Excellence in Rural Housing B3: Boosting the countryside economy: The Rural Economy Growth Review Speakers: Sarah McAdam Head of Rural Communities Policy Unit Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Michael Talbot Senior Policy Advisor, Growth Review Central Team Department for Business Innovation and Skills Chair: Amy Beddis Policy Officer, South West National Housing Federation
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Excellence in Rural Housing
B3: Boosting the countryside economy:
The Rural Economy Growth Review
Speakers: Sarah McAdam
Head of Rural Communities Policy Unit Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Michael Talbot
Senior Policy Advisor, Growth Review Central Team Department for Business Innovation and Skills Chair: Amy Beddis
Policy Officer, South West National Housing Federation
Boosting the countryside economy:
The Rural Economy Growth Review NHF national conference
Bristol, 13 March 2012
Sarah McAdam, Head, Rural Communities Policy Unit, Defra
Michael Talbot, Senior Policy Advisor, Growth Review, BIS
Policy areas to promote future growth
Phase I (137 measures)
• Planning
• Regulation
• Trade & Investment
• Access to finance
• Competition
• Corporate Governance
• Low-Carbon
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Healthcare and Life sciences
• Digital/creative
• Professional & business services
• Retail
• Construction
• Space
• Tourism
Autumn Statement “Supply Side Reforms” (146 measures)
• Transport
• Finance for infrastructure
• Logistics
• Planning reform
• Housing
• Energy-intensive manufacturing
• Education and skills
• Employment regulation
• Public sector pay
• Regional rebalancing
• Mid-sized businesses
• Public sector procurement
• Science
• Publication of data (“Open Data”)
Draft slide for discussion
NHF: living, working
countryside conference
Rural Economy Growth
Review
Aim of the Review
“... To identify the actions that Government can
take to enable sustainable, diversified
economies in rural areas which are innovative
and dynamic, able to contribute to Green
Growth and to rebalance the national economy.”
Rural England
Is significant
No distinct,
homogenous
Rural Economy
Some differences
between rural and
urban economies
Remoteness a
Significant factor
• 19.6% of the population living on 86% of the land mass
• Rural Areas contribute an estimated 19% of national GVA
• Economy in rural areas broadly similar to urban economy
• Close links and interdependencies between the two
• Some sectors (e.g. Agri-food) and SMEs more prevalent