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Unlocking the contribution of rural enterprise to ‘levelling up’
14.12.2020

Unlocking the contribution of rural enterprise to ‘levelling up’

The Open Access Government feature the thoughts of Professor Jeremy Phillipson, Director of the  National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise  and Paddy Bradley, CEO of Swindon and Wiltshire LEP on unlocking the contribution of rural enterprise and “levelling up” ...

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Positive News from a small rural village in Somerset
14.12.2020

Positive News from a small rural village in Somerset

The villagers of Stoke Saint Gregory on the Somerset Levels, are in high spirits, as the Heart of The Village Project, (HOTV ) is reaching another significant milestone with bringing their pub, The Royal Oak, back into use pulling pints and...

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Rural Economy Spotlight - December 2020
08.12.2020

Rural Economy Spotlight - December 2020

A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Rural Economy Toolkit launched The Institute of Economic Development (IED) and the...

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Better rural internet speeds 'may not be financially viable'
07.12.2020

Better rural internet speeds 'may not be financially viable'

News outlets including Farming UK and the Wiltshire Times report on widespread calls for better internet coverage across rural areas Danny Kruger MP (Con) spoke in a digital infrastructure, connectivity and accessibility debate this week in Parliament on how...

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District Council gives economic recovery a head start
07.12.2020

District Council gives economic recovery a head start

Derbyshire Dales District Council has given the green light to move ahead with the next stage of work to enable development of a new cinema in Matlock in its under-utilised market hall, firing the starting gun in the Council’s fightback...

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Strengthening local economies and creating choice with community enterprises
30.11.2020

Strengthening local economies and creating choice with community enterprises

In recent months, we’ve all seen local people in communities up and down the country thrown into the spotlight as they’ve stepped in to help other local people through the pandemic. For us at Community Catalysts , it’s been a...

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Post Offices in £50m plea
30.11.2020

Post Offices in £50m plea

The Daily Mail has reported that more than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ if the Government does not step in to subsidise a £50m funding hole this week Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP (Con) was urged to guarantee a...

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Institute of Economic Development – Online CPD Training on Delivering Rural Economic Growth
30.11.2020

Institute of Economic Development – Online CPD Training on Delivering Rural Economic Growth

Following on from the recent launch of the Rural Economy Toolkit the iED is offering short course on delivering economic growth in rural areas The course will run for 3 days next week at a cost of...

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Fibre broadband: The cost of delivering in rural areas
23.11.2020

Fibre broadband: The cost of delivering in rural areas

News outlets including the BBC and telecommunications company Ericsson’s blog, have reported that despite the fact that improving digital connectivity in rural areas would be ‘a lifeline for isolated communities’, fast broadband is still very inaccessible in these areas ...

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Royal Mail study finds robust growth in new UK businesses amid COVID-19 lockdowns
23.11.2020

Royal Mail study finds robust growth in new UK businesses amid COVID-19 lockdowns

eCommerce trade publications eSellerCafe and Apex Insight have reported on research published by Royal Mail which found a seven per cent increase in companies being incorporated during the lockdown period from March to July 2020 compared to the same period...

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