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06 Nov 2023

Community businesses are committed to social and environmental action

New research by Plunkett Foundation has shown that community businesses are committed to social and environmental action despite facing multiple challenges which are threatening the…

06 Nov 2023

Improving Broadband for Very Hard to Reach Premises

The Government is currently consulting on how to improve broadband for Very Hard to Reach Premises. This consultation follows their response in February 2022 to…

06 Nov 2023

Join NICRE to explore the state of rural enterprise

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) will shine a spotlight on how businesses in rural areas are responding to the major challenges affecting…

06 Nov 2023

RSN to host Net Zero event as part of Countryside COP

The Rural Services Network is pleased to be able to invite you to attend our online event focusing on Net Zero as part of Countryside…

30 Oct 2023

Prime Minster says rural communities must be funded fairly

As the Prime Minster marked one year in office last week, he publicly acknowledged that rural communities deserve fairness in the way they are funded.…

30 Oct 2023

New planning laws come into force with Levelling Up Bill

As the Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill received Royal Assent last week, a raft of new measures came into force which the government says will…

30 Oct 2023

APPG report shows lack of services is impacting on dementia diagnosis for rural patients

A new joint report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia and the Alzheimer’s Society has revealed that poor access to, or a lack…

30 Oct 2023

New survey shows 3 in 4 rural councils are rolling out ‘demand-responsive’ transport

A County Councils Network survey of England’s largest rural councils has revealed that three in four are rolling out demand-responsive transport (DRT) – a type…

30 Oct 2023

RSN Member Insight Update

Economy Insight on the RSN website has now been updated with an analysis examining employment landscape at the local authority level.  The analysis shows proportions…

25 Oct 2023

Two Generations’ Latest Homeshare Webinar

Chaired by Luciana Berger, CEO of iNHouse Communications, and a former Managing Director at Edelman, where she specialised in health policy, Luciana was previously the…