Rural Economies
Economic growth is widely acknowledged as essential for national wealth and prosperity, and is a priority for political parties. Rural economies, employing millions and home to a higher proportion of small businesses, have potential for growth if barriers are removed.
25 Jul 2022
Investment in TransPennine Route Upgrade trebled to over £9.bn
Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has announced funding for the TransPennine Route Upgrades has trebled from £2.9billion to £9billion The TransPennine Route upgrades and Northern PowerHouse Rail, is due to...
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25 Jul 2022
Changes to Help to Grow: Digital
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have announced some key improvements from the 25th July to the Help to Grow: Digital scheme, which will enable even more...
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18 Jul 2022
Rural communities discriminated against for being digitally isolated
Business Cheshire report how rural based business communities risk being “left behind” and “isolated” because they have to put up with third-rate connectivity services, a Cheshire based expert has warned Roy...
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18 Jul 2022
£200 million broadband investment in rural Cumbria
Westmorland Gazette reports that broadband provider, Fibrus, has revealed its plans for its roll out across Great Britain – starting with ‘underserved towns and villages’ in Cumbria In a staged...
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18 Jul 2022
North Yorkshire to receive £17 million boost to rural economy
ITV reports that over the next three years almost £17million pounds will be spent in North Yorkshire on improving broadband coverage and transport links in rural areas The funding has...
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11 Jul 2022
Rural Planning in the 2020s
Rural Planning in the 2020s is a report launched this month by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) It examines the challenges facing rural communities throughout the UK and in...
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11 Jul 2022
English farmers count cost of changes to subsidy regime
The Financial Times reports that a new report by the Countryside and Community Research Institute calculated that across the south-west of England, the wider region — comprising Devon, Dorset, Cornwall...
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04 Jul 2022
Levelling up the Leading Edge: Investing in our natural assets for collective wealth
A report produced by Cornwall Council, University of Exeter and Britain’s Leading Edge argues the case for investing in the environment and thinking more creatively about how the abundance of...
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04 Jul 2022
Cost of living crisis: Farming industry struggling with rising costs
The BBC details how farmers across the south west of England have said say they are struggling to absorb rising costs as food prices continue to climb Research by the...
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04 Jul 2022
Free Event – Is housing the key to levelling up the rural economy?
The National Housing Federation are holding a free virtual roundtable on the 6th of July to discuss whether housing is key to levelling uo the rural economy: Levelling up could...
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