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Lancashire's farmers have had to diversify, like Pam Turner and daughter Rachel, who opened a farm shop at their Windy Arbour Farm, in Billinge


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THE value of England's rural--v^:: . economy,is around a fifth of the national total, and the vast majority -,


.: of rural businesses are very small.-. A report published last year by the


■ Commission forRural Communities ' looked at ways in which some - ■ : micro-businesses in rural areas had managed to thrive,“despite the '.challenging economic conditions. -


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- other businesses to use; .- • Small companies, such, as food . producers or providers of holiday 'accommodation, have found -


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product, or in a location where that product is currently hard to obtain; • Successful small, rural shops and other small businesses have often benefited from developing a very deep understanding of the needs - of their local market, and adapting to meet them; ■


.• Some businesses offering holiday: accommodation or. leisure facilities . in rural areas, for example, have -


found ways of packaging their products and selling them to a - wider market. • Some farmers have been able' | to use an idyllic rural location to ' market business units in former • farm buildings;


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