RSN Shares its Concerns and Seeks Your Views on the Government Consultation on Consistency in Recycling

The Rural Services Network is keen to respond to the Government’s current consultation on Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England.
Rural areas must play a significant role in reaching net-zero

the UK will “never reach net-zero unless rural areas play a significant role in cutting carbon emissions”
Could rural hospitals struggle to cope with influx of staycationers?

Britons going on staycations this summer risk “overburdening” hospitals in tourist hotspots, according to warnings from Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers
Businesses hail new Openreach rural full-fibre focus

Trade bodies representing rural Britain have welcomed plans by BT Openreach to build full-fibre broadband to at least three million more homes and businesses in some of the country’s hardest-to-serve communities
‘Race for space’ fuels 10.9 per cent surge in UK house prices

Data revealing that younger house buyers are just as keen on building a new life in the country as they are to move to the city
Virgin Media O2 brand launches after multi-billion-pound merger

Telecom giants Virgin Media and O2’s £31billion merger has launched with the newly formed firm promising to help power the nation’s recovery after coronavirus
Devon publicans open farmshop and café to help support local residents

Devon publicans Selena and Steve Porter have opened a new farm shop and café at the Shipwright Arms in Shaldon near Teignmouth to help residents stay local for shopping as lockdown eases
Rural Economy Spotlight – June 2021

A quarterly bulletin facilitated by your membership of the Rural Services Network highlighting a selection of current rural economic development news, issues and opportunities