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14 Sep 2021
Published – The Local Shop Report 2021
The ACS (the Association of Convenience Stores) have published the Local Shop Report 2021 The report provides key insights into sales and jobs, the services offered by local shops and...
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14 Sep 2021
Ministers drop shake-up of planning laws
The Times reports that the government is reportedly backtracking on its commitment to overhaul planning laws in order to accelerate infrastructure projects with a target of building 300,000 homes a...
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14 Sep 2021
‘Lack of interest’ in return of West Yorkshire rural forum from local leaders
The Yorkshire Post reports that Councillor Stewart Golton and Liberal Democrat John Lawson collaborated on a letter sent to West Yorkshire Combined Authority board members, in hopes to reunite the...
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14 Sep 2021
Rural Media film shortlisted for Best Scripted Short at Broadcast Digital Awards
Rural Media’s New Creatives short-film Aisle 17 has been shortlisted for Best-Scripted Short at the 2021 Broadcast Digital Awards The Broadcast Digital Awards are a national, industry recognised award programme...
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14 Sep 2021
BT Adds 17 Rural Locations to Northern Ireland FTTP Rollout
The ISP Review reports that BT Openreach has today named a further 17 new rural towns and villages across Northern Ireland that, over the next 18 months, will benefit from...
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14 Sep 2021
Planned redrawing of Welsh seats criticised for breaking up rural communities
The Guardian reports that proposals for a huge shake-up of the UK parliamentary map in Wales have provoked criticism for threatening to break up tight-knit valley communities in the south...
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06 Sep 2021
Minister refuses to deny reports of tax hike for social care
Social care must be adequately funded, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said, amid reports ministers plan to raise national insurance as detailed by the BBC Downing Street did not deny...
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06 Sep 2021
Bulk of affordable homes will be for buyers not renters
The Independent reports, the housing secretary’s, Robert Jenrick, announcement that the majority of the Government’s new £8.6bn “affordable homes programme” will be directed at helping homebuyers rather than renters Out...
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06 Sep 2021
Advice service extends to rural communities
The Gazette and Herald reports that Citizens Advice Mid North Yorkshire’s Rural Advice Van is now visiting venues across the district following the success of a pilot scheme in Hambleton...
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06 Sep 2021
‘Huge untapped potential’ for UK farm diversification
Farming UK reports that according to Strutt & Parker, there is significant potential in the rural sector for farmers and landowners to diversify The land specialists believe that rural sector...
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