We held our annual Rural business Forum on 6 November this year. This saw our essential rural sectors such as farming, estates, and sustainable partners, come together with the council to discuss issues around land development, employment and sustainable practices.
We had key speakers from Dyson Farming who talked about their vision and future of farming as well as land use and commercial opportunities. Reading University were our other key speaker who covered areas around sustainable land development and biodiversity along with their research and the work they do with businesses.
The session was useful for everyone to discuss issues they were experiencing face to face and understand different companies outlook and thoughts.
The day was a success that generated great feedback with all attendees finding the session useful who would like to see it happen again in the future. It is one of our key engagement sessions with our rural businesses throughout the year and we will be keeping up the engagement in the future. If you are a rural business and would like to attend the event in future, please reach out to our team on: economicdevelopment@westberks.gov.uk.