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What is landfill tax and how can UK zoos benefit financially?

May 15th, 2007

This is to do with a levy the Government charges on companies who bury waste in landfill sites. This money is accumulated by the landfill operator and at the end of the year goes to the Treasury, unless…  the landfill operator chooses to donate  some of this to an environmental project. A zoo or similar organisation [...]

What are the EU Structural Funds and how can my zoo can benefit?

May 3rd, 2007

The Structural and Cohesion Funds, over one third of the European Union budget, are used by the EU for social and economic restructuring across the EU, on the basis that some areas have special economic and social difficulties. They also serve the objective of generally bringing EU states together, especially in terms of transport and infrastructure They [...]