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Study highlights value of social media for small rural firms
Family-owned rural businesses which use social media networks are more likely to have a higher annual turnover and grow their sales than those that…
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Fund opens for rural start-ups to boost their business idea
Countryside entrepreneurs and rural start-up businesses can now apply for £5,000 in funds to help kickstart their businesses. Applications to Rural…
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Podcast-inspired PYO pumpkin venture opens for business
An industry podcast has helped a Welsh farming family to launch a new pick-your-own pumpkin venture, creating a new income stream for their business…
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Private rented sector 'well out of balance' after Scottish bill passed
The 'disproportionate' shift in the balance between tenant and landlord rights will lead to reduced availability of homes, Scottish rural businesses…
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Clarkson told by council to shut down farm café and restaurant
Jeremy Clarkson has been told by the council to shut down his farm café and restaurant following a long-running planning dispute. West Oxfordshire…
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Scottish rent-freeze bill 'watershed moment' for private rented sector
The long-term consequences of the emergency rent freeze and eviction moratorium on the private rented sector could be felt for decades to come, rural…
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'Bureaucratic bulldozer': Clarkson leads call for less rural red tape
Jeremy Clarkson is leading calls for the government to halve the volume of regulation affecting rural businesses before the next general election. In…
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Family invests £220,000 in new pig enterprise following support
A farming family has invested £220,000 in a new 1,000-head pig finishing enterprise after receiving advice from an industry initiative. Aled Thomas…
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Farmers to get slice of new £110m rural levelling up fund
The government has pledged to prioritise rural interests as part of its long-awaited levelling up agenda, with a new £110m fund set to help…
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Beef farmer launches direct meat sales business after funded study
A suckler beef producer who has established a direct sales business for meat produced by her family’s Red Ruby Devon herd says farmers who adopt…
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