The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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27.07.2022
Nine miles inland from Whitby in the middle of the North York Moors National Park is the small honeypot village of Goathland. It's here that you'll find CJS CJS - what's that then? Crazy...
27.07.2022
Pub is The Hub, www.pubisthehub.org.uk , teamed up with voluntary arts organisation Creative Lives, www.creative-lives.org , and CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale), for an online event to help give publicans insights on the opportunities for their pub through...
25.07.2022
Farmers Weekly has reported that, in light of the cashflow crisis facing many agricultural business, the Rural Payments Agency has announced that farmers in England will receive a 50% advance on their basic payment scheme Farmers have been under...
25.07.2022
Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has announced funding for the TransPennine Route Upgrades has trebled from £2.9billion to £9billion The TransPennine Route upgrades and Northern PowerHouse Rail, is due to cut journey times by 40% and reduce carbon emissions...
25.07.2022
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have announced some key improvements from the 25th July to the Help to Grow: Digital scheme, which will enable even more firms to benefit from the scheme ...
18.07.2022
Business Cheshire report how rural based business communities risk being “left behind” and “isolated” because they have to put up with third-rate connectivity services, a Cheshire based expert has warned Roy Shelton, the Chairman of the Chester Business...
18.07.2022
Westmorland Gazette reports that broadband provider, Fibrus, has revealed its plans for its roll out across Great Britain - starting with ‘underserved towns and villages’ in Cumbria In a staged approach, the expansion from Fibrus will see it cover...
18.07.2022
ITV reports that over the next three years almost £17million pounds will be spent in North Yorkshire on improving broadband coverage and transport links in rural areas The funding has come from the shared prosperity fund, which was put...
11.07.2022
Rural Planning in the 2020s is a report launched this month by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI ) It examines the challenges facing rural communities throughout the UK and in Ireland in the 2020s....
11.07.2022
The Financial Times reports that a new report by the Countryside and Community Research Institute calculated that across the south-west of England, the wider region — comprising Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset — would lose £883mn in direct subsidies by...
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HOT TOPICS
Public Sector Funding
The RSN demands fairer funding from Central Government who have historically and systematically underfunded rural areas.
Barriers to Access
The RSN campaigns to help rural residents overcome multiple access barriers to key services which includes poor transport and broadband.
Future of Rural Areas
The RSN is challenging often overlooked rural threats such as chronic underfunding, changes in population and diminishing resources.
Rural Health and Wellbeing
The RSN wants to ensure rural communities have the same access to health care as is currently received in urban areas.
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.
Rural Housing
The affordability of rural housing to people from a range of ages and backgrounds is key concern for RSN.
Rural Economy
The RSN works to encourage a thriving rural economy in order to help support our rural communities.
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