WiRE Director awarded OBE

DIRECTOR of Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE), Polly Gibb, has been awarded the OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to rural enterprise. Polly, from Coalbrookdale in Telford, has worked for WiRE for around 10 years, spending three of those in her current role as Director. WiRE is based at Harper Adams University in Shropshire and was started as a result of research conducted by academics at the institution. It has been offering business support and training to women in rural business since 1996 and now has around 6000 entrepreneurs across the UK on its database. Mother