State of rural community business: A snapshot view in June 2020

The Coronavirus crisis affected lives in all corners of the world, almost no community has gone unchanged in some way since global awareness of the outbreak began in the Spring of 2020. For community-owned and run businesses across the UK, Covid-19 presented both daunting challenges and unexpected opportunities. 

This report looks deeply into those ups and downs, specifically focusing on the period between April and June 2020 – from the peak of the pandemic and the national lockdown to the relaxing of government guidance.