The Guardian small business network is holding a love Q&A session today for businesses looking to start up in rural areas, for more information follow this link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/small-business-network/2013/feb/11/rural-location-small-business-starting-up?CMP=EMCJOBTXT502

Brackley Town Council working with South Northamptonshire Council is to begin feasibility work on the restoration of the Town Hall and Old Fire Station.   The buildings represent great opportunities to provide facilities that better meet the needs of existing and future residents

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We are delighted to have been appointed by Brackley Town Council to progress detailed feasibility studies for two important buildings in Brackley Town Centre; The Old Fire Station and the Town Hall. Both buildings are of historic significance, but in particular the Grade II* Town Hall

The Commission for Rural Communities has published a report entitled Rural micro-businesses: what makes some thrive in a challenging economic climate, it reviews why some very small businesses are successful during periods of economic difficulty. It makes recommendations to Central Go

The Government annouced yesterday that it is making available more funding for Neighbourhood Plans. Below is an extract from the press release on the Planning Portal: ‘The Government has announced further funding to help communities get involved in the new neighbourhood planning

We were invited by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) last week to share our thoughts on the importance of Christmas themed events to the economy of towns. The FSB are producing a film on the matter and Ross was interviewed giving his thoughts. The FSB spent the day in Aylsham,

We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Little Chart Cricket Club website. We were pleased to have done our bit for the Club by designing and developing the site. We have been working with the Club over the last few weeks develop the site that provides a central point for i

Kate Pinnock discusses in Public Finance the effect of the Localism act on local communities a year on from its launch. To read the whole article click here or see below.   With the Localism Act approaching its first anniversary there are already signs that grassroots enthusiasm

Eric Pickles outlines proposals to make it easier to set up new Town and Parish Councils as part of the Governments drive to hand back power to local communities. Have a look at the following pages for further information or indeed provide comment in the consultation:   http://ww