Author: <span>Richard</span>
06 Jul 2020
Rural broadband and mobile phone coverage boost ahead of ‘staycation summer’
The Daily Mail reports that O2 is working to eradicate mobile signal rural ‘not-spots’ by extending 4G coverage in 91,000 areas across the UK – including 400 tourist destinations O2...
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06 Jul 2020
Spotlight on Rural Housing – July 2020
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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06 Jul 2020
Hinterland – 6 July 2020
In Hinterland this week – as we move towards a new fortnightly format, so the next Hinterland will be will be out in mid July- local initiative on broadband, making...
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29 Jun 2020
Rural areas demand support to tackle climate change
A group of rural council leaders has launched a new network to promote the voice of the countryside in the climate change debate. In a letter published on the 24th...
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29 Jun 2020
Lockdown drives demand for rural property
The Telegraph has published several articles showing a renewed interest from buyers searching for small farms, smallholdings or rural properties since lockdown began Thousands of ‘panic movers’ are quitting cities...
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29 Jun 2020
Affordable decarbonisation of rural businesses and industries
Both Politics Home and The Parliament Magazine have this week published articles arguing that in a post-COVID economy, with both taxpayer and household finances hard hit, it is ‘vital’ all...
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29 Jun 2020
VAT payment holiday ends 30th June, rural firms reminded
Farming UK reports that rural businesses are being reminded that the VAT payment holiday – which ran from 21st March because of the COVID-19 crisis – ends on 30th June...
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29 Jun 2020
Defra food vulnerability update
Below is is this week’s update on Defra’s work on food for vulnerable people: This week we are: Continuing the work of transitioning those receiving food boxes to alternative arrangements....
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29 Jun 2020
Hinterland – 29 June 2020
In Hinterland this week – the coronavirus and local government expenditure, councils on the front foot over climate change, a call for greater devolution of powers to tackle the virus,...
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29 Jun 2020
June Edition of Casebook from the Rural Health and Care Alliance
June 2020 Edition Welcome to your June edition of Casebook, a dedicated, monthly e-newsletter for Rural Health Care Alliance members. This month, as we approach a new easing of lockdown,...
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