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We are currently busy planning lots of new pages and content areas for the website to ensure that visitors don't need to go anywhere else - we are the 'One Stop' website for Rural Development news. Keep your eyes peeled for changes coming soon! We have also been busy as usual ensuring we continue to add interesting content to the website each day, news; case studies; and projects.

Rural Business Investment Scheme - Non-Agriculture

Application window now open until 20 August

Financial support for small businesses diversifying into non-farming activities.

Study Visits

The application window for Study Visits is now open until 30 July 2021

Groups of eligible farmers and foresters can apply for a maximum of £3,000 per group to fund 50% of the cost of a study visit within the UK for a period of up to 4 days.

Royal Welsh Show Digital

The Society were very disappointed to announce that the 2021 Royal Welsh Show had to be cancelled again due to the pandemic. But the Show went Virtual. Here's small selection of webinars.

Virtual HCC Breakfast Reception with Minister Lesley Griffiths and Chair Catherine Smith

BeefQ: How farming practices influence the eating quality of beef

Dairy Sheep farming webinar

Born a farmer or born on a farm?

Menter Môn

This month's featured Local Development area is Menter Môn who serve two areas - Isle of Anglesey and Gwynedd under the two Local Action Groups -Arloesi Gwynedd Wledig & Arloesi Môn.

Menter Môn work with businesses, communities and individuals, to deliver meaningful projects, that harness their strengths and contribute to a sustainable future.

Local Projects - there are currently 69 projects for Anglesey and 157 for Gwynedd listed on the Rural Network web pages. A particularly successful project is Morlais - a Tidal Energy project that started small with LEADER funding and has now progressed to a large scale project that has secured funding from other schemes, LEADER's little acorns grow into big oak trees

EU exit: resources

The latest information on how your business can adapt to the new trading rules is available on the Preparing Wales website, as well as on the Business Wales EU Transition Portal. Be sure to also check the Transition website, which now offers the Brexit checker to get a personalised list of actions for you, your business, and your family.