NICRE director Jeremy Phillipson, Professor of Rural Development at one of its founding academic partners the Centre for Rural Economy at Newcastle University, said: “Our national event is a great opportunity for policymakers and stakeholders to find out the state of rural enterprise through the findings of our survey and the experiences of rural businesses.
National event
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) will shine a spotlight on how businesses in rural areas are responding to the major challenges affecting the UK economy and the policy landscape at an event later this month.
At ‘The State of Rural Enterprise: Adapting and Innovating through Change’ on 29 November 2023, NICRE will set out findings from its second large-scale rural business survey and hear directly from rural firms about how they are adapting. A focus will be the impact of the cost-of-doing-business crisis, alongside how firms are responding to the climate emergency, and the availability of skills/labour in the rural economy.
Chaired by Lord Curry of Kirkharle, the event for national stakeholders will also consider how rural businesses can be better supported and explore how rural economies can be further connected to the innovation system.
There is limited availability to attend the event and NICRE is encouraging those from policy, business and community and voluntary sectors to register.