USING brains to boost a rural economy will be the subject of a business event.

The Northern Rural Network is hosting the Knowledge Economy and Rural Development Event at the Durham Dales Centre, in Stanhope, on Wednesday.

The event aims to find ways of delivering better integrated public services to help a knowledge-based economy develop in the Durham Dales.

It will also look at how the West Durham Rural Pathfinder, an organisation set up to deliver services to the most deprived areas, can help the development of the area.

The day runs from 9.15am to 4pm, and there will be speakers from all backgrounds.