Erskine | About
We think differently, providing our unique creativity and perspective to your project; together turning opportunities into action.
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What we do
Rural economy and food
The Foot and Mouth epidemic in 2001 sparked a new look at the rural economy and the role of of the market town within it. Following the outbreak, Lord Haskins’ report called for a ground up review of this vital part of the economy. Since then Erskine have conducted a number of projects in the areas of food, market town regeneration and developing the rural economy.
Rural economy
Erskine were one of the first organisations to work with a market town which had suffered terribly in the outbreak. Since then Erskine have become experts in the development of the rural economy from farm / estate diversification to creating regeneration action plans that really work.
We provide true entrepreneurial thinking into any project based on business / community engagement, economic and policy analysis. Sound economic data is provided by our key partners TBR Economics who have developed the unique Trends Central Resource business database. This represents a unique source of information on nearly 2 million UK organisations and range from sole traders to conglomerates, businesses to voluntary organisations.
For any further information contact Simon Campbell or Terry Bevan
Food
From our experience gained in the rural economy it is clear that British farmers need to develop niche markets, or add value to their produce, if they wish to remain in farming. Erskine and its associates have developed expertise in helping farmers and farmer groups develop these markets. We also like eating it…
For any further information contact Angela Campbell
