The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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We are still 'open for business' at the RSN with all of our staff working remotely to stay safe. We will still be delivering our services to our customers, although we're having a little think about how to best enable our usual face to face meetings and seminars.
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Barriers to Access
27.01.2017
Rural areas could become "cash deserts" unless a solution is found to a dispute over ATM fees, it has been claimed. The argument is between some banks and independent cash machine providers. Members of Link, operator of the...
17.01.2017
Rural communities are suffering due to the patchy provision of key services, a major report has warned. Transport, education, health and welfare services that act as a lifeline to more than 9m rural people are patchy – and many...
10.01.2017
Rural business leaders have set out five action points they claim will help ease the shortage of affordable homes. The Country Land and Business Association , which represents landowners, farmers and rural businesses, said it wanted to remind the government...
05.01.2017
A Worcestershire MP is urging local businesses to help make the case for better rural broadband. Harriett Baldwin is calling on local entrepreneurs to take part in a survey to help Worcestershire County Council to get more investment to...
19.12.2016
The government's telecoms watchdog says one in four rural homes still cannot get a decent broadband connection. New research by Ofcom found that the number of UK properties unable to get a decent broadband connection had fallen by one...
19.12.2016
POST Offices are becoming more important to local communities and should be more accessible, says the Rural Services Network. The RSN made the recommendation in response to a government consultation on services offered by the post office network ....
15.12.2016
Mobile phone network coverage in the UK is worse than in Romania, Albania and Peru, says a report. Britain is 54th in the world for 4G coverage, and the typical user can only access 4G barely half the time,...
04.08.2016
Broadband speed - or indeed the lack of it - remains a big challenge for rural business and communities. Many areas are languishing on connections far slower than those available in larger towns and cities - posing economic as well...
07.03.2014
Based on a review of fuel poverty by Professor Sir John Hills, the Department of Energy & Climate Change has employed a new measure of fuel poverty. This analysis shows how the change in methodology has moved the measure of...
03.12.2012
A household is said to be in fuel poverty if it spends more than 10% of its income on fuel to maintain a satisfactory heating regime (usually 21 degrees for the main living area, and 18 degrees for other occupied...
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HOT TOPICS
Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
Vulnerability
Tackling a collection of circumstances which leaves many rural residents vulnerable is a key issue for the RSN.
Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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