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17 Jan 2022

Millions of rural homes forced into expensive eco upgrades

The Telegraph has reported how rural areas will be disproportionately affected by the heating crisis over the next decade amid plans to ban fossil fuel systems in off-grid homes The...

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17 Jan 2022

Report Warns of Underinvestment in Rural Connectivity and Skills

Publications including ISPreview and IT Pro cover the findings of a new Rural England CIC report that shows many people in the country’s small towns and villages still face being...

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17 Jan 2022

Holiday lets ‘are strangling rural communities’ in Cornwall

Farmers Weekly and Cornwall Live report on new data revealing how rural families are being deprived of housing by a 1,000% surge in the number of short-term lets and holiday...

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17 Jan 2022

Deal to bring rural areas up to speed on broadband

The Times reports that rural fibre broadband provider, Borderlink, which trades as GoFibre, has received £164 million of new funding from Gresham House, the asset manager Borderlink said that along...

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17 Jan 2022

Webinar series – Delivering Rural Economic Growth

This CPD module is intended to allow delegates to explore the key characteristics of rural economies and consider the most appropriate strategy they might follow in stimulating rural economic growth....

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17 Jan 2022

Join the Community Enterprise Catalyst (Devon) Team!

Community Catalysts CIC is a busy, buzzy social enterprise that tries hard to live up to its name. They are starting a new piece of work in partnership with Devon...

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11 Jan 2022

School Inspections

Learning, Skills & Education Insight on the RSN website has now been updated with an analysis examining overall effectiveness of state-funded schools inspected in England. The analysis presents Ofsted school...

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10 Jan 2022

Resilient rural businesses innovate and diversify during Covid

Rural businesses in parts of England have shown remarkable resilience during Covid-19 by innovating and adapting in response to the severe economic challenges of the pandemic, according to a major...

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10 Jan 2022

BT move to clarify landline concerns from rural and vulnerable residents

The Northern Echo reports that BT has confirmed that its ‘Digital Voice’ roll-out in the UK will “enhance” calls for customers, after it announced that traditional landlines would be replaced...

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10 Jan 2022

The dark side of country living

The Telegraph reports on the division between more deprived rural areas of the country like Cornwall, where it sets out the “contrast between the luxury hotels and the many on...

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