business
12 Oct 2020
New COVID-19 rules could hit jobs in rural areas
The Press & Journal report how the short-term Covid-19 restrictions that have recently come into force could have long-term impacts on rural areas, including job losses and businesses becoming unviable...
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28 Sep 2020
Get your business back on its feet – an offer!
We know that many of our members are small business owners and the ongoing crisis is likely to be hitting you hard To offer you support we’ve partnered with Be the...
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20 Jul 2020
Midland rural businesses are innovating and exploring new markets
Business Live covers news that forward-thinking rural businesses in the Midlands are innovating and exploring new markets according to a new survey The data, from around 1,300 rural businesses, was...
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29 Jun 2020
VAT payment holiday ends 30th June, rural firms reminded
Farming UK reports that rural businesses are being reminded that the VAT payment holiday – which ran from 21st March because of the COVID-19 crisis – ends on 30th June...
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22 Jun 2020
New £8 million fund to help grow rural businesses in Northumberland
Business Live and the Northumberland Gazette report that an £8 million business support scheme has been set up to help companies in some rural parts of the north east of...
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15 Jun 2020
The Mirror’s ‘Shop for Britain’ campaign to help save the High Street
The Daily Mirror has launched a ‘Shop for Britain’ campaign urging people to make a conscious decision about where they shop, and what they buy, to help businesses across Britain...
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26 May 2020
The Plunkett Foundation write to Local Authority Leaders
The Plunkett Foundation (alonside other organisations) has written to Local Authority Leaders to highlight the importance of local social enterprises, co-operatives and community businesses to their local area Local Authorities...
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18 May 2020
New centre to help unlock potential of the UK’s rural economies
Newcastle University and partners will lead a new National Centre to support enterprise, resilience and innovation among rural firms and unlock the untapped potential of rural economies across the UK...
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18 May 2020
Slash tourism VAT to kick-start rural economy, says rural business group
The Eastern Daily Press reports on calls from countryside business leaders to cut VAT on tourism businesses to five percent to help the rural economy recover from the COVID-19 crisis...
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11 May 2020
One in 10 rural English and Welsh properties don’t have superfast broadband option
Several outlets report on the fact that fibre is ‘the key to productivity’ for rural businesses, yet one in 10 rural English and Welsh properties don’t have a superfast broadband...
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