The National Rural Conference 2025

Bookings are now officially open for the National Rural Conference 2025, which will take place online from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 September.
This is the Rural Services Network’s flagship event of the year, bringing together rural decision-makers, practitioners, and advocates for four days of live, interactive sessions focused on the future of rural communities.
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Constable Country to receive the UK's 'fastest' broadband

The Daily Gazette reports that broadband provider, County Broadband, has announced its plan to provide 20,000 rural homes and businesses across 15 villages on the Essex/Suffolk border with super-fast internet to support the rise of home-workers

East Bergholt, Brantham and Capel St Mary are some of the names which have been added to the provider’s rollout of hyperfast full-fibre broadband.

The new FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) networks provide speeds of 1,000 Mbps to each property – about 11 times faster than the UK average.

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The Daily Gazette - Constable Country to receive the UK's 'fastest' broadband