April 2021 Press Coverage

Liverpool News Daily: Social enterprises ‘can play a key role in UK recovery’  The Business Desk: Social enterprise vital to post-COVID-19 recovery Teesdale Mercury:  New survey into how rural business coped with crisis

Is Declining Dynamism to blame for our Productivity woes?

Over the past decade, we have seen a historic slowdown in productivity growth. While there is some cause for optimism based on the rapid adoption of tech during the pandemic, boosting productivity should still be the top priority for any government. After all, more than anything else, it is what determines wages and living standards…. Read more

Large-scale business survey to shed light on rural resilience during COVID

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) is asking rural and farming businesses in the North East, South West and Midlands how they are dealing with COVID-19 to explore the lesser-known area of rural resilience. There is little research about how small firms in rural areas manage crises and how they recover so NICRE… Read more