We’re looking for examples of case studies where rural home-based workers have been supported by agencies to tackle disadvantage amongst their own social groups, either by taking up employment opportunities with organizations offering home-based employment or by becoming self employed. We're mainly interested in those rural areas that are ranked in the IMD lowest 20% neighbourhoods. We’re concentrating on finding good practice examples where disadvantaged groups in rural areas have...

from : News  18th October 2006

Our sponsorship is bringing this major forum on rural entrepreneurship to England for the first time...

from : News  16th January 2007

We are currently funding a pilot facilitation project in partnership with Yorkshire Women in Rural Enterprise.

from : Projects  29th September 2006

Many women combine a number of roles in the rural economy - balancing paid work and family responsibilities in diverse ways. Featuring a number of case studies, this publication looks at women as entrepreneurs, what challenges women face when seeking work, and what support and other schemes are on offer.

from : Publications  13th October 2006

This publication describes the nature, needs and principal drivers of rural economies in England. It looks at the contribution of sectors other than farming and tourism - which in terms of business numbers and employment are far more significant.

from : Publications  30th September 2006

This report provides for the first time a comprehensive profile of rural home-workers and their needs.

from : Publications  27th September 2006

from : Publications  28th September 2006

This note reports on research for the Countryside Agency which investigated the levels of support and coordination provided to potential and active micro-businesses.

from : Publications  13th October 2006

The construction sector is a key element of the national economy.The sector employs 1.6 million people and provides approximately 10% of UK GPD. It is currently showing levels of growth which comfortably exceed those of the economy as a whole

from : Publications  13th October 2006

Regulations are a hot topic in business! We commonly hear that too much red-tape is restricting business growth and aspirations for growth, but does this description disguise the real issues and over simplify the problem?

from : Publications  13th October 2006