What’s in the rural economy review?

THE government describes its Rural Economy Growth Review as DEFRA’s deal for the countryside. But what’s in it exactly? £100 million will be invested in growing rural businesses through the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) • From February, grants of up to £1 million or more will boost competiveness and support growth of small […]

Realising rural potential?

What are the threats and perhaps opportunities facing the rural economy? Rose Regeneration investigates. With Chancellor George Osborne and the Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, warning the economy faces a “choppy” recovery, the rural economy now at the heart of the Government’s Growth Review and the Autumn Spending Review out soon, what […]

The great rural food debate

What motivates us in our choice of foods and eating habits? Jessica Sellick investigates. What motivates us in our choice of foods and eating habits? If we truly are what we eat, what’s new and changing on the menu? From the runaway weight gain train to community food initiatives – Jessica Sellick investigates. A return […]

Overhauling our rural services

What does the future hold for rural public services? Jessica Sellick investigates. What does the future hold for rural services such as healthcare, transport, village shops, pubs and post offices? That’s a question that sits at the heart of the ‘public services reform’ agenda – the responses to which are going to have very real […]

Changing face of the countryside

What next for rural people and places: made to measure policies or policies imposed from afar? Jessica Sellick investigates. Last year, the government set out a number of policy commitments which will have a direct impact on the countryside. With aspirations to turn old thinking on its head and develop new approaches, the ‘Programme for […]

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