The National Rural Conference 2020 week is a go!
The Rural Services Network annual National Rural Conference is taking place at the moment with over 500 bookings for the week of events With each day focusing on a different rural topic, under the banner of Revitalising Rural, we are thrilled to be hosting such a wide reaching event! Supported by NICRE, the National Innovation […]
Call for the government to increase funding for Post Offices
The Citizens Advice has published a briefing and a blog calling on Government to increase the subsidy to the post office network at the upcoming spending review, in order to protect the valuable services the network provides and allow post offices to deliver even greater social value The briefing states Post offices deliver vital services […]
Boris Johnson faces Conservative rebellion over plans to build more rural homes
The Mail on Sunday reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP (Con) is facing a mounting revolt within his party over plans to boost house building amid claims the ‘disastrous’ policy could be damaging to the party He is being warned that pushing for more new homes in Conservative areas while insisting on less development […]
Rural and seaside property boom eclipsing 2019 levels despite pandemic
WalesOnline reports that property sales this year in popular rural and seaside locations across the UK have already surpassed the number of transactions seen across the whole of 2019 Rightmove identified 16 locations where the number of sales agreed by estate agents in 2020 so far has already overtaken the total for all of 2019. […]
Labour warned it ‘cannot afford’ to ignore rural voters
Labour List and Devon Live report on the Countryside Alliance’s allegations that the Labour Party’s has a so-called ‘rural problem’ The Alliance has published a report tracking how the party has experienced successively worse election results among countryside voters, describing it as the ‘elephant loose in the countryside’. The report accuses Labour, particularly under Jeremy […]
Rural areas are eligible for thousands in vouchers towards better broadband
Several news outlets, including the MailOnline, report on the announcement that more rural homes and businesses could benefit from the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme which has received additional funding The scheme was launched in 2018 with the aim of increasing gigabit-capable coverage across the UK, especially in the countryside. The scheme enables rural participants to […]
Lack of infrastructure locks young out of rural areas
Farmers Guardian reports that an ’ecosystem of disadvantage’ is severely affecting young peoples’ ability to live and work rurally, according to a report from the Rural Youth Project (RYP) The article maintains that internet speed and access is a huge rural challenge, especially for residents in rural areas who are running a business and relying […]
Rural Economy Spotlight – September 2020
A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities Rural Economy features prominently at National Rural Conference The National Rural Conference 2020 has moved online and runs for a full week. Taking place from Monday 14 to Friday 18 September, […]
Hinterland – 14 September 2020
It’s the first virtual RSN Conference this week. I hope to see many of you there. We have six stories here about increasing residential interest in villages, free trade threats to farmers, Doctors, Care Homes and Testing and finish in stile (if you’ll pardon the pun!) * * * Home sales in UK villages surge:post-lockdown […]
