Spirit of Yorkshire: Innovating from Grain to Glass
In this week’s blog we’re taking a look at the Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery, a Rural Business Awards Finalist in the North, for the Best Rural Start Up Award. This distillery wants to take all the best parts of traditional whisky distilling and add an innovative approach to create a whisky with its own unique spirit: the Spirit of Yorkshire.
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Dan Yr Ogof: Discoveries, Diversification and Dinosaurs
Dan Yr Ogof, or The National Showcaves Centre for Wales is a popular tourist destination; it received over 90,000 visitors in 2017, making the caves Wales’ most popular privately-owned attraction. The National Showcaves Centre is a regional finalist for the Best Rural Tourism Business Award, and this article explores their fascinating history.
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Why Attend a Rural Business Awards Ceremony?
So, you’re a finalist for the Rural Business Awards, and are busy enjoying the buzz that comes with that. But what next? In October, we will be holding six regional ceremonies, and we can’t wait! We are really looking forward to meeting you all at one of our events, and hopefully this article should help to answer any questions you might have about why you should attend.
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Will These Corporate Governance Reforms Affect You?
The government has announced new corporate governance reforms. To find out whether they will impact your business, take part in the IFB’s webinar on 26th June, between 2 and 3:30pm.
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Regional Entry Extensions Announced!
Here at the RBAs we try to listen to our entrants. We’ve received so many emails from people simply running out of time to fill out their entries, as we’re in one of the busiest times of the year for many rural businesses. So, we’ve taken all of that into account and decided to extend our entry deadlines.
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And the National Final Venue Is…
We are so unbelievably excited to announce where the Rural Business Award’s National Final will take place. And the venue is... the beautiful Chateau Impney, in Worcestershire! The Chateau’s breath-taking blend of iconic French architecture and stunning English...
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Why Upload Additional Information?
In this blog post we are looking at additional information that can be added to support your entry. This is an optional part of the RBA entry process, but if you do choose to upload some, it could be the key to winning an award…
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How to Write an Award-Winning Entry!
With only a couple of weeks left until entries officially close, we’re going to take a look at how to put together an entry worthy of a Rural Business Award.
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Let’s Celebrate Rural Education!
The Best Rural Education and Training Business Award is brand new for the 2018/19 awards season! Over the years, we’ve had quite a few education businesses enter into different categories, so we decided it was time to give them an award of their own!
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How Does Our Judging Process Work?
We’re really proud of our judging process. It’s fair, it’s transparent, and it recognises that the best businesses aren’t always the biggest. We’re so proud of it, in fact, we’ll take any opportunity to shout from the rooftops about how great it is, including today’s blog.
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Why Do We Charge an Entry Fee?
Time and time again we are asked why we charge a fee to enter our awards. So, in this article we’ll explore exactly why we made that decision, and why we think paying to enter is worth it!
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Why Enter the Rural Employee Award?
We talk a lot about how winning an award will benefit your business. From the recognition, the PR, and the media exposure, to the networking opportunities, to using the entry process as a strategic tool to evaluate your business, there are so many reasons to enter!...
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How to Avoid the 5 Most Common Entry Mistakes
One of the most frustrating things for us is when great businesses don’t translate to great entries. To help you on your way to winning, we’ve compiled a list of the five most common (and easily avoidable) mistakes past entrants have made.
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What does it take to win a Rural Professional Services Business Award?
The Best Rural Professional Services Business Award was created to celebrate any Professional Services business that either operates from a rural location or serves rural clients. These businesses are a hugely important part of the rural sector, and their hard-work and expertise deserves to be celebrated.
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Take a Look at the RBA’s Sporting Success Stories!
This week on the blog we thought we’d take a trip down memory lane, and have a look back at some of the fantastic businesses who’ve entered our Best Rural Sporting Business Category.
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Video showcasing the “new” Rutland is launched
A new video showcasing Rutland as it has never been seen before has been launched by Discover Rutland today (Friday, 6th April). The video includes footage filmed over nine months by Tom Wragg of Stamford company Helium Media, working alongside...
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Family-Friendly Ways to Explore the Countryside
Have you spent hours at every soft play centre in your area? Have you stuck, painted, coloured in and papier-mâchéd everything in your house that doesn’t move? Are you tired of having your children staring at screens all day? With schools taking a break for a couple...
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Are You 2018’s Best Rural Manufacturing Business?
Best Rural Manufacturing Business is one of our broadest and most varied categories, and each year we are awed and inspired by the passion, dedication, and attention to detail in every aspect of business demonstrated by so many of our manufacturing...
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Need a Holiday? Try these Rural Retreats for a Truly Great British Break
The UK boasts some pretty spectacular scenery, so it’s not hard to see why the “staycation” is more popular than ever. For the past few weeks here at RBA HQ we’ve been dreaming of escaping to the countryside, of, long muddy walks with views that make our hearts soar,...
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Greater digital adoption in rural areas could add £12 to 26 billion a year to the UK economy says new report
Research by Rural England and Scotland’s Rural College, commissioned by Amazon, shows that greater use of digital tools and services could deliver 4 to 8.8 per cent of additional Gross Value Added per year for the rural economy Unlocking the digital potential of rural...
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