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22 Nov 2021
Rural Britain transitioning from fossil fuels to clean power
The Business Standard reports how the British countryside is accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to clean power As solar and wind power is now becoming cheaper than fossil fuels,...
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22 Nov 2021
CPRE launch Recycling our Land Brownfields report
The CPRE last week held an event launching their latest report Recycling our land – State of Brownfield 2021 The event was chaired by Emma Bridgewater, CPRE President and featured...
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22 Nov 2021
Help to Grow: Digital – Stakeholder Toolkit
What is Help to Grow? In the March 2021 Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the new, UK-wide ‘Help to Grow’ scheme, to help small businesses across the UK...
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22 Nov 2021
Innovate UK injects fresh funding into rural charging infrastructure project
Business Green reports that the Rural Electric Mobility Enabler project led by EDF energy has received funding to help improve charging infrastructure The UK’s innovation and research body, Innovate UK,...
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15 Nov 2021
Rural Lens Review of Heat and Buildings Strategy
Published on 19th October, the Governments Heat and Buildings Strategy sets out its plan to significantly cut carbon emissions from the UK’s 30 million homes and workplaces in a simple,...
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15 Nov 2021
Chair of Rural Services Network re-elected
The RSN was delighted that Councillor Cecilia Motley was re-elected as its Chair at the Annual General Meeting on Monday 15th November Councillor Motley has held the position of Chair...
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15 Nov 2021
Countryside COP recommendations
The first ever Countryside COP was convened to showcase and inspire net zero activity in rural communities in response to climate change Scheduled just a few weeks ahead of COP26...
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15 Nov 2021
Rural businesses miss out on £300m funding pot
Farming Weekly reports that farming and rural areas could lose government funding worth hundreds of millions of pounds a year, according to research from the Country Land and Business Association...
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15 Nov 2021
3,835 UK Schools are in Postcodes with No Access to Full Fibre
ISPreview reports that new data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Schools Minister, Robin Walker MP (Con), has revealed that 3,835 schools are in postcodes “that...
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15 Nov 2021
Regeneration of brownfield sites is creating much-needed housing
The Metro reports that according to the Campaign for Rural England (CPRE), nearly 21,000 brownfield sites of different sizes are registered on local authority databases in England, with the capacity...
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