Commission for Rural Communities

This article in The Independent is brilliant. It demonstrates the value of research which will be lost when the Commission for Rural Communities closes, it reveals how rural environments encourage female entrepreneurs and it gives me lots of food for thought about a consortium bid to support rural enterprise in relation to phase 2 of the Regional Growth Fund.

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“Forget the testosterone-fuelled gambling in the skyscrapers dominating Canary Wharf. Britain’s economic recovery will come, in no small part, from a rural army of female entrepreneurs setting up their businesses in some of the most remote parts of the country.

“Driven by energy, a desire for a better work-life balance, and a preference for views of rolling fields over the daily commute, increasing numbers of women are not afraid to launch companies in the face of the worst recession for decades.

“One in 20 women in rural areas is now engaged in running a business; they are already just over half as likely (58 per cent) to be entrepreneurs as males, according to the Commission for Rural Communities. By comparison, in urban areas, women are only 44 per cent as likely as men to be engaged in creating new ventures.”