Rural Business
Our work on Local Government Finance is split into two areas, the Fairer Funding campaign and a financial analysis of local authority budgets.
01 Jun 2021
Rural economies boosted by new migration trends
Research published by Northumbria University is exploring how shifting work patterns and home-buying preferences are changing rural communities Analysis of data from the past decade shows that rural areas which...
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24 May 2021
Improving Broadband for Very Hard to Reach Premises
The Rural Services Network is encouraging people to respond to the Open Consultation from Government on Improving Broadband for Very Hard to Reach premises The consultation closes on 11th June...
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24 May 2021
‘Levelling up’ must be more targeted, say peers
The Prime Minister’s “levelling up” plans need to be more targeted to prevent deprived areas being “short-changed”, argue peers, as reported by the BBC this week The Lords Public Services...
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17 May 2021
RSN to produce a Rural Lens review of the Queen’s Speech
The RSN will produce a Rural Lens Review of the Queen’s Speech and the Government’s supporting document for circulation with the Bulletin next week Our overarching comments at this stage...
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04 May 2021
New survey into how rural businesses coped with crisis
Teesdale Mercury reports on a new survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) asking rural businesses how they are dealing with COVID-19 The survey will ask more...
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04 May 2021
Government’s rural network infrastructure plans ‘ignore businesses’, claims Three
Trade publication IT Pro reports on claims from mobile operator, Three, that the Government is continuing to ignore business use cases across rural and remote areas when rolling out network...
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06 Apr 2021
RSN Members explore Rural Digital Connectivity
Almost 70 members of the Rural Services Network last week came together to discuss the issues surrounding Rural Digital Connectivity at one of the seminars organised and hosted by the...
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29 Mar 2021
Rural businesses snubbed in UK budget says valuer
Farming UK reports on claims from the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers that the exclusion of a huge proportion of the rural economy from the new super deduction capital allowance...
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15 Feb 2021
SpaceX satellites could transform UK rural businesses
Farming UK has reported that Elon Musk’s SpaceX has begun testing its Starlink broadband service in the English countryside, as part of plans to ‘blanket’ Earth with high-speed broadband coverage...
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01 Feb 2021
Boohoo and Asos just signalled the death of High Street retail – so who’ll fund public services now?
The Evening Standard reports that the news that Debenhams and Topshop have been bought by online retailers Boohoo and Asos respectfully, could be good news for Marks and Spencer and...
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