News & Events 24th October 2008

Recent News Items


Stuart Burgess, the Rural Advocate, meeting people on a visit to a rural business

Posted on Friday, 24th October 2008 at 11:04am

We support the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)'s recent announcements supporting the needs of small businesses....

Upcoming Events


Builders working on an affordable housing development

Event date Friday, 24th October 2008 at 9:30am

Chaired by Elinor Goodman, one of our Commissioners, this event will focus on the future for rural communities, and the services upon which they rely....

Stuart Burgess, the Rural Advocate

Event date Friday, 24th October 2008 at 10:00am

Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, is visiting the High Peak district in Derbyshire to to see some of the day-to-day effects of the economic downturn on people living and working in a rural area....