Analysis & Commentary
18 Feb 2019
Podcast Episode – The Brexit vote in rural communities
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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04 Feb 2019
Podcast Episode – The beef farmer
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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23 Jan 2019
Podcast Episode – The rural food bank
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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02 Jan 2019
Podcast Episode – Is Westminster listening?
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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17 Dec 2018
Lessons for rural transport provision
Rural bus services have suffered as funding pressures have grown, but there is good practice and evidence of what works out there, finds Brian Wilson. The Campaign for Better Transport...
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12 Dec 2018
Podcast Episode – The village with no bus and no shop
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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28 Nov 2018
Podcast Episode – The market town with no bank
Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View from Here’ and has kindly allowed the Rural Services Network...
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28 Oct 2018
Podcast Episode – Listen to the next generation
Welcome to the Podcast series – ‘The View from Here’ Carole Walker, is a former political news correspondent with the BBC. She has developed her own Podcast called ‘The View...
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08 Oct 2018
Are we really headed for a cashless rural society?
How we pay for goods and services, and how we access cash are changing rapidly with rural consequences, finds Brian Wilson. The continuing closure of bank branches, along with recent...
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27 Jun 2018
How financially secure are rural residents?
The financial circumstances of huge numbers of rural residents make them potentially vulnerable, finds Brian Wilson. Last year the Financial Conduct Authority, which is the statutory body that regulates financial...
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