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28 Jun 2021

Broadband capacity is major obstacle to digital adoption for rural businesses

Businesses in rural areas have cited broadband capacity as a major obstacle to digital adoption in the latest research by the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) The study...

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21 Jun 2021

Helping food and drink businesses move towards sustainable delivery – survey and event

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) is co-hosting an interactive event on 30 June 2021 for food and drink businesses to help realise their full net-zero potential and...

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04 May 2021

New survey into how rural businesses coped with crisis

Teesdale Mercury reports on a new survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) asking rural businesses how they are dealing with COVID-19 The survey will ask more...

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28 Apr 2021

Reflecting on the first few months of NICRE

It has been a productive first eight months at the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) since our official ‘start’ in September last year and we wanted to update...

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19 Apr 2021

Large-scale business survey to shed light on rural resilience during COVID

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) is asking rural and farming businesses in the North East, South West and Midlands how they are dealing with COVID-19 to explore...

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29 Mar 2021

Rural economies are part of the solution for Levelling Up

Levelling Up should include the nation’s rural economies and their contribution to the prosperity of communities, according to a Briefing Paper published by the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise...

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23 Mar 2021

RSP Member – National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE)

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) exists to foster rural enterprise and aims to unlock the potential in the UK’s rural economies by collaborating, researching and co-designing ideas...

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22 Feb 2021

National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) – Policy Advisors Role

Join the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) as a policy advisor and help shape rural economies Are you well-connected in policy and business communities? Do you share NICRE’s...

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01 Feb 2021

NICRE – Open call for Research and Innovation

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE), have recently launched a open Research and Innovation funding call NICRE aims to foster rural enterprise and unlock potential in the UK’s...

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14 Dec 2020

Unlocking the contribution of rural enterprise to ‘levelling up’

The Open Access Government feature the thoughts of Professor Jeremy Phillipson, Director of the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise and Paddy Bradley, CEO of Swindon and Wiltshire LEP on unlocking the...

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