Levy Boards: restructuring
Business Case for the future of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
The business case for the co-location of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and its sector companies at Stoneleigh builds on the work that was undertaken in Rosemary Radcliffe’s independent review of the levy boards in 2005. It also takes into account the results of the Fresh Start exercise that took place in 2006/07. The business case shows long term savings which would offset the short-term set-up costs.
The business case was published on 19 September 2007, the same day that UK and Defra Ministers announced that they endorsed the decision of the Shadow Board concerning the proposed location of AHDB and its sector companies at Stoneleigh from 1 April 2009.
- Business case (PDF 400 KB)
- Business case question and answers (PDF 150 KB)
- News release
Fresh Start Review
The business case follows a Fresh Start exercise that was undertaken by the Chair Designate and Shadow Board of AHDB in early 2007. An evidence base was produced to underpin the Fresh Start analysis:
The annexes to the evidence base:
- Annex A - survey results by sector
- Introduction to survey results (101 KB)
- British Pig Executive (BPEX) farmers result (369 KB)
- British Potato Council (BPC) farmers result (396 KB)
- English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) farmers result (360 KB)
- Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) farmers result (398 KB)
- Horticulture Development Council (HDC) farmers result (378 KB)
- Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC - Welsh Meat Promotion) farmers result (317 KB)
- Milk Development Council (MDC) farmers result (340 KB)
- Processors survey 2006 (328 KB)
- Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) farmers result (321 KB)
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Annex B - Statistical background to the survey sample (47 KB)
Three methods were used to ensure that levy payers’ views formed the basis of Fresh Start. These included a structured telephone survey of a representative sample of 400 levy payers, an open channel survey that levy payers could complete online and attendance at national and regional events. A conference was also held on 27 October 2006 to gain the views of representative organisations.
Page last modified: 12 December 2007
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