Author: <span>Richard</span>
30 Nov 2020
Strengthening local economies and creating choice with community enterprises
In recent months, we’ve all seen local people in communities up and down the country thrown into the spotlight as they’ve stepped in to help other local people through the...
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30 Nov 2020
Post Offices in £50m plea
The Daily Mail has reported that more than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ if the Government does not step in to subsidise a £50m funding hole this week Chancellor...
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30 Nov 2020
New research maps access to cash across the UK
The BBC and the Municipal Journal have reported on how pandemic has sped up the country’s journey towards a cashless society In March, ATM withdrawals fell by 60 percent, with...
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30 Nov 2020
Drone deliveries to rural areas on UK government’s radar
The Financial Times and Government Computing have reported that the Government is considering allowing drones to deliver goods to cut delivery times ‘in rural or isolated towns’ and reduce carbon...
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30 Nov 2020
Rural Review of the Comprehensive Spending Review
The Government has announced a one-year Spending Review for 2020, the long- term spending review being abandoned in favour of a short term approach to prioritise the response to Covid-19...
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30 Nov 2020
Institute of Economic Development – Online CPD Training on Delivering Rural Economic Growth
Following on from the recent launch of the Rural Economy Toolkit the iED is offering short course on delivering economic growth in rural areas The course will run for 3...
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30 Nov 2020
Hinterland – 30 November 2020
In Hinterland this week – rural broadband, Brexit, digital transport, nurses, vaccinations and your holiday carbon footprint. Read on…. * * * Rural broadband: Where has all the money gone?...
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26 Nov 2020
RSN Initial response to Comprehensive Spending Review
The hotly anticipated Comprehensive Spending Review was announced today, and given the unprecedented times in which we live, it was always going to be critical to see how the Government...
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24 Nov 2020
November Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
November 2020 Edition In Casebook this month: a bevy of stories about the coronavirus and its multifaceted impact on many aspects (if not all aspects!) of our lives. I also...
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24 Nov 2020
November Edition of Casebook – Health Funding Opportunities from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
This month’s featured funding opportunities are: Gamesys FoundationThe main focus of the Gamesys Foundation is to “preserve and protect the wellbeing of individuals suffering from mental health issues”. They provide...
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