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10 May 2021
Rural workers at a disadvantage if a full-time office return is out
Employees who live outside of major towns and cities risk being negatively affected if offices don’t return to working full-time in the office, according to…
10 May 2021
West Midlands market towns desperate for local Government support
The i paper reports how the surge in online shopping throughout the pandemic has been devastating for many small high streets already struggling to survive…
10 May 2021
Urban Flight – move to rural homes only for well off, says think tank
Think tank, The Resolution Foundation, has published new research in Estate Agent Today suggesting that ‘urban flight’ – when people leave cities and head for…
10 May 2021
Mobile UK joins Rural Services Network
Mobile UK, the industry group representing the interests of mobile network operators, has joined Rural Services Network, according to telecommunications trade publication Telecompaper The report…
04 May 2021
RSN Members explore Rural Decarbonisation
Over 75 members of the Rural Services Network last week came together to discuss the issues surrounding Rural Decarbonisation at one of the seminars organised…
04 May 2021
New survey into how rural businesses coped with crisis
Teesdale Mercury reports on a new survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) asking rural businesses how they are dealing with COVID-19…
04 May 2021
Elections 2021: Why a lack of buses is a key issue for voters
Ahead of the local elections, the BBC interviews young people across the country who have struggled with dwindling bus services The article outlines how across…
04 May 2021
Rural households can’t afford net-zero plans
93 per cent of rural off-grid households would not be able to afford the estimated average cost of a heat pump system, according to a…
04 May 2021
Free Seminars on Social Enterprise, Health Inequalities and Digital Futures
Cirican has recently approached us, to offer three exciting seminars, free of charge, to all Rural Service Network members. The events are due to take…
04 May 2021
Making levelling up work for Yorkshire’s rural residents
Conservative peer Anne McIntosh explores in the Yorkshire Post the ways in which the Government’s levelling-up agenda and ‘build back better’ possibilities will work in…
