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29 Mar 2021

Tax Day/NHS charitable relief claim

The Treasury published its “Tax policies and consultations report (Spring 2021)” on 23 March 2021 “Tax day” combines an overview of the Government’s taxation policy…

29 Mar 2021

Rural businesses snubbed in UK budget says valuer

Farming UK reports on claims from the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers that the exclusion of a huge proportion of the rural economy from the…

29 Mar 2021

Making rural intelligent networks a reality

Dr. Nermin Mohamed, Head of Telecommunications Solutions at Wind River writes in Telecoms this week that despite efforts to improve rural connectivity provision for those…

29 Mar 2021

Far more renewables needed in UK homes to meet net-zero target

The slow uptake of small-scale renewables has created energy ‘forests’ and ‘deserts’ across the UK, a new report has revealed in Euronews and Heating, Venting…

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22 Mar 2021

Rural Review of Government place based funds – Towns Fund, Levelling Up Fund, Community Renewal Fund, Shared Prosperity Fund

The Government has announced a number of funds designed to target support where it is needed most The Rural Services Network has considered these funds…

22 Mar 2021

RSN Review – Bus Back Better

The Rural Services Network has put together a first review of the new Bus Back Better: National Bus Strategy for England, launched by the Government…

22 Mar 2021

Project Gigabit

The Government announced last week ‘Project Gigabit’ which will be launching in April, bringing together everything the government is doing to enable and deliver digital…

22 Mar 2021

Government hands English tourism hotspots £56m ‘welcome back’ boost

The Government has announced a ‘Welcome Back Fund’ for English tourism and seaside resorts, to support under funding Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP…

22 Mar 2021

10 rural areas with the biggest property price increase in the UK

Country Living reports that rural property prices are at ‘an all-time high’, as Britons moved out of city apartments to escape to the country in…

15 Mar 2021

Bus Back Better

The Government has yesterday announced it’s plans for the National Bus Strategy, Bus Back Better, and a ‘£3 Billion bus revolution’. View the press release…