19 March 2026
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There is an old adage that the bond between sisters is unlike any other, and in business that connection can be either a liability or a superpower. Spend five minutes with Fiona and Alison Bates and it...
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Without a deliberate shift towards rural-aware funding, workforce planning and service design, rural disadvantage will deepen: accelerating skills drain, weakening local economies, eroding community resilience and undermining public confidence.
19 March 2026
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After the loss of their father, sisters Fiona and Alison Wilshaw stepped up to run their family farm in Cheshire
19 March 2026
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Tractors descend on Royal Courts of Justice as eleventh-hour campaign to halt family farm tax begins
17 March 2026
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