This joint summit with the South West Regional Development Agency is focusing on how businesses, consumers and communities are and can be empowered to address their economic, social and environmental needs.
The event is the last of 4 summits following the report on ‘England’s rural areas: steps to releasing their economic potential‘ by Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government’s Rural Advocate.
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