Rural Retailer, Spring 2012
A number of interesting articles including one about a manager who manages 2 community shops in Devon The Journey of the Rural Shops Alliance
Community Owned Village Shops
A better form of business (Plunkett Foundation, 2011) Community Owned Village ShopsThe report contains a variety of information on the growth and advantages of the community shop movement.
Older People and Community Owned Shops
The value of volunteering. (Plunkett Foundation, 2011) Older People and Community Owned Shops Final Report
The Plunkett Foundation
The Plunkett Foundation promotes and develops support for community shops, co-operative Pubs and other community enterprises. Here is a link to their website. Plunkett Foundation
West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy
Executive Summary of the Suffolk Services Review 2102 (Suffolk ACRE Ltd)
This survey provides statistics on a variety of rural services in Suffolk parishes. It notes, for example, that 29% of parishes have a Post Office; 32% have a general shop; 66% have a pub Executive Summary of the Suffolk Services Review 2102
Devon
A summary of selected sections from an unpublished thesis titled ‘an evaluation of the effectiveness of the planning system in securing the retention of rural services in rural Devon’. It shows the vulnerability of small villages to the loss of shops but the apparently greater resilience of village pubs. More details can be obtained from […]
How Remoteness Affects Choice and Access to Goods and Services
This report by the Office of Fair Trading (2012) examines issues of prices, internet, delivery, road fuels and public transport in the context of remote communities. Price and Choices in Remote Communities
A Minimum Income Standard for Rural Households
Published in November 2010 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, this report shows that the minimum cost of living in rural areas is greater that in urban areas. The additional costs are mainly related to the higher cost of transport and domestic fuel. A Minimum Income Standard for Rural Households
State of the Countryside Report (CRC 2010) Section2.3 Access to Services
Amongst other information this shows a 22.8% decrease in the number of petrol filling stations located in rural areas between 2000 and 2010 and a 9% decrease in the number of rural pubs and restaurants over the same period. Living in the Countryside
