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21 Jun 2021

Social care: Ministers urged to ‘act now’ on funding reform

Social care organisations have urged ministers to publish long-awaited plans to overhaul how the sector in England is funded within a month They have called…

21 Jun 2021

Helping food and drink businesses move towards sustainable delivery – survey and event

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) is co-hosting an interactive event on 30 June 2021 for food and drink businesses to help realise…

21 Jun 2021

Young people in the UK’s rural hotspots feel priced out

The BBC reports on how the ongoing narrative we heard over the course of the pandemic was how remote working was leading people to give…

21 Jun 2021

Satellite broadband provider fights to rid rural Britain of sluggish broadband

The Telegraph reports on the continued rollout of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites that aim to reach remote areas The technology could prove to be…

21 Jun 2021

Early social science insight of Mobile Access North Yorkshire released

Early social science insight has been released from Lancaster University Management School about Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY) – a Department for Digital, Culture, Media…

14 Jun 2021

RSN asks for rural pilots… Government delivers

Last week we reported on the Government’s announcement of 10 council to test the use of digital tools in the planning process.  The announcement included…

14 Jun 2021

Govt Launches Tourism Recovery Plan

On 11 June 2021, the Government launched its Tourism Recovery Plan.  Designed to support the Tourism sector build back better from the pandemic, it aims…

14 Jun 2021

Rural Customers Set to Gain Access To “Life-Changing” Broadband

Thousands of rural customers are set to gain access to “life-changing” broadband following the completion of a major corporate deal, reports the Yorkshire Post. Northleaf…

14 Jun 2021

How Green Homes Grant decision penalises rural areas

President of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Mark Bridgeman, writes an opinion piece in the Yorkshire Post, stating that when the Government announced…

14 Jun 2021

House buyers in rural towns face 13% premiums

The FT Advisor reports on new research from Halifax that found that house buyers in small rural towns face a 13 per cent premium on…