We’ve been asked by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to provide regular reports about the impacts of the economic downturn on rural businesses, employment and households.

from : BlogPosts  4th November 2008

Roger Turner, head of our Rural Economies programme, has spoken to the Guardian about the impacts the credit crunch is having on the rural economy.

from : BlogPosts  3rd December 2008

Matt Griffiths, Senior Adviser in our Whitehall team, has appeared on the Local Government Channel to discuss how rural communities are being affected by the credit crunch and to widen our call for your help.

from : BlogPosts  25th November 2008

This joint summit with the South West Regional Development Agency is focusing on how businesses, consumers and communities are and can be empowered to address their economic, social and environmental needs.

from : Events  6th October 2009

Our joint event with The Northern Way and the northern RDAs will focus on how innovation in rural areas can be encouraged to help drive stronger rural economies.

from : Events  8th January 2009

This joint summit with the East of England Development Agency and South East of England Development Agency is focusing on how inspiration and leadership can help release the potential of our rural economies.The event is the 2nd of 4 summits following the report on 'England’s rural areas: steps to releasing their economic potential' by Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate.We've been reporting regularly to the Secretary of State on how the recession is...

from : Events  18th May 2009

We've submitted the second of our regular reports to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the rural impacts of the recession.

from : News  23rd December 2008

Rural and business leaders will be coming together at our 'Releasing the Potential of Rural Economies: Investment' summit tomorrow to examine the full impact of the recession on rural communities and explore ways of driving business investment right to the heart of rural England.

from : News  10th September 2009

IFor our next regular recession report, we're looking at the impact of recession on business performance. Our last business performance report in January found: an increasing deterioration of businesses across rural England heavy reliance of rural businesses on finance secured on mortgage lending, overdrafts and credit card borrowing high visibility of major retail closures in market towns In this second report on business performance we would like to...

from : News  24th September 2009

We’ve been asked by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to provide regular reports about the impacts of the economic downturn on rural businesses, employment and households.

from : News  4th November 2008