Promotion of the priority services register to vulnerable people
As part of the Utility Networks Partnership South East Water have created a joint video promoting the Priority Services Register (PSR) Working together with 11 other water, gas and electricity companies they hope they have come up with an innovative way to help people understand the PSR in very simple terms. The video clearly sets […]
PM’s pledge to simplify planning system welcomed by rural sector
Farming UK and The Guardian have covered the reaction from the rural sector to Boris Johnson’s plans to simplify the planning system as a way to kick start the post-COVID-19 economic recovery In a speech in the West Midlands on 30th June, Mr Johnson pledged to ‘build, build, build’ to soften the ‘economic aftershock’ of […]
Rural broadband and mobile phone coverage boost ahead of ‘staycation summer’
The Daily Mail reports that O2 is working to eradicate mobile signal rural ‘not-spots’ by extending 4G coverage in 91,000 areas across the UK – including 400 tourist destinations O2 says it wanted to ensure people would have adequate coverage as the country prepared for a ‘staycation boom’ from July 4th – as COVID-19 lockdown […]
Spotlight on Rural Housing – July 2020
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network and produced in partnership with the Rural Housing Alliance, highlighting a selection of current rural housing issues and opportunities Rural Housing Week 2020 It’s Rural Housing Week 2020 now! This annual celebration of rural housing and the vital role it plays in helping […]
Hinterland – 6 July 2020
In Hinterland this week – as we move towards a new fortnightly format, so the next Hinterland will be will be out in mid July- local initiative on broadband, making space for nature, future trade wit the USA, a couple of positive lockdown lifting stories and evidence of good behaviour in the pub. Read on! […]
