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rural business trends

  1. The Business Barn

    Diversifying? Business ideas for on-farm events and attractions...

    Ideas to help get you started if you are looking to use existing on-farm assets for a new business venture. Weddings Celebration venue i.e. children birthday parties Corporate or conference venue Educational access for schools or groups Children’s activities, play or farm park Petting zoo Café...
  2. Creative Foodie

    Benefits to Diversifying

    Thinking of diversifying? I have recently write a blog post on the benefits of diversifying. Hope you find it interesting. https://www.appetite.me.uk/blog/benefits-to-diversifying
  3. The Business Barn

    Apparently millennials love cheese - is this an opportunity for us?

    Industry research reveals younger adults really do love cheese. While many dairy products have been under-fire recently, The Agricultural Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published a report highlighting how cheese bucks this trend. The findings show that 90% of households buy the...
  4. The Business Barn

    Organic business succeeds with flexible mindset...

    The desire to start an organic business drove Jan Billington to move her young family from London to South West England in 2002. But needless to say, what they were going to do when they got there and how they were going to make it work were unknown factors at the time. However, their flexible...
  5. The Business Barn

    'Enormous' potential for game meat...

    New research has shown that the majority of the British public have never bought game meat, but with effective promotion and marketing this could be reversed. The polling was undertaken by ORB on behalf of the Countryside Alliance and found that 85% of people have never bought pheasant or...
  6. The Business Barn

    Have you considered diversifying into the wedding industry?

    Kelly Chandler, business owner and experienced wedding consultant, advises that engaged couples are turning away from perceived traditional wedding formula and instead are looking for something unique and fitting with their personalities... If you're looking for inspiration to start a new...
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