Business
06 Oct 2013
Libraries become rural business schools
RURAL women are among those targeted by a £450,000 library scheme to help local people get started in business. The scheme was unveiled by the Department for Communities and Local...
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29 Sep 2013
Ambitious rural strategy unveiled
AN ambitious rural development strategy aims to boost the economy and service delivery across Norfolk. The strategy focuses on how rural areas can develop so the economy continues to grow,...
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22 Sep 2013
Rural economy is ‘starting to recover’
RURAL businesses are more confident and optimistic than they were three months ago, suggest the latest figures. While not out of the woods, figures from the Rural Economy Index for...
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26 Aug 2013
Pledge follows rural hub closure
LOCAL businesses and communities will still receive the backing they need – despite the closure of Staffordshire’s Rural Hub, says the county council. Rural communities and business played an invaluable...
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16 Jul 2013
Growth fund provides Sussex jobs boost
HUNDREDS of jobs will be created in East Sussex after the county received a multi-million pound funding boost. East Sussex County Council, in partnership with the Let’s Do Business Group,...
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24 Jun 2013
Supermarkets ‘failing rural economy’
BRITAIN’S big supermarket chains are failing to support the countryside and wider rural economy, claims a report. The study – by the Campaign to Protect Rural England – asked the...
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19 Jun 2013
Planning change could be ‘rural boost’
RURAL businesses looking for ways to create long-term income streams could benefit from changes to planning rules, says specialist lender AMC. Changes to planning laws announced by communities secretary Eric...
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27 May 2013
Funding for Wiltshire rural business
BUSINESSES across Wiltshire and Swindon can bid for funding through a rural grants scheme. The rural economy grants scheme, run by Wiltshire Council, is open for applications and runs until...
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23 May 2013
Government urged to boost tourism
MORE should be done to promote rural tourism, the government has been told. The Country Land and Business Association said the government needed to work more closely with the tourism...
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16 May 2013
Rural economy ‘faces further recession’
THE rural economy faces a battle to avoid slipping again into recession, says a report. Rising unemployment, shrinking profits and plummeting confidence in countryside businesses has thrown the rural economy...
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