Author: <span>Richard</span>
29 Mar 2021
Welfare system poorly adapted to meet needs of rural areas
The UK welfare system is poorly adapted to meet the needs of those living in rural areas, new research led by Newcastle University has found Opportunity for rural proofing The...
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29 Mar 2021
Tax Day/NHS charitable relief claim
The Treasury published its “Tax policies and consultations report (Spring 2021)” on 23 March 2021 “Tax day” combines an overview of the Government’s taxation policy with an update on the...
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29 Mar 2021
Rural Market Towns Group (RMTG) reaches 200!
The Rural Market Towns Group is part of the Rural Services Network that has been set up in recent years, to enable rural Town and Larger Parish Councils across England...
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29 Mar 2021
Rural businesses snubbed in UK budget says valuer
Farming UK reports on claims from the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers that the exclusion of a huge proportion of the rural economy from the new super deduction capital allowance...
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29 Mar 2021
Making rural intelligent networks a reality
Dr. Nermin Mohamed, Head of Telecommunications Solutions at Wind River writes in Telecoms this week that despite efforts to improve rural connectivity provision for those living outside of cities, the...
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29 Mar 2021
Urban ‘escalator’ means disadvantaged rural students miss out on top universities
High-achieving, disadvantaged students from urban areas are more likely to enter elite UK universities than similar peers from rural communities due to an urban ‘escalator effect’, according to a new...
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29 Mar 2021
Far more renewables needed in UK homes to meet net-zero target
The slow uptake of small-scale renewables has created energy ‘forests’ and ‘deserts’ across the UK, a new report has revealed in Euronews and Heating, Venting and Plumbing magazine The study...
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29 Mar 2021
Hinterland – 29 March 2021
In Hinterland this week: the challenges of adult social care, Brexit appears neither green nor tasty for rural folk, the places which are top of the pops in rural England...
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23 Mar 2021
March Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
March 2021 Edition In casebook this month, virus wars, the differential footprint of the virus, the links between poverty and health revisited through the lens of foodbanks, sleeping care workers...
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23 Mar 2021
March Edition of Casebook – Health Funding Opportunities from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation Fellow Funding available for the employment of a knowledge exchange and commercialisation fellow at your research organisation. The aim is...
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