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Free LPG tank installation for rural businesses
25.07.2017

Free LPG tank installation for rural businesses

Calor is offering a free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank and pipework installation to rural, off-grid agricultural businesses. The offer is available immediately, with rural farming businesses currently using oil, solid fuel or electricity eligible to receive a free,...

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Rural businesses still miss out on broadband
24.07.2017

Rural businesses still miss out on broadband

Rural businesses are still struggling to get reliable mobile phone coverage and access to internet services, a survey reveals. Some 85% of farmers asked have unreliable mobile signals – despite more smartphone users having access to 4G coverage. ...

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 Help unlock rural Britain’s digital potential
23.07.2017

Help unlock rural Britain’s digital potential

Business owners are being asked to help "unlock" the digital potential of rural Britain. The request comes at the start of a consultation launched by independent think tank Rural England and Scotland’s Rural College. It aims to help...

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Calor Community Fund winners revealed
21.07.2017

Calor Community Fund winners revealed

Energy company Calor has announced the winners of its Rural Community Fund to help improve local life. In total some 126 community projects applied for funding and 30 went through to the judging stage after receiving the highest number...

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'Rising cost of gas to hit rural firms'
11.07.2017

'Rising cost of gas to hit rural firms'

The price of gas for small to medium sized businesses is set to soar by 2020 as government climate and decarbonisation policies bite, warns rural energy firm Calor. In 2016, government reformed the business energy efficiency system. It...

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Older people 'suffer' from poor services
06.07.2017

Older people 'suffer' from poor services

OLDER rural people suffer from poor public services – as well as a lack of affordable housing, MPs have warned. It comes as the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Housing and Care for Older People launches an inquiry into housing...

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Broadband fund 'does little for rural areas'
04.07.2017

Broadband fund 'does little for rural areas'

A government fund to 'unlock' £1bn for fibre broadband will do little for rural areas seeking faster connections, say campaigners. The new Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund aims to make internet internet buffering and painfully slow download times a thing...

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Arts council's 'ambitious' rural investment
29.06.2017

Arts council's 'ambitious' rural investment

RURAL communities will benefit from a share of £170m invested by Arts Council England outside London between 2018 and 2022. Over the next four years, the council will invest on average an annual £50.1m in 142 organisations based in...

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Remote households get faster broadband
21.06.2017

Remote households get faster broadband

Almost 3,000 remote households and businesses will get access to high-speed broadband thanks to a £4m boost for Oxfordshire The funding has come from cost savings made earlier in the roll-out of the Better Broadband for Oxfordshire programme and...

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Involving communities in service delivery
19.06.2017

Involving communities in service delivery

How we can involve rural communities in the meaningful design, planning and delivery of rural services? Jessica Sellick investigates. Many rural communities feel “stuck in the middle” - schools, health centres, social care, leisure and so on aren’t quite...

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The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.

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Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices. 

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