NICRE
16 May 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...
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28 Apr 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...
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19 Apr 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...
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28 Mar 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...
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14 Mar 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...
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03 Feb 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...
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10 Jan 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...
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08 Nov 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...
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01 Nov 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...
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28 Oct 2021
HRH Prince of Wales welcomes ‘Rural Catalyst’ initiative
HRH the Prince of Wales has highlighted the importance of work underway to tackle rural issues and foster rural innovation by welcoming the ‘Rural Catalyst’ collaboration between the National Innovation...
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