COVID-19
26 Apr 2021
Rural transport: Young people ‘written off’
Young people in isolated communities without good public transport are being ‘written off’, according to a report on the BBC National figures show more than 3,000 local authority-supported bus services...
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19 Apr 2021
Large-scale business survey to shed light on rural resilience during COVID
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) is asking rural and farming businesses in the North East, South West and Midlands how they are dealing with COVID-19 to explore...
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19 Apr 2021
Labour to establish commission to aid the high street’s post-pandemic revival
Local paper the Winsford Guardian has reported that Labour is set to reveal the details of a new high street commission designed to inform its policies on how to rebuild...
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12 Apr 2021
Covid highlights the need for urgent action on rural broadband
Red Peel, founder of Airband, writes in Engineering and Technology that poor connectivity has made it difficult for internet users in hard-to-reach areas to adapt to new ways of working...
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12 Apr 2021
Covid causing over-60s to move to rural areas
Older people have become more likely to move to the countryside whilst younger people are more often choosing to live in towns, according to the results of a survey published...
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12 Apr 2021
Britain’s loneliest places in lockdown
Loneliness during lockdown has been found to be more intense in ‘poorer, urban areas’ and places with a higher proportion of young people, according to an Office for National Statistics...
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12 Apr 2021
Rural co-working spaces are on the rise
The Telegraph reports that daily ‘commuter trains’ now appear ‘outdated and unproductive’, as we are embracing a new flexible, hybrid model of working and commuting, whether through choice or the...
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06 Apr 2021
London is worst-performing region as UK house prices fall
The Guardian has reported on a ‘surge’ in the numbers of people who have moved out of London and other urban areas, or are planning to do so, after concluding...
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29 Mar 2021
Making rural intelligent networks a reality
Dr. Nermin Mohamed, Head of Telecommunications Solutions at Wind River writes in Telecoms this week that despite efforts to improve rural connectivity provision for those living outside of cities, the...
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22 Mar 2021
Government hands English tourism hotspots £56m ‘welcome back’ boost
The Government has announced a ‘Welcome Back Fund’ for English tourism and seaside resorts, to support under funding Housing and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick MP announced a £56m package to...
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