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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…