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The Rural & Peri-Urban Community Economy: Opportunities and Challenges

An examination of informal enterprise, skills, mobility, household economics and the local institutions that can connect people to opportunity.

NovusServe Research 18 August 2026 Research report
Executive summary

An examination of informal enterprise, skills, mobility, household economics and the local institutions that can connect people to opportunity. Economic profiles should remain citizen-controlled and purpose-bound while helping councils target programmes and employers find consented candidates.

An examination of informal enterprise, skills, mobility, household economics and the local institutions that can connect people to opportunity.

Why this matters

Economic profiles should remain citizen-controlled and purpose-bound while helping councils target programmes and employers find consented candidates.

Digital infrastructure should strengthen community institutions, not make them harder to recognise.

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