Rural Vulnerability

Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices. 

Government Energy Bill Survey

The Department for Business are asking all businesses to respond to a survey on energy bills and the impact increased costs are having on your business

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Rural Vulnerability

Rural residents can suffer from Rural Vulnerability, due to a combination of issues such as poor transport, lack of broadband low wages and higher than average house prices. 

‘Warm banks’ and ‘mobile community shop’ set for rural villages

Lincolnshire Live reports that organisations helping local residents deal with the rising cost of living will be granted £65,000 towards ‘warm banks’ and a mobile food shop for rural areas, with a total of £22,000 going towards a ‘mobile community shop,’ which will make weekly visits to villages around Retford

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Government Energy Bill Survey

The Department for Business are asking all businesses to respond to a survey on energy bills and the impact increased costs are having on your business

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Government to consider fuel price comparison scheme

The BBC reports that the government is contemplating the introduction of a fuel price checker which would allow drivers to compare costs of petrol and diesel, with Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan saying the online tool would be similar to one used in Northern Ireland

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Call for Rural to be at the heart of the journey to Net Zero

The impacts of dangerous climate change will affect all communities. This much is already clear from the rural impacts of increasingly frequent storm damage, flood events and periods of drought. Minimising man-made climate change matters as much to rural communities and businesses as it does to any others.

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