Rural Development

Anna Burgess

Working Wales Review: Employability Support Across Wales

Working Wales is an impartial and professional, careers and employability support service that was launched in 2019 and is delivered by...

Marianne Kell

Circular Economy: Brainwaves project summative assessment

Context Brainwaves was a research project to support the Irish and Welsh Governments’ strategic priority to decarbonise their...

Wavehill

Good Growth: how Cornwall will deliver inclusive and clean economic growth

Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly have received £132m from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and £5.6m from the Rural Prosperity Fund....

Endaf Griffiths

Engaging Farmers in Research: the Farm Business Grant

The Welsh Government has published our latest research focused on the Farm Business Grant. The grant is a scheme that provides financial...

Anna Burgess

Nature based evaluations; understanding Wavehill’s approach to environmental impact.

Our work spans a range of economic development and social research environment.

Wavehill

Environmental Statement (ES) for onshore wind farm

Context As part of the need for greater renewable energy to reach net zero, EDF Renewables sought to develop an onshore wind farm in mid...

Endaf Griffiths

Reflections on the Welsh Government's drive to tackle the 'brain drain'

The Welsh government are setting out plans to tackle the ‘brain drain’ of young people leaving Wales. This recognises the economic and...

Endaf Griffiths

Reflections: lessons learnt from evaluating rural programmes in Wales

Being invited to speak at an event prompted me to reflect on 15 years of evaluating rural development projects and programmes in Wales. I...

Endaf Griffiths

Report: Utilising opportunities created by improved digital infrastructure in rural Wales

Published in September 2020, this report for BT found that improved digital connectivity has the potential to help address a number of...

Declan Turner & Oliver Allies

Report Published: Rural Enterprise Exmoor Research

Exmoor National Park Authority in partnership with Local Authorities and the Heart of the South West LEP through the Rural Enterprise...