THE Rural Regeneration Zone Board simply does not have the resources to fund all the schemes proposed for the Herefordshire area.

Peter Pawsey, chairman of the board said: "The RRZ executive and board have recently been through a thorough process to identify the key priorities for the next two years that can be funded within available resources.

"As a result of this neither Kington nor Hereford City of Living Crafts are included in the list of projects that we are recommending AWM to consider for funding.

"The zone board are delighted that at the beginning of the programme so many good potential schemes were proposed.

"It is a demonstration of the energy and enthusiasm that local people have for improving the quality of life in their area.

"Unfortunately the plain fact is that there is not enough money in the programme to fund everything and hard choices have had to be made.

"We know that this is disappointing for those people who have been working hard to develop schemes that are not included in our initial recommendations and the board is actively making the case for more funds to come into the zone.

"Our zone team will be working, with others, in attempt to source alternative funding for those schemes that are not going forward to the next stage at this time."

Herefordshire schemes that have secured successful bids include investment into the Rotherwas Industrial Estate, the Herefordshire Tourism Package and the Creative Industries Package.

The board membership consists of nominations from Herefordshire, Shropshire, and Worcestershire partnerships and three members from the private sector appointed following an open application process.