Rural Vulnerability
Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices.
08 Mar 2021
SGN helping families stay safe and warm this winter
Gas network company SGN wants to help families stay safe and warm this winter The company looks after the network that keeps gas flowing to homes and businesses across the...
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01 Mar 2021
Rural Shop Report 2021
ACS (Association of Convenience Stores) has urged the Government to recognise the importance of rural shops and ensure that they are not left playing catch up when it comes to...
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01 Mar 2021
Terrible internet in rural Devon is impacting kids learning from home
DevonLive have reported that pupils living in rural Devon have been unable to learn remotely due to awful internet connection A school in North Devon has raised concerns over its...
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22 Feb 2021
Broadband pressure sees people turning to mobile phones to stay online
PA Media has covered the results of a new report suggesting that extra pressure on broadband connections is forcing people to resort to using mobile phones to stay online during...
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22 Feb 2021
£200 million rail upgrade to connect North Wales and North West of England
The Leader Live has reported that a new £200 million rail upgrade ‘super-hub’ at Chester linking North Wales and the North West of England could power a pandemic bounce-back boom...
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15 Feb 2021
First phase of Shared Rural Network set to bring £187m boost to UK rural businesses
Computer Weekly has reported on predictions that the first phase of the new £1 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) could increase the turnover for rural businesses by £187.7 million per...
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15 Feb 2021
Government must consider ‘legal options’ on drainage, MPs say
Transport trade publication Transport Network has published findings from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee A report published this week accuses the Government of lacking clear flood-resilience targets,...
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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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08 Feb 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on the countryside
BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme has reported this week about the impact of COVID-19 on the countryside, where despite the fact that cases may be lower, ‘isolation and job insecurity...
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08 Feb 2021
BT in talks with OneWeb over rural satellite broadband
Bloomberg has reported on discussions between BT and government-backed satellite maker OneWeb to provide rural broadband to people cut off from Britain’s fibre networks BT is understood to be in...
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