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11 Mar 2019
Ambulance wait times longer in rural areas
The BBC is allowing people to find out the average ambulance response times in their area, after it emerged that some rural communities have to…
11 Mar 2019
Knife crime rising fastest in rural areas
The Guardian reports on 10th March about how Knife crime is rising at a much steeper rate in the home counties and rural provinces than in London…
11 Mar 2019
Changes to rural school transport
Parents in North Yorkshire, England’s largest county, risk losing their entitlement to free door-to-door school transport from September, according to the Yorkshire Post. The county…
11 Mar 2019
Rural Economy Spotlight – March 2019
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Sign…
04 Mar 2019
Government urged to protect rural convenience shops
Talking Retail covered the Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) call for the Government to ensure there is a ‘level playing field’ for the UK’s 16,944…
04 Mar 2019
Rural Business Awards winners announced
South West England and West Wales top the leader-board as successful rural business hubs. Winners include cheese-purveyors to royalty; a metal mine turned world-class in-land…
25 Feb 2019
Rural areas hit by house price affordability crisis
The Telegraph reports that would-be home buyers in rural areas are now paying nine times their average annual wages. The average house in England’s county…
25 Feb 2019
Scheme launched to help protect rural shops
Lloyds and Visa are trialling a scheme to pay retailers that offer cashback to customers, according to City A.M. The scheme, has been introduced to…
25 Feb 2019
A different place demands a different strategy – Rural England, Conference, 8 March
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the last Rural White Paper, a one day conference will consider how a new Rural Strategy can deliver…
25 Feb 2019
Spotlight on Rural Health & Social Care – February 2019
This newsletter is provided by the Rural Health Network, part of the Rural Services Network. It includes a roundup of rural health & social care…
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