RSN joins businesses and charities urging Chancellor to safeguard cash as vital payment method
The RSN has joined a coalition of businesses, charities and consumer groups to issue an open letter to Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, urging for the protection of cash as a critical payment method for both consumers and businesses.
Shropshire Council set to sign ground breaking cross border partnership
Shropshire Council is set to confirm a ground breaking agreement with other English and Welsh local authorities at its cabinet next month (Wednesday 6 September 2023)
Red tape around house building scrapped by government
Over 100,000 new homes, which the government says have been “held up due to defective EU laws”, will now go ahead before 2030, delivering an estimated £18 billion boost to the economy.
New face-to-face service aims to help bridge the digital divide
The Government and the Post Office have joined forces to provide an in-person support service for those who may struggle to access government services online.
An exclusive look at state of rural enterprise by Professor Stephen Roper, NICRE
Conference supporter the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) will unveil key highlights from its second large-scale rural business survey ahead of publication later this year. Evidence from NICRE’s State of Rural Enterprise Survey is just emerging having been seeking the views of around 3,000 firms in the North East, South West and West […]
Rural England calls on government to review its approach to heating rural homes
A report published today by the independent rural research organisation, Rural England CIC, raises further concerns about the government’s apparent one-size-fits-all policy of requiring the installation of heat pumps in rural off-gas grid homes and businesses to a faster timetable than in homes connected to the gas grid. The report uses 20 case studies which […]
