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.
19 Oct 2023
Average Hours Worked & Earnings
This analysis in the Economy Insight series draws on the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings to examine the difference between hours worked and earnings between those working full time,...
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29 Mar 2021
Tax Day/NHS charitable relief claim
The Treasury published its “Tax policies and consultations report (Spring 2021)” on 23 March 2021 “Tax day” combines an overview of the Government’s taxation policy with an update on the...
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08 Mar 2021
Government urged to “give people in villages the same opportunity as those living in bigger towns and cities”
MPs call for rural-urban parity at conference aimed at revitalising rural Warnings of cost of lack of transport and broadband infrastructure on communities further isolated by COVID-19 Government urged to...
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15 Feb 2021
What impact has Covid19 had on rural communities?
With the Rural Services Network about to publish a new report on 1st March on how the countryside economies can be revitalised (Revitalising Rural: Realising the Vision) our Chief Executive...
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08 Feb 2021
BT in talks with OneWeb over rural satellite broadband
Bloomberg has reported on discussions between BT and government-backed satellite maker OneWeb to provide rural broadband to people cut off from Britain’s fibre networks BT is understood to be in...
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08 Feb 2021
How COVID-19 ‘killed’ the high street bank
The Daily Mail has written this week that despite the fact that most people still rely on their high street bank, they are being driven away by branch closures and...
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01 Feb 2021
O2, Three and Vodafone agree new deal to improve UK’s rural coverage
Publications including Mobile Europe and Computer Weekly report that three mobile network operators have unveiled plans to build more than 200 new mobile masts to improve 4G phone signal in...
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01 Feb 2021
Boohoo and Asos just signalled the death of High Street retail – so who’ll fund public services now?
The Evening Standard reports that the news that Debenhams and Topshop have been bought by online retailers Boohoo and Asos respectfully, could be good news for Marks and Spencer and...
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25 Jan 2021
APPG taking up rural concerns with Digital Minister
The Chair of the APPG for Rural Services, Philip Dunne MP, has written to Matt Warman MP, the Minister for Digital Infrastructure in relation to concerns about delivering broadband to...
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25 Jan 2021
Calculating Social Value
The Rural Services Network was delighted to have the Social Value Engine developed by East Riding Council and Rose Regeneration featuring as a topic at the Rural Economy meeting yesterday....
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