Rural Lens Review of the Queen’s Speech 2022
On Tuesday last week Prince Charles outlined the Government’s priorities for the year ahead by delivering the Queen’s Speech. In response the RSN has conducted a Rural Lens Review of the Speech, identifying the following proposed bills of relevance to rural areas
Poor broadband hinders resilience among rural businesses
Sub-standard infrastructure in rural areas – particularly lack of quality broadband – is affecting businesses’ ability to be resilient and bounce back from adversity, according to a major survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE)
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund announces challenge areas for second round of funding, to help accelerate the transition to net zero
Ofgem and Innovate UK have announced the challenge areas for the second round of innovation funding under the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), which opens for applications in early September 2022
Loss of BPS will cost South West economy £883m, report finds
Farmers Weekly reports that the rural economy in the South West of England is set to lose hundreds of millions of pounds over the next five years due to the withdrawal of direct support payments for farmers Research published by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) predicts that £883m will be lost from the […]
Government must act on the interests of rural economy, CLA says
Farming UK reports that the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has issued that the Government must set out clear steps on how it will level up the rural economy in order to benefit rural communities
Landline digital switch puts rural areas ‘at risk’, say campaigners
BT is planning to replace analogue phone lines with broadband based ones by 2025
Rural renters flood back into London after pandemic exodus
The Telegraph reports that renters have flooded back to London and triggered a record jump in the cost of leasing a home in the capital
