Author: <span>Richard</span>
16 Dec 2019
Rural businesses hope election result will put an end to uncertainty
Regional paper the Shropshire Star reports that business owners are hoping the Conservative majority in Parliament will put an end to the uncertainty ‘that has plagued many businesses’ and ‘impacted...
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16 Dec 2019
Councils fight back against BT plans to remove rural phone boxes
Local authorities in Yorkshire have banded together to oppose BT’s plan to remove telephone boxes in rural areas, according to the Yorkshire Post Councils across Yorkshire are calling on BT...
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16 Dec 2019
Spotlight on fairer funding to address the local penalty
The RSN is calling on government to produce a fully funded, comprehensive rural strategy. In this strategy there are a number of areas which we believe are linked, and need...
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11 Dec 2019
Childcare Provision
This analysis presents data on childcare provision and inspections using source data from Ofsted. The data shows the situation as at March in the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and as...
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11 Dec 2019
Casebook – December 2019
December 2019 Edition News NHS e-health systems ‘risk patient safety’ Everyone knows this is a problem but this story gives us a timely reminder of the scale of the challenge....
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11 Dec 2019
Casebook – Health Funding Opportunities (December 2019)
December 2019 Edition HEALTH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Kay (our Research Lead) has begun a regular process of collating information about funding sources. She is happy for you to email her for...
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09 Dec 2019
Rural Services Network partners to encourage use of biofuel
The website Bioenergy Insight reports on comments made by Rural Services Network (RSN) chief executive Graham Biggs on the potential of using biomass as fuel in the UK RSN has...
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09 Dec 2019
Britain loses almost a fifth of libraries
The Guardian reports that almost 800 libraries have closed around England, Scotland and Wales since 2010 The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (Cipfa) annual survey of British libraries has...
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09 Dec 2019
Average journey times to public services across England revealed
The Department for Transport calculates journey times from neighbourhoods across England to eight types of local service on foot and using public transport Destinations range from job centres to GP...
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09 Dec 2019
Support for small businesses
The Independent reports on Labour’s announcement last week to establish a network of business advisers in Post Office branches to help small firms access support and finance A Post Office...
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