A new EU project – rural SMEs – will work to boost innovative rural entrepreneurship in new niches of business opportunity, including in areas such as energy, environment, eco-industries, ICT and social innovation.

The project aims to improve regional support systems for entrepreneurs through identification and exchange of good practice in business development, addressing issues such as access to finance; communication and logistics; access to knowledge and; innovation service support. The project is funded under Interreg Europe and will run between 2017 and 2021.