A new forum to promote rural businesses will be launched tomorrow at Keighley Show.

The forum aims to support businesses which feel isolated because they are based in the countryside.

Behind the venture is a group of organisations, including Keighley Business Partnership and Bradford Council.

The launch will be performed by Councillor Anne Hawkesworth, the council's executive member for the environment.

She said: "It is important that rural enterprises are encouraged to grow and prosper, and the new forum aims to provide a voice for those who feel isolated from a support network.

"Bradford Council is committed to regenerating its rural areas, and has carried out extensive consultations and is working with local partners to identify the help businesses may need."