e-business

Welcome to our e-business home page. This is the starting point for those interested in learning more about how we intend to harness e-business to improve the way we deliver our services to our customers and to transform ourselves as a business.

The following information is currently available here:

• e-nabling Defra Programme - suppliers site - The e-nabling Defra Programme is intended to deliver new strategic arrangements for IT services throughout core-Defra. This site has been produced for potential suppliers, to provide information and support throughout the procurement process.
  

• Electronic forms - Electronic IACS forms are now available on the RPA website.
• Is your business on the move? Change of address service
• The CLICK project * is a pilot project run by us and based in the Kington area (Herefordshire), aimed at encouraging the use of ICT. The project stems from the Government's Strategy for agriculture. The lessons learned from the project will be used to influence future projects nationwide.
  *N.B. This link goes to a secure site, opening in a new browser window.
• Rural portal - a report of the scoping study into the requirement for the portal.
• Our e-business strategy - a report on our proposed strategy for operating as an e-business.
• Our role in e-business - a research study into farmers’ use of and needs for IT.

Consultation exercise

A consultation exercise was undertaken last year. A summary of responses received is available. Please click here to view the original consultation letter.