Reports and Research
01 Aug 2021
Cultivating rural growth
Recognising and addressing the post-pandemic rural productivity challenge Recognising rural communities’ specific needs Over the past year, Rural Services Network and its partners have commissioned three studies from Pragmatix Advisory...
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01 Aug 2021
Towards the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The way in which the government is allocating funds for its flagship ‘Levelling Up’ programme is failing to properly recognise the needs of rural communities – according to research published...
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01 Feb 2021
Towards a greener Green Book process
There is a long way to go until rural communities see their fair share of investment as new economic research reveals government spending per person on public infrastructure is 44%...
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01 Nov 2020
Rural Recovery and Revitalisation
Investing in affordable rural housing will level up and turbo charge the rural economy’ according to new research from the Rural Services Network, CPRE (the countryside charity) and English Rural....
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01 Jan 2019
State of Rural Services Report 2018
In conjunction with Rural England CIC the State of Rural Services 2018 report (published January 2019) presents the most recent evidence regarding the provision of services to residents and businesses in rural...
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01 Nov 2017
Rural Coalition – New Government must end sidelining of rural issues
The Rural Services Network is one of twelve national organisations who form the Rural Coalition. The Rural Coalition subscribe to a vision for a living and working countryside in England....
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01 Oct 2017
The Findings of the First Online Rural Opinion Panel
(A Report prepared for the RSN by the CCRI) In the summer of 2017, the Rural Services Network invested in a novel approach to gathering information about the experience of...
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