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14 Jun 2021
RSN asks for rural pilots… Government delivers
Last week we reported on the Government’s announcement of 10 council to test the use of digital tools in the planning process. The announcement included £1.1 million grant fund to...
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14 Jun 2021
Govt Launches Tourism Recovery Plan
On 11 June 2021, the Government launched its Tourism Recovery Plan. Designed to support the Tourism sector build back better from the pandemic, it aims to recover domestic tourism to...
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14 Jun 2021
Rural Customers Set to Gain Access To “Life-Changing” Broadband
Thousands of rural customers are set to gain access to “life-changing” broadband following the completion of a major corporate deal, reports the Yorkshire Post. Northleaf Capital Partners, a global private...
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14 Jun 2021
How Green Homes Grant decision penalises rural areas
President of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Mark Bridgeman, writes an opinion piece in the Yorkshire Post, stating that when the Government announced that it was ending its...
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14 Jun 2021
House buyers in rural towns face 13% premiums
The FT Advisor reports on new research from Halifax that found that house buyers in small rural towns face a 13 per cent premium on the UK’s market average, equivalent...
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14 Jun 2021
HCLG committee ‘unpersuaded’ that government planning reforms will make system quicker
Inside Housing reports that the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee published its first report on the future of the planning system in England. The report includes a chapter on...
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10 Jun 2021
Rural Media’s powerful short drama prompts BBC Countryfile to cover rural domestic abuse
The Willows – Dawn’s Story A film about one woman’s escape from rural domestic abuse Domestic abuse in rural areas is different. Abuse lasts, on average, 25 times longer in...
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07 Jun 2021
RSN Shares its Concerns and Seeks Your Views on the Government Consultation on Consistency in Recycling
The Rural Services Network is keen to respond to the Government’s current consultation on Consistency in Household and Business Recycling in England. Whilst the RSN welcomes proposals to increase recycling...
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07 Jun 2021
Rural areas must play a significant role in reaching net-zero
Richard Clewer, chair of the Countryside Climate Network and leader of Wiltshire Council, argues in the Environmental Journal this week that the UK will “never reach net-zero unless rural areas play...
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07 Jun 2021
Could rural hospitals struggle to cope with influx of staycationers?
The Daily Mail reports that Britons going on staycations this summer risk “overburdening” hospitals in tourist hotspots, according to warnings from Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers Mr Hopson...
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