21/06/2021 – RSN Rural Economy Group Meeting
Minutes of the Rural Economy Group Meeting held on the 21st of june 2021
21/06/2021 – RSN SPARSE Rural
Notes of last SPARSE Rural Special Interest Group meeting on 21 June 2021 – held online via Zoom – To download the agenda and papers associated for this meeting, click here – To download these minutes for this meeting, click here – You can view the attendance and apologies list, click here MEETING MINUTES: 1. Attendance […]
UK ‘heading towards digital skills shortage disaster’
The UK is heading towards a
Covid: ‘It took me almost all day to get my coronavirus vaccine’
The BBC reports how under-40s advised against having the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine are having to travel to mass vaccination centres to receive their vaccinations, something that is particularly difficult for rural residents
Rural house prices in England and Wales rise twice as fast as in cities
Rural house prices in England and Wales are increasing twice as fast as in cities, triggering a fresh affordability crisis for young people, with hotspots flaring up across the country from Lincolnshire to Lancashire as people seek more space post-pandemic, according to the Guardian
Social care: Ministers urged to ‘act now’ on funding reform
Social care organisations have urged ministers to publish long-awaited plans to overhaul how the sector in England is funded within a month
Helping food and drink businesses move towards sustainable delivery – survey and event
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) is co-hosting an interactive event on 30 June 2021 for food and drink businesses to help realise their full net-zero potential and move towards sustainable delivery ‘Delivering the goods’ takes place online from 9.30am to noon and will feature: Moving towards net zero New transport methods — […]
Young people in the UK’s rural hotspots feel priced out
The BBC reports on how the ongoing narrative we heard over the course of the pandemic was how remote working was leading people to give up city life in favour of bigger, cheaper and more rural living
Satellite broadband provider fights to rid rural Britain of sluggish broadband
The Telegraph reports on the continued rollout of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites that aim to reach remote areas
Early social science insight of Mobile Access North Yorkshire released
Early social science insight has been released from Lancaster University Management School about Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY ) – a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) 5G Testbed and Trial project
