News from the field

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Rural Britain is a wonderful assortment of farms, estates, hamlets, villages, forests and moors, lochs and valleys. Our stunning scenery, close communities and wonderful rural businesses provide an idyllic lifestyle for many, but rural life can also throw up some pretty unique challenges.

The Rural Scene (the Scene & Herd rural blog and news updates) looks at what’s new, what’s relevant, what’s tasty, what’s fun and what’s challenging about life in the Great British Countryside. We offer an insider insight into rural Britain, highlighting some of the exceptional people, businesses and innovations we believe that everybody should know about.

April 11, 2019

Birken Tree Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Expand Healthy Product Range from Sustainably Managed Native Birch Trees

Birken Tree, the first and only home-grown producer of commercial Birchwater in the UK, has launched the Birken Tree Crowdfunding campaign to help fund its plans to expand its healthy product range from sustainably managed native Birch trees in Perthshire.

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April 5, 2019

2019 ‘Helping It Happen' Rural Awards Open for Entries

People across rural Scotland are being urged to share their stories of the work done by local estates, farms and land-based businesses to help their surrounding communities flourish, as nominations for the 2019 Helping It Happen Awards get underway.

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March 25, 2019

UK’s only home-grown birchwater producer commences three-week 'tapping' season

Over the last few years, Birchwater has seen a significant rise in popularity in the UK and across the Northern Hemisphere.

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February 11, 2019

Developing Our Future Skilled Workforce

A new training scheme is being rolled out across the Scottish Borders to help bring more young people into the rural workforce.With figures from across Scotland showing that only 25% of the number of trained workers required are coming into agriculture every year, BMR (Borders Machinery Ring Ltd) has launched a new pre-apprenticeship programme to help make up the shortfall.

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February 8, 2019

PR & Social Media Workshop: 6 March 2019, TD2 6RA

PR and social media are essential subjects for all businesses; this line-up of speakers makes this a must for all those looking for help.

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