An initiative to promote young farmers participation entrepreneurship and innovation
for sustainable rural areas
Projects & Practice
LINC stands for Leader Inspired Network Community, an initiative of Local Action Groups and Network Support Units.

A project to enhance the facilities on a geological site, enable new visitor-based activities and attract more visitors who will spend more time in the area.

The GrowBiz approach to enterprise support is based on building long-term relationships with businesses and encouraging them to connect, collaborate, share and network with other enterprises in their local community and further afield.

A company producing rye gin and whiskey used RDP support to increase its production capacity to meet the demand of national and international markets.

A start-up business in Finland used RDP financing to carry out a feasibility study which helped lower the risks in upscaling their production capacity of biocomposites.

Setting up a niche business start-up as a canine therapy centre.

Support from the rural development programme for England enabled an entrepreneur to upgrade his ales brewing business.

A small Finnish start-up company developed nutritional supplements based on traditional herbs and plants from Lapland.