The National Rural Conference 2025

Bookings are now officially open for the National Rural Conference 2025, which will take place online from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September.
This is the Rural Services Network’s flagship event of the year, bringing together rural decision-makers, practitioners, and advocates for four days of live, interactive sessions focused on the future of rural communities.
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Support for Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Consumers

On 21 September 2022, the Government has outlined plans to help cut energy bills for businesses

Full details are available here

The following information is for organisations and businesses who use alternative fuels for energy such as kerosene:

The Non-Domestic Alternative Fuels Payments Scheme provides a fixed payment of £150 to UK non-domestic consumers who are off the gas grid and use alternative fuels.

Most consumers that are eligible for this payment will have already received it automatically as a credit on their electricity bills.

Properties not connected to the electricity grid will not have received £150 automatically and will need to apply through the online portal.

Higher users of heating oil (kerosene), defined as over 10,000 litres per year, will be eligible to apply for an additional payment based on the amount of Kerosene they use.

Please note that the additional payments are for Kerosene only and do not cover other fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) gas oil or red diesel.