People finding work in sparsely populated areas are outnumbering those registering as unemployed. Stuart Burgess, chairman of the Commission for Rural Communities, said "signs of hope" were emerging from the recession in rural areas. Although many people faced economic challenges and genuine hardship, there were also reasons to be positive, he said. Dr Burgess was speaking on the first day of the National Association of Local Councils annual conference in London on 4th September. Growth in small and micro businesses had been much higher in rural areas than in the rest of the country, said Dr Burgess. Rural areas also had higher levels of female entrepreneurs and rural businesses were more likely to export to international markets when compared to their urban counterparts.
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