How can the RDP help you?
It can help you to:
Get advice about what you are doing
Overcome the hurdles in setting up a new business
Improve your financial and environmental sustainability
Diversify into new enterprises
Develop new skills
Add value and develop new products and markets
Work collectively with others to develop new opportunities
Whatever your background or interests, the RDP can help you fulfil your potential, develop an idea and even get your business off to a secure start. Whether you are a farmer who wants to become more competitive, an entrepreneur who wants to develop a new business, or a community group looking to tackle a fresh project to improve the quality of life in your area, the RDP can help.
A wide variety of support including funding opportunities, mentoring and advice is available. This website has been designed to give practical advice in the form of easy to read, self-help information on the different opportunities available. It also contains a number of excellent case studies on rural businesses, which demonstrate how, with assistance from past programmes, they are reaching new heights. So whatever your particular needs are, the information here will help you get going.
