Author: <span>Philip Cornish</span>
08 Jan 2013
Bus passes connect people to jobs
RURAL job hunters are being given passes allowing them free bus travel in Northamptonshire. Fifty passes are providing up to six round-trip journeys for job interviews on the county’s pioneering...
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05 Jan 2013
Milestone for rural community shops
THE 300th community-owned shop has opened, marking a significant increase in community-owned rural services across the UK. Cobham Community Shop opened its doors last month in Kent, representing a thriving...
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04 Jan 2013
Wet weather fund hits £450k
A WET weather fund set up to help farmers and rural communities has reached £450,000. A charitable trust set up by rural insurer NFU Mutual became the latest organisation to...
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04 Jan 2013
MPs to debate rural speed limit
THE controversial issue of reducing rural speed limits is to be debated by MPs. Speed limits in rural Lincolnshire will be the subject of an adjournment debate tabled by Sleaford...
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02 Jan 2013
New Year focus on rural crime
RURAL leaders are joining forces with the police to combat countryside crime in Devon and Cornwall. Two events will bring toether business leaders, Devon & Cornwall Police and experts from...
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30 Dec 2012
‘Rural rebellion against spending cuts’
A NEW YEAR rebellion is to be launched against “grossly unfair” spending cuts set to “crucify” rural communities. A front-page article in the Sunday Telegraph highlights calls for a government...
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29 Dec 2012
Rising confidence in rural business
CONFIDENCE is growing in the rural business sector, suggesting the countryside is starting to emerge from the recession. Optimism for non-agricultural rural businesses is up with sales, profits, investment and...
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28 Dec 2012
Councils ‘set to build fewer houses’
COUNCILS are planning to build 272,720 fewer new homes since the abolition of regional planning, says a report. Local authorities across England have radically reduced their housing targets, according to...
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27 Dec 2012
Retailer helps save rural lives
LIFE-SAVING equipment is being made available to rural communities across East Anglia, thanks to the Co-operative Society. The East of England Co-operative Society is the first retailer in the UK...
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23 Dec 2012
Rural satellite broadband essential, says government minister
SATELLITE broadband is essential if internet speeds are to be speeded up in rural areas, believes a government minister. Science minister David Willetts was responding to a parliamentary question from...
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