Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
10 Apr 2012
‘Don’t miss rural grant deadline’
RURAL businesses have until the end of the month to apply for the first round of funding from a major new grant scheme. The Rural Economy Grant is aimed at...
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05 Apr 2012
Watchdog to probe rural fuel prices?
COMPETITION watchdogs should investigate high rural fuel prices, the government has been told. Tory MP Sarah Newton believes the Office of Fair Trading should look into the reasons why petrol...
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05 Apr 2012
£100m to keep homes warm
UP TO £100m is available to help households keep warm during 2012/13 – the last year of the Warm Front scheme. Scheme organisers highlighted the figure after a mild winter...
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02 Apr 2012
Revealed: Quality of our rural life
BRITAIN’S best 50 places to live are highlighted in a survey of rural areas with the best quality of life. Cambridgeshire occupies two of the top three positions of the...
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30 Mar 2012
£1m to revitalise high streets
MARKET towns are set to be among the beneficiaries of a £1m fund to help revitalise Britain’s high streets. The government funding will be made available to help revitalise local...
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27 Mar 2012
Plan to revamp local bus subsidy
PLANS to reform the local bus subsidy system have been welcomed by Britain’s biggest bus operator. The government proposals aim to attract more people on to buses while giving local...
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27 Mar 2012
Planning framework unveiled at last
THE government has unveiled the long-awaited final version of its National Planning Policy Framework. The 50-page document, which replaces over 1,300 pages of policy in 44 separate documents, was published...
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24 Mar 2012
Rural broadband grants in Ryedale
A NEW broadband scheme aims to boost business in the North Yorkshire market towns of Malton and Norton. But firms must act quickly as funding deadlines mean that applications for...
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22 Mar 2012
‘Thousands of jobs’ from rural growth
A £15m project to boost the rural economy will create more than 3,000 jobs and 700 businesses, claims the government. “Great business ideas have been held back by the challenges...
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22 Mar 2012
Little rural cheer from latest Budget
RURAL communities are unlikely to benefit from the government’s latest budget, stakeholders have warned. Plans to increase fuel duty are especially likely to hit rural residents and businesses hardest, believe...
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