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30 Nov 2020
Strengthening local economies and creating choice with community enterprises
In recent months, we’ve all seen local people in communities up and down the country thrown into the spotlight as they’ve stepped in to help…
30 Nov 2020
Post Offices in £50m plea
The Daily Mail has reported that more than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ if the Government does not step in to subsidise a £50m…
30 Nov 2020
Drone deliveries to rural areas on UK government’s radar
The Financial Times and Government Computing have reported that the Government is considering allowing drones to deliver goods to cut delivery times ‘in rural or…
30 Nov 2020
Rural Review of the Comprehensive Spending Review
The Government has announced a one-year Spending Review for 2020, the long- term spending review being abandoned in favour of a short term approach to…
30 Nov 2020
Institute of Economic Development – Online CPD Training on Delivering Rural Economic Growth
Following on from the recent launch of the Rural Economy Toolkit the iED is offering short course on delivering economic growth in rural areas The…
26 Nov 2020
RSN Initial response to Comprehensive Spending Review
The hotly anticipated Comprehensive Spending Review was announced today, and given the unprecedented times in which we live, it was always going to be critical…
23 Nov 2020
Impact on Rural Areas of green plan
Last week, the Prime Minister set out his ambitious Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution which will create and support up to 250,000…
23 Nov 2020
House prices rise as COVID-19 sparks rural relocation
The BBC and Independent have reported that house prices in the South West of England have risen the fastest in the country in the last…
23 Nov 2020
Local services need funding to support elderly impacted by COVID-19, council chiefs say
Local government website, LocalGov.co.uk, has reported on calls for the Government to use this week’s Spending Review to ensure that council-run services are able to…
23 Nov 2020
Fibre broadband: The cost of delivering in rural areas
News outlets including the BBC and telecommunications company Ericsson’s blog, have reported that despite the fact that improving digital connectivity in rural areas would be…
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