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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

19 Oct 2020

Broadband users in rural areas are being left behind in major network upgrade

Newspapers, including The Telegraph and The Daily Mail, report on warnings from the National Audit Office (NAO) that rural communities are at risk of being…