Campaign celebrates bus services

A new campaign is celebrating the benefits of bus travel and the diversity of bus passengers, ahead of Catch the Bus Week.. Launched by Bus Users UK, the #ilovemybus initiative is using social media to celebrate the benefits of bus travel. Bus Users UK is an independent, registered charity that aims to bring people and […]

Launch of national rural health centre

A pioneering new centre to improve health and care in rural areas across the UK is being formally launched in Lincolnshire. The National Centre for Rural Health and Care, which is the brainchild of health and education professionals from Lincolnshire and the East Midlands, has been a year in development. Now the centre is ready […]

How financially secure are rural residents?

The financial circumstances of huge numbers of rural residents make them potentially vulnerable, finds Brian Wilson. Last year the Financial Conduct Authority, which is the statutory body that regulates financial services, carried out a Financial Lives Survey. In June of this year (2018) it released a report – The Financial Lives of Consumers Across the […]