Coming Soon · The free support network built for rural businesses like yours

Whether you cut hair in a village, run a pub on a country lane, fix cars in a market town, or make and sell things from your kitchen table - this is for you.

Running a business in a rural area is brilliant. It's also harder than anyone tells you. The connectivity problems. The isolation. The feeling that every business support resource out there was written for big businesses.

RCAN has spent over 100 years supporting rural communities across Nottinghamshire. Now we're building something specifically for the businesses that keep those communities alive.

It's called Rural Business Support. It's a free Facebook community - and it's coming very soon.

Who is this for? Rural Business Support is for anyone running a business in a rural town, village or countryside setting in Nottinghamshire. If any of these sound like you, you're exactly who we built this for.

• Hairdressers and beauty therapists
• Pubs, cafés and restaurants
• Garages and mobile mechanics
• Cleaners and domestic service businesses
• Craft makers, artists and independent makers
• Coaches, counsellors and therapists
• Tradespeople and rural contractors
• Farm shops, growers and food producers
• Holiday lets and rural tourism businesses
• Anyone running any kind of business from a village, rural town or countryside location

If you're building something in rural Nottinghamshire - this community is yours.

What's inside the group?

Rural Business Support isn't another generic business group full of spam and self-promotion. It's a carefully managed, genuinely useful community. Here's what members will get, completely free.

Our regular Marketing Minute series breaks down one practical marketing tip at a time. No jargon, no hour-long webinars - just simple, actionable advice you can use the same day.

We'll share live grant funding opportunities as soon as they open

A community that actually gets rural life

Connect with other rural business owners who understand the realities - the isolation, the juggle, and the reasons you wouldn't trade it for anything. Ask questions, share wins, and get real answers from people who've been there.

Expert signposting and support. Need to know where to turn for a specific challenge? We'll point you in the right direction whether that's funding, training, planning, or anything else rural businesses face.

We're putting the finishing touches to it now. Leave your email below and you'll be the first to know the moment the doors open.