Barriers to Access

The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.

Franchising Post Offices concerns

This week MPs debated the franchising of Crown Post Offices and the effect on high streets and local communities. Lisa Nandy MP, who tabled the debate, wrote in Politics Home

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Welcome to 2019 from the RSN!

We’re looking forward to another busy year supporting all of our members. Our mission is to be the national champion for rural services, ensuring that people in rural areas have

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Call for rural taxis to replace buses

The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) has published a report calling for a ‘planned network’ of rural transport to replace the ‘patchwork of different forms and types’ that currently exists,

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New measures a major win for rural coverage

Ofcom has found that broadband speeds across the UK increased throughout 2018, with the number of homes and small businesses that cannot access a ‘decent’ connection halving, ComputerWeekly.com reported. A

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High street report findings

The BBC reported on the publication of Sir John Timpson’s High Street Report. The report noted that a combination of internet shopping and the convenience of ‘out of town’ retailing

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Barriers to Access

The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.

Franchising Post Offices concerns

This week MPs debated the franchising of Crown Post Offices and the effect on high streets and local communities. Lisa Nandy MP, who tabled the debate, wrote in Politics Home

Read More

Welcome to 2019 from the RSN!

We’re looking forward to another busy year supporting all of our members. Our mission is to be the national champion for rural services, ensuring that people in rural areas have

Read More

Call for rural taxis to replace buses

The Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) has published a report calling for a ‘planned network’ of rural transport to replace the ‘patchwork of different forms and types’ that currently exists,

Read More

New measures a major win for rural coverage

Ofcom has found that broadband speeds across the UK increased throughout 2018, with the number of homes and small businesses that cannot access a ‘decent’ connection halving, ComputerWeekly.com reported. A

Read More

High street report findings

The BBC reported on the publication of Sir John Timpson’s High Street Report. The report noted that a combination of internet shopping and the convenience of ‘out of town’ retailing

Read More