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28 Jul 2025

Why Rural Housing Matters and Why You Should Join the Conversation

Rural Affordable Housing & Planning Tuesday 16 September 2025 | 10:00 – 12:00 Part of the National Rural Conference 2025 Bookings now open for RSN…

28 Jul 2025

High Street Boost for Staffordshire Businesses

Independent businesses in Stafford, Stone, and Eccleshall are invited to take part in the High Street Boost programme, delivered by Stafford Borough Council designed to…

24 Jul 2025

Landlines are going digital. Are you ready?

Landlines are going digital. Are you ready?  Landlines in the UK are going digital and by January 2027, most calls will be made over broadband.…

24 Jul 2025

Bringing rural innovation to life: New resources from NICRE’s Innovation Portal

The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) has launched new resources on its open-access Innovation Portal to help rural businesses, communities, policymakers and practitioners…

24 Jul 2025

Small developments making a huge difference

As one of England’s largest specialist rural housing associations, Hastoe knows only too well the huge and beneficial impact that building just a small number…

24 Jul 2025

2G Switch-Off: Are You Ready for the UK’s Network Evolution?

Authored by Mobile UK The UK’s mobile networks are undergoing a significant evolution, moving towards faster, more efficient 4G and 5G technologies. As part of…

24 Jul 2025

Introducing Sophie Norton, RISE’s subject matter expert in retrofit for heritage and historic homes

Sophie Norton is a Sustainability Consultant at Turner & Townsend, and the Retrofit Information, Support and Expertise (RISE) subject matter expert for historic and heritage…

24 Jul 2025

Broadcast 2040+ – The future of Terrestrial TV

In 2022, five organisations came together to launch the Broadcast 2040+ campaign over a shared concern: there was no Government commitment to keeping broadcast TV…

24 Jul 2025

Making a case for the countryside: Connexus launches Rural Voice

In July, rural housing association Connexus published Rural Voice, a companion piece to its 2025–2030 Corporate Plan, homes you can build a life in. Launched…

24 Jul 2025

Scottish Gas industry demonstrates ‘renewable ready’ capabilities to support rural transition

Two senior Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) visited a major gas distribution facility in Bathgate to see how Scotland’s liquified petroleum gas (LPG) industry…