Following the re-election of Councillor Cecilia Motley last week as Chair of the Rural Services Network, this week saw the re-election of Nik Harwood as the Chair of the Rural
warnings from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP (Con) over the possibility of a third national lockdown if the country fails to ‘get the balance right’, throwing proposals to ‘decouple’ rural
Rural communities are being urged to take advantage of voucher funding from the Digital Borderlands scheme, to help them secure faster and more reliable internet connections
In recent months, we’ve all seen local people in communities up and down the country thrown into the spotlight as they’ve stepped in to help other local people through the
More than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ if the Government does not step in to subsidise a £50m funding hole this week
The pandemic has sped up the country’s journey towards a cashless society
The Government is considering allowing drones to deliver goods to cut delivery times ‘in rural or isolated towns’ and reduce carbon emissions
The Government has announced a one-year Spending Review for 2020, the long- term spending review being abandoned in favour of a short term approach to prioritise the response to Covid-19
Following on from the recent launch of the Rural Economy Toolkit the iED is offering short course on delivering economic growth in rural areas
The hotly anticipated Comprehensive Spending Review was announced today, and given the unprecedented times in which we live, it was always going to be critical to see how the Government
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Following the re-election of Councillor Cecilia Motley last week as Chair of the Rural Services Network, this week saw the re-election of Nik Harwood as the Chair of the Rural
warnings from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP (Con) over the possibility of a third national lockdown if the country fails to ‘get the balance right’, throwing proposals to ‘decouple’ rural areas from the most restrictive tiers into doubt
Rural communities are being urged to take advantage of voucher funding from the Digital Borderlands scheme, to help them secure faster and more reliable internet connections
In recent months, we’ve all seen local people in communities up and down the country thrown into the spotlight as they’ve stepped in to help other local people through the pandemic. For us at Community Catalysts, it’s been a delight to see this general recognition of the amazing impact local people can have
More than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ if the Government does not step in to subsidise a £50m funding hole this week
The pandemic has sped up the country’s journey towards a cashless society
The Government is considering allowing drones to deliver goods to cut delivery times ‘in rural or isolated towns’ and reduce carbon emissions
The Government has announced a one-year Spending Review for 2020, the long- term spending review being abandoned in favour of a short term approach to prioritise the response to Covid-19 and a focus on supporting jobs
Following on from the recent launch of the Rural Economy Toolkit the iED is offering short course on delivering economic growth in rural areas
The hotly anticipated Comprehensive Spending Review was announced today, and given the unprecedented times in which we live, it was always going to be critical to see how the Government would support the shrinking economy and ensure the sustained delivery of vital services to residents Central to the work of the Rural Services Network has always been fair funding for rural areas and the detail is yet to be explored to see if rural areas have fared well from the announcements
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