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Rural Payments Agency suspends SFI applications over Christmas for technical updates

The application portal for SFI will be closed between December 27 2023- January 2 2024. Any draft SFI applications that are not submitted before December 31 2023 will be lost and not recoverable when the portal reopens again in the new year

Rachael Brown
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Rural Payments Agency suspends SFI applications over Christmas for technical updates

Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed it will be suspending SFI applications between Christmas and New Year to carry out 'essential and significant technical updates' to the online service. The...

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