07/12/2018
Small Business Saturday, held on 1 December, saw an estimated £812 million spent with small businesses across the UK according to research commissioned by founder and principal supporter American Express.
06/12/2018
FedEx Express is offering a £20,000 prize to the small UK business which can demonstrate its strategic vision for global success.
05/12/2018
A new grant scheme to encourage people to think how they might work differently to support young people to live and work in the Lakes and Dales has been launched.
29/11/2018
Applications are now open for a new Dragons’ Den-style competition that will give people from Gloucestershire the chance to see their food and drink products or ideas appear on supermarket shelves across the county.
29/11/2018
Rural business across the country and of all shapes and sizes are invited to enter the 2019 Rural Business Awards.
27/11/2018
Small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays and battery storage are looking increasingly attractive as capital costs decline and energy prices rise, but farms and estates should be aware of mis-selling in the market. 
23/11/2018
It’s estimated that the global ground source heating market will grow by 13% and be worth a billion pounds by 2020, and uptake in the UK is in line with the forecast, as more farmers turn to the systems which transfer renewable heat and cooling from the ground.
19/11/2018
New research has revealed British consumers think they can get equally good deals all-year-round, regardless of the popular Black Friday deals, with the scale of the event putting many off altogether.
15/11/2018
High demand for a broadband voucher scheme means the government is urging farm and rural businesses to take advantage of the offering before the funding runs out.
12/11/2018
Prime viticultural land for new and expanding vineyards in the UK could be a major rival to the Champagne region of France according to the University of East Anglia (UEA).
09/11/2018
A survey of 200 farms has found that less than a third of diversified businesses had taken Inheritance Tax (IHT) reliefs into consideration when drawing up their business plans potentially leaving themselves exposed to paying more tax than they need.  
05/11/2018
One in five UK farmers plans to diversify to remain finically sound after Brexit says new research.
01/11/2018
One woman’s Facebook group has had a huge impact on helping tackle loneliness and isolation in the countryside and made her a heroine to thousands of women across the UK.
29/10/2018
The latest government figures show that the number of people starting an apprenticeship has continued to fall since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy in April 2017.
26/10/2018
New research from outdoor accommodation specialist Pitchup.com has highlighted Britain’s most popular short - and long-break destinations.
24/10/2018
The UK’s most popular employers have been revealed for 2018, and it's not just a good salary that appeals to people.
23/10/2018
The number of young UK business directors has increased by over a third in the past year.
22/10/2018
With six months to go until the first stage of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital is introduced, the tax office has rolled out its first test pilot.
16/10/2018
Farm diversification should be an important consideration amid the uncertainties of Brexit was the key message from a recent CLA seminar. 
16/10/2018
The application window for the next round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme will now be early 2019.
08/10/2018
NFYFC is celebrating the role its 615 Young Farmers’ Clubs play in rural communities during National Young Farmers’ Week 2018.
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