Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
21 Oct 2019
NFSP calls for support to reverse Barclays scrapping of post office cash withdrawals
The National Federation of SubPostmasters (NFSP) is seeking co-signatures for an open letter to Barclays CEO Jes Staley The NFSP is requesting that the bank reverse its decision to cease...
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21 Oct 2019
Time for a rural strategy
The RSN believes that the Government should take the lead and work with interested organisations to produce a comprehensive long term and funded Rural Strategy. We have developed a Template...
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17 Oct 2019
Hop on board the Hope Valley Explorer
Against the trend of reducing rural bus services, a new seasonal bus tour service in the Hope Valley was launched by the Peak District National Park Authority in July 2019....
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14 Oct 2019
Bank causes uproar by scrapping free post office cash withdrawals
The Guardian reports a decision by Barclays to pull out of an agreement allowing bank customers to withdraw cash from post offices for free has been criticised as “shocking”. The...
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14 Oct 2019
Subsidised broadband for rural communities
Some of the hardest-to-reach rural places in the UK are now eligible for government funding towards the cost of installing gigabit-capable* broadband to homes or businesses when part of a...
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14 Oct 2019
Post office closures are destroying communities
An article published in the Yorkshire Post argues the importance of post offices to rural communities. It notes that post offices often support other small shops that have sprung up...
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14 Oct 2019
Barclays halts branch closures for two years
ITV News reports that Barclays bank has pledged not to close bank branches in remote areas, or where the bank is the last in the area for two years. Barclays...
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07 Oct 2019
5G won’t solve rural connectivity issues
New research from uSwitch.com demonstrates that the introduction of 5G across the country will not solve the UK’s rural connectivity problems ITV reports on the survey that found that a...
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07 Oct 2019
Openreach trials rural connectivity solutions
Openreach has announced a trial of new tools and techniques as it works to upgrade 13 rural communities in the UK to faster, more reliable broadband The website CommsBuiness covers...
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07 Oct 2019
Public can apply to fund free ATM machines
ATM machine operator Link has established the Community Access to Cash Delivery Fund to tackle concerns that it is becoming harder to access cash, as reported by ITV The fund...
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