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25 Jul 2022
Advance funding starts in England to help struggling farms
Farmers Weekly has reported that, in light of the cashflow crisis facing many agricultural business, the Rural Payments Agency has announced that farmers in England will receive a 50% advance...
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25 Jul 2022
Investment in TransPennine Route Upgrade trebled to over £9.bn
Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has announced funding for the TransPennine Route Upgrades has trebled from £2.9billion to £9billion The TransPennine Route upgrades and Northern PowerHouse Rail, is due to...
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25 Jul 2022
Changes to Help to Grow: Digital
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have announced some key improvements from the 25th July to the Help to Grow: Digital scheme, which will enable even more...
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25 Jul 2022
Church of England unveils strategy to help its rural churches thrive
Christian Today reports the Church of England has launched a 10-point strategy to help its thousands of rural churches survive and thrive Many provided cool sanctuaries during the recent record-breaking...
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25 Jul 2022
Three expands 5G to rural areas
Operator Three UK has revealed its 5G mobile network has expanded to 86 new locations across the UK, including rural areas such as Dartmouth As well as improving service for...
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25 Jul 2022
Government Response to the Independent Review of Destination Management Organisations (DMOs)
The government has published its formal response to the Independent Review of Destination Management Organisations (DMOs), which was undertaken by Nick de Bois and published in September 2021 England’s DMOs...
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18 Jul 2022
Rural communities discriminated against for being digitally isolated
Business Cheshire report how rural based business communities risk being “left behind” and “isolated” because they have to put up with third-rate connectivity services, a Cheshire based expert has warned Roy...
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18 Jul 2022
Boom in elderly in rural areas ‘increasing pressure on social care services’
The Evening Standard reports analysis by the County Council Network (CCN) revealed that the number of over-65s living in county and rural areas has increased by a million over the...
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18 Jul 2022
Fellowships on rural communities opening September 2022
The Churchill Fellowship are delighted to announce that they will be opening for applications for Churchill Fellowships focussed on Rural communities on 13 September 2022 The organisation offers a life-changing...
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18 Jul 2022
Tory leadership candidates must prioritise rural areas, campaigners say
Farming UK reports that campaigners have urged conservative leadership candidates to prioritise farming and rural communities amidst the cost-of-living crisis, as the leadership contest accelerates This includes passing measures to...
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