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Barriers to Access

Pilot areas to trial full fibre broadband
02.09.2017

Pilot areas to trial full fibre broadband

Six areas have been named to pilot a scheme to bring full fibre broadband to businesses, schools and hospitals. Described as the next generation of broadband, full fibre networks run fibre connections straight to the doors of customers’ homes or businesses....

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£2.2m for rural broadband scheme
28.08.2017

£2.2m for rural broadband scheme

Up to 2,000 homes could benefit from £2.2m to bring faster broadband to remote Northumberland communities. The iNorthumberland programme aims to bring the high-speed technology to some of the most expensive and technically difficult to reach communities in the...

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Top five rural broadband questions
14.08.2017

Top five rural broadband questions

Broadband expert Daniel Heery answers the Top Five questions asked about obtaining faster rural internet access. Broadband expert Daniel Heery answers the Top Five most frequently asked questions by delegates at rural events. 1. Why can’t BT...

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Licence concern for community transport
07.08.2017

Licence concern for community transport

Rural community transport operators may face extra licence requirements, the government has suggested. The suggestion affects some community transport providers bidding for local authority bus service contracts. A letter from the Department for Transport suggests providers may require...

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Grant for Wheels to Work scheme
03.08.2017

Grant for Wheels to Work scheme

Rural youngsters are among those to benefit from £175,000 in new grants from the Virgin Money Foundation. Five projects across north-east England will benefit from the grants, with a focus on helping the homeless and supporting young people to...

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Rural Services Network: Concern for rural community transport
03.08.2017

Rural Services Network: Concern for rural community transport

PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Thursday 3 August 2017 Responding to a government decision that community transport operators bidding for local authority bus service contracts may require a PSV (Public Service Vehicle) operator licence*, Rural Services Network assistant...

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Mixed reception for BT broadband proposal
02.08.2017

Mixed reception for BT broadband proposal

A BT offer to provide universal high speed broadband to homes and businesses across the UK has been greeted with a mixed response. The government said the offer to voluntarily provide the service across the country had been made...

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£200m for businesses and broadband
30.07.2017

£200m for businesses and broadband

The government has unveiled £200m in grants for rural businesses and broadband projects. Funding for rural businesses would generate more than 6,000 new jobs and support the growth of rural enterprises, it said. The latest round of Rural Development...

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A (renewed) focus on island communities?
30.07.2017

A (renewed) focus on island communities?

How do policy makers recognise the needs of Britain's island communities? Jessica Sellick investigates. While islands are areas of land surrounded by water, many are little more than barren rock with few plants on them and others are amongst...

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Rural welcome for broadband scheme
29.07.2017

Rural welcome for broadband scheme

RURAL business leaders have welcomed a grant scheme to connect firms to faster broadband. Defra released a new wave of pre-Brexit grant schemes to help rural areas in England get connected to superfast broadband on Saturday (29 July). ...

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