| DO YOU OWN LAND? ARE YOU A RURAL BUSINESS OR ENTERPRISE IN WALES?
If so, we can help!
Are you a:
- Rural Enterprise
- Farming Business
- Agri-business
- Food or tourism business
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WE CAN HELP
We have a range of advisory, support and training services to meet the needs of all manner of businesses looking to plan their future post Brexit. If you are eligible you may be able to access a range of funded support for Grants, Advisory and Training services designed to support businesses and communities across Wales. Talk to one of our team about the range of programmes available.
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FOOD & FARMING IN WALES
The Food and Farming industry in Wales is worth £6.1 Billion in turnover (2015) and is an employer of 45,000 people, 14,000 businesses, 25,000 farms with 44% being self employed.
Food and farming in Wales has been to date closely tied into the EU in terms of customers, subsidies and regulations, the details of which need to be unpicked as part of Brexit discussions.
The Welsh Government’s Food Action Plan, launched in 2014, has the target of growing the sector by 30% by 2020, with exports being seen as a significant way to achieve that.
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RURAL ENTERPRISES & RURAL ECONOMY
According to the 2011 census, 67.2 percent of the population of Wales lived in urban areas, while 32.8 percent lived in rural areas.
In 2008, the Welsh Government estimated that 85 percent of land in Wales was used for either agriculture, forestry or was common land. In 2014, the agricultural, forestry and fishing sector was estimated to have produced £363 million, 0.7 percent of the total GVA of Wales. This compares to 0.6 percent in England.
Within Wales, the area where agriculture, forestry and fishing formed the largest proportion of local area GVA was Powys, where the sector produced 3.2 percent of GVA. The next largest was South West Wales, where this sector represented 2 percent of GVA.
Statistics’ clearly show the rural economy in Wales is a primary sector that needs investment and innovation from government to businesses within the sectors.