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.
With winners covering many parts of Scotland, from Skye to the South of Scotland and many places in between, the Helping It Happen Award 2022 have once again congratulated some of Scotland’s most innovative, diverse and imaginative rural businesses. The Helping It Happen Awards, supported by headline sponsor NatureScot, enjoyed an in-person ceremony at the Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh this week, for the first time since 2019. Hosted by member organisation Scottish Land & Estates which runs the Awards, the evening was compered by Bruce Aitchison, creator of the Happiness is Egg Shaped brand.
READ MOREA wander around the 2022 Tillage Live event held at Dunbar in East Lothian, and organised by the Agricultural Engineers Association. Monty and producer Dave talk to exhibitors and punters, and narrowly avoid getting run over by some big shiny kit. Episode kindly supported by Cefetra.
READ MOREIt’s well known that great leaders regularly delegate. But how do you know if you need to delegate more?
READ MOREAdvice and support for anyone looking to maximise the impact of social media to support your rural business. Anna is joined by social media expert Pam Newby, to make sense of the sometimes intimidating world of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more.
READ MOREDo you think of yourself as unimaginative? Are you struggling to come up with new ideas? As Charles Darwin famously said, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most adaptable to change.” The last couple of years have certainly shown that to be true. We've been impressed by the way enterprising people came up with creative solutions to various business problems. But what if you are not naturally creative? Can you still pivot your business?
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