NICRE director Jeremy Phillipson, Professor of Rural Development at one of its founding academic partners the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University, said: “Through our landmark State of Rural Enterprise (SORE) Reports and wider portfolio of work, NICRE and its partners are contributing to a step change in the national rural economy evidence base, and it was a privilege to share our latest findings at The Shard.
“Coupled with insights from rural enterprises and contributions from policy, business and community and voluntary sector figures, our event demonstrated the importance of bringing a rural lens to key policy agendas and strengthening partnerships locally, regionally and nationally.”
NICRE’s second large-scale rural business survey focuses on the impact of rising costs and the challenges of the climate emergency and skills and labour availability in rural economies, as well as local opportunities for growth and farm business performance. The first report from the survey carried out over the summer – The cost-of-doing-business crisis: rural impacts and adaptation – was published last month with more to follow over the coming weeks.
