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Changes will give communities greater say on - and benefits from - the siting of onshore wind farms.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Views on how local communities can take charge of managing and generating their own energy are being sought by the Government
Rural communities have just under a month to get their applications in for the final round of the £20m Rural Community Broadband Fund.
The fund aims to help hard to reach rural communities with limited or no internet to access superfast broadband.
Up to 450 homes and businesses in Northamptonshire's Tove Valley are expected to benefit from superfast broadband after a £117,000 grant was approved to get the scheme underway.
Owen Paterson, Environment Secretary delivered the below speech at the Federation of Small Businesses National Conference in Leicester.
The new government business training scheme will bring new skills and business knowledge to rural areas.
The people of Rothbury in Northumberland are set to become one of the first communities to receive superfast broadband.
Rural roadshow: how funding has transformed the rural economy on the Isle of Wight
New multi-million pound investments in Yorkshire businesses will create jobs, open global business opportunities and help rebuild the nation…
Plans in the Growth Bill will ensure communities can develop land in their areas and no longer be overruled by an abuse of Town and Village Green legislation.
The five areas chosen to deliver Rural Growth Networks: Wiltshire, Cumbria, Somerset and Devon, Durham and Northumberland, and Warwickshire.
Around 900 jobs and almost 500 new businesses are expected to be created in Cumbria following the £3.5 million investment in a Rural Growth Network.
The Rural Statement gives people in rural areas an expectation of the changes they should see both at work and in their communities.
More than 200 jobs are expected to be created and 450 businesses supported in Wiltshire’s military towns following a £1.9 million Government…
Devon and Somerset is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
Northumberland and Durham is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
Cumbria is one of five regions to benefit from a Rural Growth Network.
Female entrepreneurs in Swindon and Wiltshire could benefit from government support for women in business.
Insights are helping to ensure that rural policies meet the real needs of rural communities and businesses.
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