BRITAIN’S big supermarket chains are failing to support the countryside and wider rural economy, claims a report.

RURAL businesses looking for ways to create long-term income streams could benefit from changes to planning rules, says specialist lender AMC.

BUSINESSES across Wiltshire and Swindon can bid for funding through a rural grants scheme.

MORE should be done to promote rural tourism, the government has been told.

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

POLICY-MAKERS could do more to encourage the economic potential of rural areas, say experts.

ONE in three rural youngsters fear they will have to leave their area to find a job, reveals a study.

BUSINESS leaders are urging the government to reduce VAT on rural tourism services.

RURAL businesses and organisations are to benefit from a £1m boost thanks to East Sussex County Council.