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01 Mar 2021
Green Energy UK sponsor Pedal 4 Parks
One of the most important lessons that lockdown has taught us all here at Green Energy UK, is just how important our green spaces are…
24 Feb 2021
24/02/2021 – RSN Seminar: Rural Transport
Date: 24th February 2021 Subject: Rural Transport Chair: Kerry Booth, Assistant Chief Executive, Rural Services Network – To download the Agenda for this seminar click…
22 Feb 2021
Future of transport: rural strategy call for evidence
Drawing on information provided by our members the Rural Services Network has responded to the government’s proposed rural transport strategy We have identified that the…
22 Feb 2021
MANY hears the lived experiences of communities which lack reliable digital connectivity
In late 2019 the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced the funding of seven Rural Connected Communities initiatives under the £200million 5G Testbed…
22 Feb 2021
Calls to cut business rates to save the High Street
Newspapers, including the Times, have reported on suggestions that the Government could help to revive high streets by providing funding that encourages landlords to convert…
22 Feb 2021
Broadband pressure sees people turning to mobile phones to stay online
PA Media has covered the results of a new report suggesting that extra pressure on broadband connections is forcing people to resort to using mobile…
22 Feb 2021
£200 million rail upgrade to connect North Wales and North West of England
The Leader Live has reported that a new £200 million rail upgrade ‘super-hub’ at Chester linking North Wales and the North West of England could…
22 Feb 2021
The Government’s ‘relentless push for development’ is ‘destroying rural England’
Ros Coward, Professor Emerita of Journalism at Roehampton University, has written in the Guardian this week that local action groups are protesting to save stretches…
22 Feb 2021
Chancellor must do more to tackle rampant rural disadvantage, campaigners urge
New economic research reveals government spending per person on public infrastructure is 44% higher for urban areas than it is for rural areas. Rural Services…
15 Feb 2021
What impact has Covid19 had on rural communities?
With the Rural Services Network about to publish a new report on 1st March on how the countryside economies can be revitalised (Revitalising Rural: Realising…
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