Employment
24 Jul 2023
South Yorkshire named as first UK Investment Zone
It is hoped that the rural communities in South Yorkshire will benefit from the thousands of new jobs and £1.2 billion of investment promised as part of the UK’s first...
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17 Jul 2023
Independent review calls for more to be done to address labour shortages in the food supply chain
An independent review into labour shortages in the food chain has found that the industry currently faces difficulties in recruiting and retaining an adequate workforce. It attributes this challenge to...
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06 Jun 2023
A cautious welcome to the Government’s new rural initiative
This morning (Tuesday 6 June 2023), the Government announced details of its new initiative “Unleashing Rural Productivity”. Whilst we have yet to see the detailed report, the RSN understands that...
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17 Oct 2022
300 new jobs coming to rural Somerset as new factory approved
Somerset Live reports that up to 300 new jobs will be coming to rural Somerset after councillors backed plans for a new concrete factory near one of the area’s main...
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20 Sep 2022
£883 million shortfall in rural economy
The Mid Devon Advertiser reports that farmers in the South-West are being warned of ‘economic shock’, as research by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) predicted that the rural...
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27 Jul 2022
A one stop shop for countryside jobs
Nine miles inland from Whitby in the middle of the North York Moors National Park is the small honeypot village of Goathland. It’s here that you’ll find CJS CJS –...
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25 Oct 2021
Rewilding projects can help rural economies
Local paper, the John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier, publishes the results of a new report that shows rural economies could benefit from rewilding initiatives while helping Britain meet its...
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20 Sep 2021
“Levelling Up” must benefit the whole country
The Levelling Up Taskforce’s Selaine Saxby MP, Member of Parliament for North Devon, writes in the Levelling Up News (17 September 2021), ‘View of the Week’, how levelling up must...
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16 Aug 2021
Rewilding 5% of England could create 20,000 rural jobs
The Guardian reports the rewilding 5 per cent of England could create nearly 20,000 jobs in rural communities and increase employment by 50 per cent compared with intensive farming, according...
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19 Jul 2021
Region development in Melton Borough Council
Melton Borough Council has submitted a bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to invest in Melton town centre according to Business Live The council has said that the investment...
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