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02 Nov 2020
Plunkett releases key reports into community pubs and shops
The Plunkett Foundation has recently released its flagship reports into community pubs and community shops – showing both sectors to be in robust health as the country was plunged into...
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02 Nov 2020
Pub converts shipping container into shop for Longburton residents
Left to right: Becky Gibbons, son Kai Gibbons and John Gibbons outside The Larder A shipping container converted into a village shop in a Dorset pub has come to the...
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02 Nov 2020
Despair of young over life and work in countryside is risk to rural communities – The Yorkshire Post says
The Yorkshire Post reports on fears that young demographics are ‘pessimistic’ about their prospects in rural communities, seeing both the effects of the pandemic and Brexit as likely to compromise...
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28 Oct 2020
Rural homelessness doubles since 2018 according to rural campaigners
‘Investing in affordable rural housing will level up and turbo charge the rural economy’ according to new research from CPRE, the countryside charity, English Rural and the Rural Services Network...
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26 Oct 2020
The Economic and Social Impact of the Post Office
The Post Office have launched a new report, The Economic and Social Impact of the Post Office, which has been compiled by Public First. The report finds that Post Office...
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26 Oct 2020
Record number of shops close with worse yet to come, warn analysts
The Guardian and Daily Mail have reported on research showing that a record number of shops disappeared from high streets across the country in the first half of 2020 A...
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26 Oct 2020
Increasing demand for rural properties to increase as pandemic continues
Publications including Farming UK and Somerset Live have reported on new research showing an increase in interest in rural locations among home buyers The papers reported on research from Zoopla...
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26 Oct 2020
Royal Mail launches doorstep parcel collections service
The Financial Times and the Independent have reported that Royal Mail postal workers are now collecting parcels from customers’ doorsteps for the first time through a new service called Parcel...
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26 Oct 2020
Regional airline Flybe could return early next year
The Financial Times reported that regional airline Flybe could be flying again early next year after being bought by a former shareholder The airline went bankrupt in March. The Exeter-based...
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19 Oct 2020
Rural Services APPG Meets Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Spending Review
On 13th October the Rural Services All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) met Steve Barclay MP The Chief Secretary to the Treasury to raise a number of rural issues ahead of...
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