Collison and Associates helped PS and JE Ward develop a project supported by a £105k grant from the Eastern AgriTech Initiative to improve their productivity through upgrading their packing operations with a Furora robotic bunching line
http://www.gcgp.co.uk/approved-projects/
Lynn and Tom Collison attended EU project Foodie in Prague in January to participate in a hackathon on the use of data in the AgriFood supply chain.
Collison and Associates helped Rezatec Ltd a specialist earth observation and data analysis company develop a successful bid for UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme (IPP) funding to develop data analysis systems for crop production in Mexico.
rA repot on how to make smart specialisation more focused on the sectoral level has been developed by the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) at Cambridge University for BIS.
Martin Collison was on the panel for the Big Food Debate held by Greater Lincolnshire LEP at Grimsby Institute on 25th November alongside James Truscott, MD of Branston, Greater Grimsby MP Melanie Onn, MP for Cleethorpes Martin Vickers and chaired by GLLEP Board Lead for Food Mark Tinsley.
The EU Focus Group on Water and Agriculture of which Martin Collison was a member has published its final report on the actions which farmers can take to manage scarce water resources
The factsheet from the group is available at:
https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/content/eip-agri-factsheet-water-agriculture
The full report is available at:
https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/en/content/eip-agri-focus-group-water-and-agriculture-final-report
A report which Collison and Associates worked on as part of a team led by SQW has been published by BIS.
Lynn Collison judged the Norfolk Classes at the Three Counties Show in Malvern on 19th June which is the biggest sheep show in the UK.
Lynn Collison won Female Champion and Reserve Breed Champion for Norfolk Horn sheep at the Suffolk Show on 1st June 2016
The CLA report on the arguments for and against remaining in the EU, Leave or Remain, has been published. Martin Collison was on the CLA working group which produced the report and welcomed its publication as a useful and authoritative review of the impacts which exiting the EU could have on the agricultural and rural economy.