Author: <span>Richard</span>
05 Jul 2021
Cash in Rural Areas
The Government has launched at consultation on 1st July 2021 on Access to Cash. It is the next step in legislating to protect access to cash and ensuring that the...
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05 Jul 2021
New Report: National Parks and the Climate Emergency
The Campaign for National Parks has recently published their ‘National Parks and the Climate Emergency’ report They believe that our National Parks have a key role to play in tackling...
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05 Jul 2021
BT confirms talks with OneWeb over rural broadband coverage
BT and OneWeb have confirmed that they are exploring using the satellite network for rural coverage in the UK, according to Capacity Media and Fierce Telecom The two companies announced...
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05 Jul 2021
North Yorkshire Rural Commission
The Yorkshire Post reports on the findings of the North Yorkshire Rural Commission, which it says show “the starkest warning yet of the area’s future policy challenges as a consequence...
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05 Jul 2021
‘Boris bus’ maker helping to turn rural services electric
The Telegraph reports that the company behind the “Boris bus” is using French batteries to bring environmentally friendly services to rural routes, after previously pledging to champion British manufacturing Wrightbus...
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05 Jul 2021
UK to boost rural mobile connectivity
Telecommunication publications including Light Reading and Advanced Television report on news that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has published encouraging forecasts on how much it thinks rural 4G...
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05 Jul 2021
Levistor secures Government grant to speed up EV charging in rural areas
The company developing energy storage technology to enable super-fast charging of electric vehicles, has secured a £545,000 grant from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, in partnership with Innovate UK,...
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05 Jul 2021
Spotlight on Rural Housing – July 2021
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of current rural housing issues and...
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05 Jul 2021
Hinterland – 5 July 2021
In Hinterland this week – local authorities in financial trouble, planning challenges, John Lewis and an interesting diversification agenda, mental health problems for rural mums exacerbated by Covid, archaeological challenges...
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28 Jun 2021
Rural England hosts Rural Vulnerability Day 2021
Last week, supporters and stakeholders of Rural England came together for this year’s Rural Vulnerability Day. Usually taking place in Portcullis House, this year the event took place online, with...
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