  July
A Packed Programme   pdf  

Mineral Planning     August
Safety and Nature Focus for BAA pdf 
28th June   - 1st July
Quarry wins top award pdf
Automation problems hit quarries pdf
UK Skills in Big Demand    pdf

Photos from the seminar (Download as.jpg)
(*Kind courtesy of Eric Bignell, Quarry Management) 

Morning Speakers: image

image Brit Wagstaff
image David Taylor
image Mark Dowie
image Nick Warren
image David Stockdale
image John Mills
image Emma Taylor

Presentation of Quarry of The Year Award (Hugh King) and Operating Standards Scheme Safety Awards (Cloburn and Hugh King) 
Awards Chair, Eric Darlow MBE 

Afternoon Speakers: image

image Lili Pechey
image Tom Cleary
image Rob Donnelly
image Julian Smallshaw
image Martin Layer
image Jim Davies

Delegates at the 2016 Annual Gathering (There are 3 pics)

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BAA Press Release
Aggregates Levy - BAA to appeal European Commission decision
BAA to Fight On The British Aggregates Association (BAA) has filed an appeal against the recent Phase II Aggregates Levy Decision by the EU Commission..

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BAA Press Release
Aggregates Levy - BAA to appeal European Commission decision
The recent Phase II decision  decreed that all the exemptions, except shale aggregate, complied with state aid despite a great deal of evidence to the contrary. The appeal will be heard in Luxembourg during 2016, and the London Appeal Court November 2015 hearing  may have to be postponed

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BAA Press Release
Aggregates Association Defends Cartel-Busting Concrete Trucks
BAA has come out strongly in support of volumetric concrete mixer trucks; and has labelled those calling for additional regulation as being ‘anti-competitive.’   The need for some additional regulation is recognised. It would be both equitable and sensible for volumetrics to undergo annual MOT inspections and for their drivers to hold HGV licences. .Anything further may be more about competition concerns than health and safety.
 
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BAA Press Release
BAA Breaks All Attendance Records! 
BAA AGM Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel, Meriden Monday 29th June 2015 
Programme pdf
Speaker Profiles pdf
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Press Coverage

Quarry Management August 2015 "Lessons to be Learned"pdf
Aggregates Business Europe 3rd July "BAA stage successful 2015 AGM"pdf
Mineral Planning August 2015 "BAA examines safety in quarries" pdf

Photos from the seminar ( Download as.jpg)
(*Kind courtesy ofSimon Chan, Quarry Management)

Morning Speakers::
*image Jo Mankelow (British Geological Survey)
*image Hugh Carson (Ecton Mine Educational Trust)
*image Mike Young (Hope Construction Materials)
*image Brian Duthie (Key GeoSolutions)
*image Richard Lashmore (Knights)
*image Caz Jewell (Nature After Minerals)
 image Gathering of the morning speakers

Presentation of Quarry of The Year Award; and Operating Standards Scheme Safety Awards(4)
Awards Chair, Eric Darlow MBE 
*image Chris Henderson, Sherburn Stone, Helbec Quarry
*image Chis Wainwright, Longcliffe, Bone Hill and Brassington Moor   William Thompson & Son, Sheephill Quarry
*image Morning session delegates
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Afternoon Session
*image Roy Bush (Health and Safety Executive)
.image Cath Pickett (Health and Safety Executive)
*image Adrian Wilkinson (Quarry Design)
*image  Adrian Keeling QC (No 5 Chambers)
*image Phil James (Institute of Quarrying
*image Emma Bellingham  (Institute of Quarrying)
*image Julian Smallshaw (Institute of Quarrying)
*image Afternoon Speaker Rollcall

Delegates at the 2015 Annual Gathering

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.Image Hunyandi display in Courtyard
*Image Anyone for Golf?

BAA Press Release
Reinstatement of exemptions - consultation
On 27 March 2015 the European Commission published a press release announcing its conclusions that all but one of the exemptions for the aggregates levy were free of State aid.  It  found that the exemption for shale was not justified when it was deliberately extracted to produce aggregate or when produced as a by-product of the quarrying of any new material which was itself subject to the levy.  The Commission decided that shale should not be considered to be commercially exploited as aggregate (and therefore should be excluded from the levy) when a by-product of coal extraction, when used in ceramic processes, when used as a source of aluminosilicate in the manufacture of cement or when demonstrably used for purposes other than aggregate. 

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150623 TIIN 6032 aggregates levy pdf
150623 EN (reinstatement) pdf
150623 EM (registration) pdf
150623 Clause (reinstatement) pdf
150623 Regulations (registration) pdf
Operative part of Cion decision pdf

BAA Press Release
Supporting Business Innovation
Since its inauguration in 2000, BAA has grown to some 115 members and offers a wide variety of essential national services. There is a feature article in the June edition of Mineral Planning magazine ahead of the Annual meeting on 29 June at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel. 

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BAA Press Release
Aggregates Levy - Another Milestone for the Association 
Last week’s EU Phase II announcement, which found illegal State aid marks yet another significant victory for the BAA.  Although it will be some time yet before the full text of the decision is published, it is clear that the foundations of the Levy itself have now been cracked.

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UKMF Press Release
Experts Call for a National Minerals Strategy to Meet the UK's Needs (Download here)

• A multi-stakeholder group of experts has looked at how to ensure a steady and secure supply of minerals to support the UK’s population and economy in the years to 2050 in the new report Future Minerals Scenarios for the UK.
• The Group’s findings and recommendations will be reported to the CBI Minerals Group - Living with Minerals 5 Conference in London on 17th November 2014.

Download the report here
Download Conference  Flyer 
Download Booking Form

BAA Press Release
EU Directive Costing Lives
The Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (DCPC) is a new EU requirement for professional bus, coach and lorry drivers designed to make our roads safer - but it has backfired and made them a great deal more dangerous instead.
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Download BAA article pdf

BAA Press Release
BAA Signs up to the campaign for a  fundamental reform of the Business Rates System
There is a full page advertisement on p10 in today's (16th September) Daily Telegraph (see here) -  BAA is North of Ann Summers and next to Ladbrokes the bookie.
Business rates are higher than property taxes anywhere else in Europe and are the second highest in the OECD. This is a critical problem for all of British business and the current system of business rates is no longer fit for purpose for the 21st Century.
Sign up here

BAA Press Release
UK Roads About To Become Much More Dangerous
The BAA has asked the Department for Transport (DfT) to postpone and EU Directive before lives are lost.  
Press Release pdf.
Response from The Department of Transport letter pdf
Press release 15.09.2014 pdf  
Letter to Transport Minister, Patrick McLaughlin. pdf
Article in Commercial Motor. pdf
Vehicle Accident Data Analysis. xlsx
Sources of Information.pdf

BAA Press Release
BAA Scores Another Resounding Success!
BAA AGM Palace Hotel, Buxton Monday 23rd June 2014 
BAA AGM June 2014 Palace Buxton Programme pdf
Speaker Profiles pdf
Press Coverage 
Something for Everyone Quarry Management August 2014 pdf
Keeping Your Health in Safe Hands  Mineral Planning August 2014 pdf

Photos from the seminar ( Download as.jpg)
(Kind courtesy of Steve Adam, Quarry Management)

image Delegates at the 2014 Annual Gathering

Morning Speakers::
image James Spencer  (Fuel Trading)
image John Leeson (SLR Consulting)
image Anthony Elgey (MP-Futures)
image Scott Dugan (Command Alkon)
image Andy Price (Sibelco Europe)
image Attentive Delegates
image Pensive delegates
image Cath Pickett (Health & Safety Executive)
image Gathering of the morning speakers

Presentation of Operating Standards Scheme Safety Awards by Awards Chair, Eric Darlow MBE
image Colin Morrow (Barr Industries)
image Roger Cullimore (Moreton C Cullimore)
image Mike Lowe (Summerleaze)
image Barry Wilson (E & E J Glendinning)

BAA Annual Golf Trophy
image James Lodge (Tuckwells) 2014 winner on left and Mike Hodges (Sherburn) 2013 winner

image Morning session delegates
image Morning speakers recall!
image Lunchtime beckons

Afternoon Session
image Ruth Allington (GWP Consultants)
image Julian Smallshaw (Institute of Quarrying)
image Paul Sutton  (Institute of Quarrying - Australia)
image Paul Wilkinson (The Wildlife Trust)
image Julian Clapp   (BDS Marketing Research)
image Afternoon Speaker Rollcall

BAA Press Release
Britains's SME Quarry Operators Assist Flood Protection
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Road Gritting and Sand Bag Database Feb 2014
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BAA Press Release
Quarry Industry told "Get It In Writing
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BAA Press Release
BAA issues a warning to companies with partial or full exemptions from the Aggregates Levy. The only sensible outcome is for the UK to scrap the levy altogether.
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The legal opinion from Herbert Smith Freehills - Recovery of aid
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BAA Press Release
UK Quarry Industry Again Plans to Keep the Gritters Running
Quarries across the UK are once again supplying fine aggregates to local authorities to treat iced up roads and pavements.
Quarry grit was the traditional method of dealing with snow and ice before the use of salt became commonplace. Although it does not melt ice in the same way as salt, it is ideal for providing grip on slippery surfaces.

British Aggregates Association director Robert Durward;
“Spreading quarry grit will prevent accidents and reduce pressure on stocks of salt. For this reason we have also re-issued the database of BAA companies in a position to assist”
It is also possible to use farm machinery to spread the grit meaning that many more roads and pavements can be treated than would otherwise be possible. Quarry grit has no adverse effect on the environment and can be recycled once the ice and snow have melted.
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BAA Press Release
BAA meeting with HM Treasury officials
Association calls for current Aggregates Levy to be replaced by 10p per tonne levy across the board
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BAA Press Release
HMRC Brief 31/13 -Suspension of certain aggregates levy exemptionsTreasury Questionnaire for responses by 15th November 2013 (pdf)

BAA Press Release
Aggregates Levy Update
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BAA Press Release
Time to Scrap the Aggregates Levy
BAA has  issued a further Press Release (also covered by AggNet) asking that government abandon this deeply flawed tax - and avoid Northern Ireland, and many others in the UK minerals industry being caught for the tax and potentially for 11-year back-payments to meet EU state-aid rules!!  This follows the HMRC briefing note (13th) warning that they are looking to suspend current exemptions.
Time for the wider quarry community to muster support from MPs and our friends and colleagues ahead of parliament resuming on 8th October and our High Court case the same week!

BAA Press Release
HMRC in Denial Over EU Investigation
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BAA Press Release
BAA Safety Scheme Gains Momentum
Safety Scheme Gains Momentum August 2013

BAA Press Release
BAA AGM Ramside Hall Hotel, Durham Monday 24th June 2013
BAA AGM June 2013 Ramside Durham Programme
Record Turnout at BAA Conference 
Quarry Management magazine August 2013
An enlightening day in Durham
Mineral Planning magazine August 2013

Photos from the seminar
Image 01 (jpg) Martin Layer (Smiths of Bletchington)
Image 02 (jpg) Jim Davies (Environment Agency)
Image 03 (jpg) Phil James (Institute of Quarrying/MPQC)
Image 04 (jpg) Liz Harris (RSPB/Nature After Minerals)
Image 05 (jpg) Thomas Clifford (Atkins)
Image 06 (jpg) Eric Darlow MBE and Steve Cole
Image 07 (jpg) Peter Huxtable (BAA) with morning speakers
Image 08 (jpg) Delegates
Image 09 (jpg) Delegates
Image 10 (jpg) Delegates
Image 11 (jpg) Delegates
Image 12 (jpg) Copter demonstration
Image 13 (jpg) Copter demonstration
Image 14 (jpg) Delegates
Image 15 (jpg) Copter demonstration
Image 16 (jpg) Copter demonstration
Image 17 (jpg) David Gartside, HSE Board
Image 18 (jpg) Mark Osbaldeston, Derby University
Image 19 (jpg) Andy Sales, BDS Marketing
Image 20 (jpg) Peter Barkwill (Wainwrights)
Image 21 (jpg) BAA Safety Winners (L to R),

Wallace Menzies (Tillicoultry), Steve Cole (Raymond Brown), Eric Darlow (Award Committee Chair), Martin Freestone (Middeltons) and David Glenn (Huntsmans)

BAA Press Release
BAA granted permission for full hearing in Court of Appeal
There will be a three-day hearing at the Court of Appeal in October to try to overturn the 2002 Justice Moses judgment against the Aggregates Levy.
BAA press release, April 2012 Hearing note,  Press comment from AggNet.

BAA Press Release
BAA tells Chancellor scrapping the aggregates levy would assist Government growth agenda
For your information press coverage in AggNet  further to our letter to the Chancellor ahead of next Wednesday’s budget.
Access the article here

BAA Press Release
Aggregates Levy
With the budget due this month (20th) we have written to Chancellor George Osborne asking that the levy be repealed and ahead of the court case in April. We note that this would a welcome boost to growth in the beleaguered construction industry not least in the public sector which uses over half of UK aggregate output.
Currently the levy is set to increase to £2.10/t from 1st April.
Access the Treasury Letter 25 Feb 2013 here

BAA Press Release
Government 'in denial' on aggregates levy
Mineral Planning also report on the situation
."The government consumes 60% of aggregate output in this country, so it is the public sector paying the money not the private sector: in effect it is taking the money from one pocket and putting it another." 
Access the article here

BAA Press Release
Aggregates Levy  - BAA refutes HMRC Business Brief  21/12 
Coverage in AggNet this week over the so-called ‘clarification’ statement by HMRC . ‘This changes nothing and BAA will continue to challenge the right of the Government to collect this tax.’ Our case goes to the Appeal Court in London in order  to overturn the 2002 Justice Moses judgment in the High Court; and a two-day hearing is scheduled April 2013. 
Access the HMRC article here. (HMRC website - in new window)
Access the Agg Net article here
Access the BAA statement here.

BAA Press Release
BAA AGM Palace Hotel, Buxton Monday 18th June 2012
"Stand and Deliver - QM reports on the BAAs 2012 Seminar Proceedings"
From August's Quarry Management
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BAA Hosts Sector Overview" - Alison Carter reports on the BAA meeting
From August's Mineral Planning
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BAA’s Annual meeting a big success
From Aggregates Business Europe
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BAA Press Release
BAA Calls on Chancellor to Suspend Aggregates Levy PDF

BAA Press Release
BAA Wins Aggregates Levy Case PDF

BAA Press Release
New Updated Road Gritting Database Dec 2011 Download as PDF

BAA AGM Rutland Water Monday 20th June 2011
"BAA Heads for an Innovative 2011" Report from Alison Carter in August's Mineral Planning magazine - download as PDF
"BAA Conference" From September's Quarry Management - download as PDF.
Photos from the seminar - from Steve Adam courtesy of the magazine of which any further reproduction should quote the source.
General 1 - download as jpg
General 2 - download as jpg
John Baxter and boat - download as jpg
Julian Smallshaw - download as jpg
Laura & Simon - download as jpg
Mike Phillips - download as jpg
Laura Cameron - download as jpg
Bill Bolsover - download as jpg
John Barritt - download as jpg

21/12/10

BAA Press Release
UK Quarry Industry Again Keeps the Gritters Running Download as PDF

BAA Press Release
BAA Receives Further Recognition of its Site Competence Audit Scheme Download as PDF
CPA BAA Award 2010 Download as PDF

BAA Press Release
Trade Association Defeats UK Government in EU Court Download as PDF
BAA Briefing Note
BAA and the Aggregates Levy in Northern Ireland Download as PDF

Aggregates Tax -  Letter to Chancellor Osborne
We have written this week asking that the Levy be repealed in his 22nd June emergency budget. As a result of the virtual collapse of private sector construction the percentage of aggregates going to the public sector is now around 70% of the total.  This means that the bulk of the revenue from the Levy is simply going from one government department to the next.  Plimsoll report that more than one third of all quarry companies are now "at significant risk" In addition the recent ruling by the EU Court almost certainly means that the Levy will have to be scrapped anyway. Why prolong the agony?
Letter to to the Chancellor - Download as PDF
BDS Analysis Report - Download as PDF

From Mineral Planning February 2010
Three prominent pieces in this month's magazine -
1 -Alison's editorial on "Quarry gold dust (grit) to the rescue in the freeze"
2 - Peter's comment column on "Looking for an Industry Champion;
3 - Report on the concerns on Mine Waste debacle and letter to Minister Hilary Benn.

BAA Press Release
UK Quarry Industry Keeping Gritters Running
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BAA Road Gritting Supply Database has been sent to all National Highways' Agencies, Local Government and Airport Authorities, Government Salt Cell; and DfT, AA and others as authorities unecessarily cut-back on gritting as winter continues! Download as PDF

BAA Press Release
Aggregates Levy Update
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From E-Quarry Management Issue date: May 21st, 2008
Cement firms lose bid to dismiss cartel lawsuit
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From MQR E-weekly
Tories meet aggs bodies for levy weakness probe
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The Road Transport Directive - A Warning
BAA warn of the damage being done to the aggregates industry by this EU Legislation and the current UK government position.
Robert Durward's letter to the Editor of QMJ published in this month's magazine p8.
Download letter as PDF

BAA Compliance Scheme reported in the latest HSE Quarry Fact File from Steve Cole's presentation to the last QNJAC meeting in October 2007.
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BAA Press Release
Cornish mining school develops safety system for UK quarries
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Accompanying photos
From left to right - Andy Price (WBB), Jon Bennett (CSM), Richard Bird (BAA)
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MQR Article - October 2006
Legal challenge very much alive says BAA
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BAA Press Release - Aggregates Levy Judgement - No end in sight for stealth tax
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BAA Press Release - Communities and businesses to suffer from Peak District Nimbyism
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From UK Construction Vol 9 No 5
British Aggregates Association - The Effective Association
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From Construction News - 16 March 2006
Quarriers claim back £1.3bn tax
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From Construction News - 9 March 2006
Quarriers condemn 'crafty' planning tax
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From Construction News - 15th December 2005
Quarriers blast site inspection charges - Government plans for checks costing over £1,000 a year are 'a slap in the face’
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BAA Press Release - Quarry supply companies under threat
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From Construction News - Poor roads are UK's greatest killer
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NI Aggregates Tax - Report for Customs & Excise
http://www.hmce.gov.uk/business/othertaxes/assess-symonds.pdf

Waste Consultation - Government action on waste flawed.
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Environmental Taxation - Government policy confused.
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