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16 Jan 2024

Impact on Parking Meters

Picking up on a story released just before the Christmas break, the Local Government Association highlighted concerns over the future switch off of 2G and…

08 Jan 2024

Provisional settlement still unfair for rural

The Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement was released on 18th December setting out the funding for Councils for the financial year 2024 to 2025. The…

08 Jan 2024

RSN Seminar Programme open!

It’s time to get organised for 2024 and make some time in your diary to attend one of our rural focused seminars. Almost 550 of…

08 Jan 2024

London gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised NHS services while rural areas miss out

The Health Service Journal recently reported on NHS England figures.  HSJ findings suggest “people in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments…

08 Jan 2024

Not that difficult to buy a home!

The NatWest Chair has recently been criticised for stating it’s not that difficult for people to get on the housing ladder.  The BBC reported that…

08 Jan 2024

Solution for lack of pharmacies?

Two Universities are joining up to tackle the growing problem of a recruitment crisis in pharmacies in the South West. The BBC reports on how…

18 Dec 2023

RSN welcomes NICRE report – Rural SMEs and the environment

Pic: Greg and Jade Pilley of Stroud Brewery in Gloucestershire The Rural Services Network (RSN) has welcomed the latest report from the National Innovation Centre…

18 Dec 2023

BT pauses some switches to Digital Voice for telecare customers

BT have announced that they are temporarily pausing all non-voluntary, managed migrations to a digital landline where there is any risk that the customer’s telecare…

18 Dec 2023

Families, business and industry to get energy efficiency support

The Government has announced that around a million homes will be made warmer and hundreds of business supported, as £6bn is allocated to cut energy…

18 Dec 2023

DCMS launch £25m energy efficiency scheme for voluntary and community sector

DCMS have launched a £25m energy efficiency scheme for voluntary and community sector organisations. More information via DCMS below: The £25.5m VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme…