Little Beau Sheep: Celebrate Wool Week with Your Very Own Rare Breed Sheep
To mark the start of Wool Week, we have a guest article from Sarah, owner of Little Beau Sheep. A finalist in the Best Rural Start Up category in the North, Sarah is the proud producer of a hand-made laundry and body care range.
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William’s Den: Old-Fashioned Ideas into an Innovative Business
In this week’s blog, Christian Carver from William’s Den describes the ethos behind the business and the journey they have taken, from an initial concept to a successful business.
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Appetite Me: How Could You Diversify?
Diversification is a key rural issue, in uncertain times, creating a diverse, resilient business is the best thing you can do to ensure long term success, no matter the challenges you face. In this weeks blog Appetite Me explores ways to diversify your business.
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Coda Falconry: The Freedom of Falconry
In this week’s blog, Sarah-Jane Manarin, founder of Coda Falconry, shares her journey with falconry, and gives us a little preview of her new book: The Freedom of Falconry.
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Baa Stool’s Founder on Style, Sheepskin and Starting a Business
We had a chat with Michelle Bartleet-Greavey, founder of Baa Stool, about all things sheepskin and setting up a small business. Here’s what she had to say…
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Combermere Abbey: Connectivity & its Cost to Business
Rural Connectivity is perhaps the biggest challenge to today’s rural economy. Sarah Callander Beckett, owner and manager of Combermere Abbey, looks at the issue of rural connectivity from the perspective of the hospitality industry.
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Rural Business Group to Visit Downing Street!
The Rural Business Group has been invited to bring a delegation of our past winners and entrants from the Rural Business Awards to attend a Roundtable discussion at Number 10.
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Hillsgreen: Don’t Be Afraid to Shout About Your Business
In this week’s blog, Andy Venables from Hillsgreen Marketing Consultants gets to the heart of what Marketing is, and why it is an essential tool for even the smallest businesses.
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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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