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Devon and Somerset is one of five regions selected by Government earlier this year to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The grants total £40 million and mark the second round of the Rural Community Broadband Fund and Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme.
First of the Rural Roadshows, allowing Defra ministers to listen to issues and concerns of rural communities and businesses.
This scheme is part of Defra's £100 million package of investments through the Rural Development Programme for England.
Rural and Farming Networks bring together people from rural communities, rural businesses and the food and farming industries.
Five public and private sector partnerships have been selected to each deliver a regional Rural Growth Network.
A new £20 million scheme to help provide work-based training for rural businesses has been announced by Farming Minister, Jim Paice today.
Grants will enable entrepreneurs in rural areas to take life-changing opportunities to grow their businesses through the Rural Economy Grant scheme.
Yorkshire business and community leaders are helping shape Government action to support rural areas today in the first of a series of Rural Roadshows with Defra ministers.
The Networks bring together people from rural communities, rural businesses and the food and farming industries.
A £15 million pilot project to support rural businesses and grow the rural economy is now open for applications, Environment Minister Benyon announced today.
A new £20 million fund to help rural businesses increase profits and reduce their impact on the environment has been launched today by Agriculture Minister Jim Paice.
Defra supports rural areas through funding to help businesses develop and enhance local communities.
Greater clarity on what government means by a 'green economy', the policies being put in place to achieve this, and how they come together.
Agriculture Minister Jim Paice updated Parliament today on the progress of payments to farmers under the Single Payment Scheme. Mr Paice said…
The "Green Growth Strategy" sets out a framework and policy options to boost economic growth and protect the environment around the world.
Funding of up to £26million to support hill farmers and help some of England's rural communities to thrive was unveiled today by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman.
Defra today published new Green Claims Guidance to help companies describe the environmental credentials of their products in a way that people find easier to understand.
The Government has today confirmed the details of spending on Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) until 2014.
Caroline Spelman speech at St James’ Palace, ‘Starting the rural renaissance’
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