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YF: Yorkshire Forward is investing £170,000 of funding from the Rural Development Programme for England in a pilot programme that will enable essential retail businesses in rural locations to diversify and add to the services that they offer.
Successful businesses applying for support from the Rural Retail Support Programme will benefit from help up to a total value of £10,000 support per business. This can cover both specialist advice to the business and small scale capital investments in developing the business for the future.
The programme will be managed & delivered on behalf of Yorkshire Forward by Business Link Yorkshire. Qualifying businesses need to be the only essential retail service in that community and already be considering significant changes to the services they offer.
They also need to be prepared to invest in the changes along with the grant support. Businesses benefiting could include village shops, or independently owned petrol filling stations and public houses that already offer a wider range of products for sale to their rural community.
Press release ~ Yorkshire Forward ~ Rural Development Programme for England ~
