Resources - NICRE

Rural business insights

Rural firms share their insights on the themes explored in our 2023 State of Rural Enterprise (SORE) survey - watch our videos to hear from them first-hand and see the reports below.

Bamburgh Castle Inn

Particularly Good Potatoes

Breamish Valley Cottages

Stroud Brewery

Cost-of-doing-business pressures - see our report The cost-of-doing-business crisis: rural impacts and adaptation
Environmental impacts - see our report Rural SMEs and the environment
Local opportunities for growth - see our report The rural economy post-pandemic: opportunities and barriers for business growth
Skills and labour availability - see our report Labour and skills availability: impacts on rural enterprise
Farm business performance - see our report Farm business performance, marketing and adaptation strategies

Innovation in community energy

We're working with partners on an innovative community energy project in rural Northumberland. Watch our video produced for our national event in November 2023 to find out more and visit our innovation project page.

Energising community resilience through innovation

Innovation in rural business

Watch our videos to find out how six rural firms in Northumberland use innovation in their business.

Bedmax

Calibrate Energy Engineering

Culture Creative

The First & Last Brewery

Pilgrims Coffee

Tights Tights Tights

Map resources

Use the links below to view map resources for community buildings in Northumberland, including one with wind farm catchment areas and another with buildings included in a NICRE innovation project.

Northumberland Community Buildings Map

Solar Powered Community Buildings Map

Resilience toolkit

Access our business resilience toolkit below, which encourages leaders to think about the strengths and weaknesses of their businesses, and helps them to identify their greatest potential future risks. For further information about this toolkit, visit the Innovation Portal.

Resilience toolkit