Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
03 Aug 2017
Grant for Wheels to Work scheme
Rural youngsters are among those to benefit from £175,000 in new grants from the Virgin Money Foundation. Five projects across north-east England will benefit from the grants, with a focus...
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03 Aug 2017
Rural Services Network: Concern for rural community transport
PRESS RELEASEFor immediate release Thursday 3 August 2017 Responding to a government decision that community transport operators bidding for local authority bus service contracts may require a PSV (Public Service...
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02 Aug 2017
Mixed reception for BT broadband proposal
A BT offer to provide universal high speed broadband to homes and businesses across the UK has been greeted with a mixed response. The government said the offer to voluntarily...
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30 Jul 2017
£200m for businesses and broadband
The government has unveiled £200m in grants for rural businesses and broadband projects. Funding for rural businesses would generate more than 6,000 new jobs and support the growth of rural enterprises,...
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29 Jul 2017
Rural welcome for broadband scheme
RURAL business leaders have welcomed a grant scheme to connect firms to faster broadband. Defra released a new wave of pre-Brexit grant schemes to help rural areas in England get...
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25 Jul 2017
Free LPG tank installation for rural businesses
Calor is offering a free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tank and pipework installation to rural, off-grid agricultural businesses. The offer is available immediately, with rural farming businesses currently using oil,...
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24 Jul 2017
Rural businesses still miss out on broadband
Rural businesses are still struggling to get reliable mobile phone coverage and access to internet services, a survey reveals. Some 85% of farmers asked have unreliable mobile signals – despite...
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23 Jul 2017
Help unlock rural Britain’s digital potential
Business owners are being asked to help “unlock” the digital potential of rural Britain. The request comes at the start of a consultation launched by independent think tank Rural England...
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21 Jul 2017
Calor Community Fund winners revealed
Energy company Calor has announced the winners of its Rural Community Fund to help improve local life. In total some 126 community projects applied for funding and 30 went through...
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11 Jul 2017
‘Rising cost of gas to hit rural firms’
The price of gas for small to medium sized businesses is set to soar by 2020 as government climate and decarbonisation policies bite, warns rural energy firm Calor. In 2016,...
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