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Rural Economy Spotlight – June 2021
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07 Jun 2021

Rural Economy Spotlight – June 2021

A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Innovation levels in urban and rural...

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01 Jun 2021

Hinterland – 1 June 2021

In this edition of Hinterland – farm incomes fall, Prince Charles looks to the longer term, leaders frame climate change in local terms and Airbnb provides some salutary and disruptive...

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17 May 2021

Hinterland – 17 May 2021

In Hinterland this week – a significant focus on lock down and the impact of covid on mental health, pressure on local authority care budgets, dangerous rural roads, pricey broadband...

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04 May 2021

Hinterland – 4 May 2021

In Hinterland this week – hospitality in dispute, nursery wobbles, new local government structure same old problems, fears over the loss of doctors and the pull of nature across the...

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28 Apr 2021

April 2021 Rural Services Partnership Spotlight

Welcome to the April 2021 Rural Services Partnership Spotlight In this edition we showcase the diverse work undertaken by member organisations, in rural areas across the country featuring articles on...

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19 Apr 2021

Hinterland – 19 April 2021

In Hinterland this week – rural crime, the impact of covid on mental health, housing and low income citizens and a new rural champion at the head of the “firm.”...

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12 Apr 2021

Hinterland – 12 April 2021

In Hinterland this week – the loss of a royal, rural champion, food security challenges, loneliness, Sir Michael Marmot speaks on race, yet more evidence of unaffordable adult social care...

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Spotlight on Rural Housing – April 2021
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06 Apr 2021

Spotlight on Rural Housing – April 2021

A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of current rural housing issues and...

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29 Mar 2021

Hinterland – 29 March 2021

In Hinterland this week: the challenges of adult social care, Brexit appears neither green nor tasty for rural folk, the places which are top of the pops in rural England...

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15 Mar 2021

Hinterland – 15 March 2021

In Hinterland this week: CPRE campaigning for towns; extra care housing and town viability; infrastructure controversy linked on the one hand to it and the other to coal mining; paltry...

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