The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
26 May 2020
The Rural Housing Alliance have written to the Secretary of State for Housing to offer support
The Rural Housing Alliance (RHA), which works in partnership with the Rural Services Network and National Housing Federation, is a group of leading housing associations that develop and manage affordable...
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26 May 2020
The Plunkett Foundation write to Local Authority Leaders
The Plunkett Foundation (alonside other organisations) has written to Local Authority Leaders to highlight the importance of local social enterprises, co-operatives and community businesses to their local area Local Authorities...
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26 May 2020
Study suggests increase in employment in rural areas despite lockdown
Several outlets, including the BBC and the Independent, report on a study showing that some rural parts of the UK have seen a surge in job adverts posted, despite the...
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26 May 2020
£3.8 million rural economy innovation centre set to launch
The North East Times Magazine, Insider Media and Bdaily report that a new national innovation centre set to support the UK’s rural economy will launch in the North East later...
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26 May 2020
Rural Britain Needs a New Deal
Dr Gill Cookson, Chair of Scarborough and Whitby CLP, writes in Left Foot Forward, a left-wing website covering politics, about a new study from the University of Newcastle demonstrating that...
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22 May 2020
RSN Economic Profiling Service – May 2020
– Unemployment Claimant Flows as an Indicator of Economic Performance This article compares alternative claimant count flows and the alternative claimant count flows as a percentage of working population, with...
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18 May 2020
New centre to help unlock potential of the UK’s rural economies
Newcastle University and partners will lead a new National Centre to support enterprise, resilience and innovation among rural firms and unlock the untapped potential of rural economies across the UK...
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18 May 2020
Slash tourism VAT to kick-start rural economy, says rural business group
The Eastern Daily Press reports on calls from countryside business leaders to cut VAT on tourism businesses to five percent to help the rural economy recover from the COVID-19 crisis...
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11 May 2020
Getting rural Britain back to work – Rural Coalition
The Rural Services network, alongside other members of the Rural Coalition, have written to George Eustice (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to warn against Government applying a rigid...
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11 May 2020
Evidence session on the impact of the ‘digital divide’ during the Covid-19 crisis launched
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has announced it will be hosting an evidence session on Friday on the impact of the ‘digital divide’ in accessing online support during the...
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