Author: <span>Richard</span>
26 Mar 2018
Seminar to discuss rural digital economy
A seminar to discuss the creative and digital rural economy is due to take place in London next month. The Creative and Digital Rural Economy (CaDRE) initiative proposes to align...
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26 Mar 2018
Community rail helps social inclusion
Community rail intiatives can help reduce rural isolation and help social incusion, says a report. Launched by the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP), the report highlights community rail projects...
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26 Mar 2018
RSN Economic Profiling Service – February 2018
– Unemployment Claimant Flows as an Indicator of Economic Performance JSA claimant flows analysis (January 18) JSA claimants as percentage of working population analysis (September 17)
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22 Mar 2018
Rural Services Network responds to House of Lords
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Thursday, 22 March 2018 The Rural Services Network [1] has responded to a House of Lords report which recommends that government responsibility for rural issues should...
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22 Mar 2018
“Countryside at a Crossroads” response
The Rural Services Network has welcomed a House of Lords report which says the government is failing rural communities. The “Countryside at a Crossroads” report was published by a House...
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22 Mar 2018
Government is ‘failing rural communities’
The government is failing England’s rural communities, says a House of Lords select committee. Responsibility for rural issues should be transferred away from Defra and given to another government department,...
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22 Mar 2018
Court closures ‘threaten rural justice’
Rural communities risk being cut off from the criminal justice system due to court closures, the government has been told. The warning was issued by the National Rural Crime Network...
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21 Mar 2018
Spotlight on heart of the village
A roundup of our news, research and work provided by the Rural Services Network, highlighting issues for the heart of the village and its services in the last 12 months. News...
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21 Mar 2018
Workshop on rural policy post-Brexit
TWO prominent politicians will discuss the future of rural policy at a special University of Gloucestershire workshop. Shadow Defra minister David Drew and MEP Julie Girling are among those attending the event...
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16 Mar 2018
Vouchers to connect rural broadband
Rural residents and businesses are to be given vouchers to help with the cost of connecting to fibre broadband. The government said tens of thousands of homes and businesses would...
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