Future of Rural Areas

The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.

Local communities tackle rural challenges

Rural communities are coming together to improve their quality of life but feel as though they are becoming more remote, suggests new research. The public survey looking in to how life is experienced in

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£45m investment in rural broadband

Rural businesses and communities are set to benefit from a £45m package to improve broadband access in the countryside, says the government. The new funding for the government’s Rural Broadband

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Police unveil rural crime strategy

Police chiefs have launched a rural affairs strategy to help combat crime in the countryside. The  rural strategy was launched by the National Police Chiefs Council at a rural summit

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Farm Business Survey

The Rural Business Research Unit at Askham Bryan College is part of Rural Business Research; a national consortium of six Universities and Colleges delivering projects for government, levy-funded research bodies,

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Revised planning policy published

New planning rules will make it easier for councils to challenge poor quality and unattractive development – and give communities a greater voice about local development, says the government. Building attractive

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Rural welcome for digital connectivity

The Rural Services Network has welcomed a government pledge to prioritise the connection of hard-to-reach rural areas to faster broadband services. The promise is contained in a national, long-term strategy

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Peers ask for evidence on rural economy

A House of Lords committee is asking for views on the opportunities, challenges and prospects for the future in rural communities. The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy recently

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Future of Rural Areas

The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.

Local communities tackle rural challenges

Rural communities are coming together to improve their quality of life but feel as though they are becoming more remote, suggests new research. The public survey looking in to how life is experienced in

Read More

£45m investment in rural broadband

Rural businesses and communities are set to benefit from a £45m package to improve broadband access in the countryside, says the government. The new funding for the government’s Rural Broadband

Read More

Police unveil rural crime strategy

Police chiefs have launched a rural affairs strategy to help combat crime in the countryside. The  rural strategy was launched by the National Police Chiefs Council at a rural summit

Read More

Farm Business Survey

The Rural Business Research Unit at Askham Bryan College is part of Rural Business Research; a national consortium of six Universities and Colleges delivering projects for government, levy-funded research bodies,

Read More

Revised planning policy published

New planning rules will make it easier for councils to challenge poor quality and unattractive development – and give communities a greater voice about local development, says the government. Building attractive

Read More

Rural welcome for digital connectivity

The Rural Services Network has welcomed a government pledge to prioritise the connection of hard-to-reach rural areas to faster broadband services. The promise is contained in a national, long-term strategy

Read More

Peers ask for evidence on rural economy

A House of Lords committee is asking for views on the opportunities, challenges and prospects for the future in rural communities. The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy recently

Read More