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Rural Advocates Recognised in Honours List
06.06.2022

Rural Advocates Recognised in Honours List

Professor Janet Dwyer, Co-director of the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE), has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2022 for services to rural research over more than three decades Janet leads NICRE in...

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Poor broadband hinders resilience among rural businesses
16.05.2022

Poor broadband hinders resilience among rural businesses

Sub-standard infrastructure in rural areas – particularly lack of quality broadband – is affecting businesses’ ability to be resilient and bounce back from adversity, according to a major survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE). ...

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Businesses’ views sought on rural broadband connection
28.04.2022

Businesses’ views sought on rural broadband connection

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) is collaborating with Building Digital UK (BDUK), part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), to seek businesses’ views on rural broadband connection. Firms in rural areas are...

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Newcastle University set to host event to help develop rural communities
19.04.2022

Newcastle University set to host event to help develop rural communities

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise is holding a session titled 'Community visioning in rural areas: Sharing best practice' at the Cheviot Centre later this month, after a successful session last month in Hexham NICRE is based at...

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Government Seeks Views and Experiences of UK Rural Broadband
28.03.2022

Government Seeks Views and Experiences of UK Rural Broadband

ISPreview reports that the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) has launched a new survey alongside the Government that seeks views and experiences of rural broadband connectivity from small and medium-sized businesses in such areas The survey aims...

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Businesses’ views sought on rural broadband connection
14.03.2022

Businesses’ views sought on rural broadband connection

Rural SMEs are being invited to share their views and experiences of broadband connection and the effect this has on their business by completing a short survey Research is being carried out by Building Digital UK (BDUK), part of...

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Encouraging older shoppers back into rural stores
03.02.2022

Encouraging older shoppers back into rural stores

A series of practical recommendations to encourage older shoppers in rural areas back into local stores in the wake of Covid-19 have emerged from research commissioned by the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE). Researchers at...

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Resilient rural businesses innovate and diversify during Covid
10.01.2022

Resilient rural businesses innovate and diversify during Covid

Rural businesses in parts of England have shown remarkable resilience during Covid-19 by innovating and adapting in response to the severe economic challenges of the pandemic, according to a major new survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise...

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Responses to Levelling Up report
08.11.2021

Responses to Levelling Up report

Further to their new report ( A strategic case for equitable recognition of rural economies in Levelling Up policies ) and also the RSN Rural Conference 2021 (with particular focus on the Rural Economy session held at this event) the...

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A ‘rural-inclusive’ case for Levelling Up
01.11.2021

A ‘rural-inclusive’ case for Levelling Up

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) has set out its argument about why and how the Government should develop ‘rural-inclusive’ Levelling Up policies, delivery programmes and resources The Briefing Paper A strategic case for equitable recognition...

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