- Location
- Derbyshire
Capital grants distort markets ?
- Thread starter onesiedale
- Start date
- Location
- Devon
Someone on here said they were quoted for some dairy equipment (cluster flush?) pre grants, didn't pursue it, then hey presto, after grant available, enquired again and price had gone up by 40%.
- Location
- West Sussex
Just look at the list from the recent countryside productivity grants. Hardly anything could be bought at a price which made the grant near 40%.
cattow
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire J11 M42
I was paying £55 for extra heat detection collars pre grant post grant they want £90.
both these answers sound like evidence
im pretty sure direct drill prices took a jump as well when eligible
How can they set a price when steel is jumping up In price weekly, you may agree to buy something when the grants come out but not see it for 3-4 months if your lucky with the supply chain and by then it could have gone up 30% and you 40% grant will be nearer 10%. The prices I’ve seen on the welsh grant scheme don’t even resemble the true cost of something, the figure they come up with is even less than the old countryside productivity in England.
For example a hydraulic squeeze crush was 40% of £10500 2 years ago on the English grant scheme and now on the Welsh scheme today it’s 40% of £7600. A hydraulic crush to buy today without grant scheme is £16500 after discount. Where do they get their figures from?
For example a hydraulic squeeze crush was 40% of £10500 2 years ago on the English grant scheme and now on the Welsh scheme today it’s 40% of £7600. A hydraulic crush to buy today without grant scheme is £16500 after discount. Where do they get their figures from?
- Location
- South Molton
Said it before will say it again,
We need Index linked payments
SFI
Productivity
CSS.
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
How exactly have DEFRA tried to “find evidence”?
- Location
- South Molton
The have employed a consultantcy firm on 500k a year to do a research study and found Farmer Joe has over claimed for an extra linch pin on a machine he bough and deducted 5% of his £6000 BPS claim
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Was I right in hearing that the lynchpin was due to be delivered with the machine but it got nicked by someone when on display at LAMMA show so never made it to the farm?
I head that the satellite picked up this non-conformance and it couldn’t be rectified by the dealer because each pin (and every individual part on the machine) was engraved and barcoded with a serial number as required in the grant terms and conditions…..so any other pin would just not be the pin for that machine.
- Location
- Devon
I'm guessing they looked at the RRP's in brochures, before and after grants had been introduced and they hadn't changed much.
What they didn't realise was that the RRP's are normally discounted by upto 50% but any discount disappears during times when grants are available.
RHI payments caused
1..the massive hike in the price of biomass boilers
2..the increase in cost of wood pellets
3..the temptation for unscrupulous types to take advantage of a poorly designed scheme. Northern Ireland is nearly getting over it, years later!!
“No evidence”….don’t make me laugh.
1..the massive hike in the price of biomass boilers
2..the increase in cost of wood pellets
3..the temptation for unscrupulous types to take advantage of a poorly designed scheme. Northern Ireland is nearly getting over it, years later!!
“No evidence”….don’t make me laugh.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Asked th price of a cattle crush , reply : are you getting a grant ? Yes but sounds like you are getting it now eh !
Campbell
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
Remember how the cost of Solar Panels halved in 2015 when grants were removed. Domestic heat pumps are the next big 'racket' heading our way. Still, if I see the word grant I can't resist taking a look.........
- Location
- Top of the Chilterns
Not farming, but I had a quote for some cavity wall insulation.
I was verbally quoted £2k if paying myself, and £3k if going via the warm front scheme which funded 40%. Exactly the same job and same spec.
I was verbally quoted £2k if paying myself, and £3k if going via the warm front scheme which funded 40%. Exactly the same job and same spec.
- Location
- South Molton
Sorting out an apprenticeship for September, government payment for the education side of it matches down to the last penny the amount charged for the tuition, enrollment officer said another courses funding and costs are 60% of this one but we try and encourage apprentices and employers to select this course.
I wonder why?
I wonder why?