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10 Aug 2020

Rural towns and villages are missing out on superfast broadband

Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman MP (Con) writes in The Telegraph that 500,000 homes and businesses now have access to gigabit-capable broadband as part…

03 Aug 2020

Care homes ‘thrown to the wolves’

first magazine produced by the LGA are detailing how care homes have been badly handled regarding the Coronavirus pandamic: The decision to discharge around 25,000…

03 Aug 2020

How well are post offices delivering cash and banking services?

Below is a recently released report written by Citizens Advice: Despite a huge increase in cashless spending and rising online banking, 14% of consumers and 20%…

03 Aug 2020

Millions more could be told to stay at home and shield

The Sunday Times has covered news that Boris Johnson set out a war gaming exercise last Wednesday in No 10 that debated the possibility of…

03 Aug 2020

Millions of rural homes in UK to get next-generation full-fibre broadband

The Guardian has reported that Openreach has announced plans to deliver gigabit-ready broadband to another 3.2 million rural homes and businesses across the country The…

03 Aug 2020

Princess Royal calls for more affordable housing in rural areas

The Princess Royal has guest edited a special edition of Country Life, in which she talks about the need to increase affordable housing in rural…

03 Aug 2020

What COVID-19 means for the charity sector in rural areas

Charity Digital has written an article exploring what the crisis means for the charities operating in rural areas One charity, Scunthorpe and District Mind is…

27 Jul 2020

UK unveils new laws to spot rural broadband blackspots

The Telegraph reports that the Government has said that families living in remote areas of Britain should receive faster internet at the same time as…

27 Jul 2020

A new life for the high street

The Social Market Foundation (SMF) reports on research suggesting that high street shopping units left empty by the collapse of retail businesses should be converted…

20 Jul 2020

RSN Launch National Rural Conference

The RSN is launching it’s Annual National Rural Conference and is open for bookings!  We are unable to hold our usual conference in Cheltenham and…