COVID-19
08 Jun 2020
Issues raised at the 5th June meeting of the Rural Impacts Stakeholder Forum (RISF)
The Rural Impacts Stakeholder Forum (RISF) was established in March 2020 to enable open and regular dialogue between key rural stakeholder organisations and Defra on the impact of COVID-19 on...
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08 Jun 2020
New statistics suggest regional epicentres of COVID-19
Several outlets report on the widening north-south COVID-19 divide, with fatalities and new infections far more common in regions outside of London Research shows new infections are nearly twice as...
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08 Jun 2020
Respect the countryside, plead farmers
The Times reports that farmers have issued a plea to visitors to respect the countryside after widespread reports of litter and human waste being left in fields as more people...
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08 Jun 2020
Cash payments fall 15 percent as half of all UK transactions done on card
Just 23 percent of all purchases made in the UK last year involved cash, according to a new report published by Yahoo Finance Cash payments have declined by 15 percent...
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08 Jun 2020
Defra food vulnerability update
Below is is this week’s update on Defra’s work on food for vulnerable people: Non-Shielded Vulnerable: 42 Local Authority entities covering 86 LA areas are currently onboarded onto the supermarket...
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08 Jun 2020
The Pub Defender and the Forum of Private Business launch new support organisation dedicated to the pub trade
The Forum of Private Business, working with the Pub Defender Dave Mountford, have launched The Forum of British Pubs Focusing on providing support to local pubs as they struggle through...
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08 Jun 2020
COVID-19 – Rural Communities Pulling Together (Week 9)
We asked for examples of our rural communities pulling together and have been inundated with responses so far! We featured 10 each week, and this week are pleased to feature...
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01 Jun 2020
Rural Services Network and Institute of Economic Development work together to support rural
The Rural Services Network and the Institute of Economic Development, a member of the Rural Services Partnership, have joined forces to work together on a piece of work designed to...
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01 Jun 2020
Public health directors urge delay to lockdown easing amid test and trace confusion
Significant concerns are being raised by directors of public health and other leading sector figures that the lockdown is being eased too quickly, as confusion remains over how the test...
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01 Jun 2020
Tough new rules to lock down whole towns to rapidly isolate new COVID-19 sufferers
The Sun warns that some towns could face isolated lockdown measures if there are regional flare-ups, as Boris Johnson announced the Government’s crucial new ‘track and trace’ programme this week...
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