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Chinese New Year celebrations urged to ban the use of sky lanterns
It's Chinese New Year today, and farmers and the rural community are urging people to ban the usage of sky lanterns due to the risk they pose to…
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Illustrating the myriad of rural businesses supported by just one farm
The role that farmers play in supporting rural businesses is something often forgotten or overlooked by some politicians and decision makers, and…
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Humberts responds to the latest research from Rural Land Market Survey
Jack Mitchell from Humberts’ Rural team, comments on the latest RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey , showing that for the second half of 2015, there…
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More needed to tackle rural poverty and social isolation
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is calling for more research into the problem of poverty and social isolation in rural areas. It is making this call in…
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Successful broadband pilots hailed as important milestone for rural communities
The CLA has hailed the emerging results of Government pilots into delivering broadband to rural areas as ‘an important milestone towards real…
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English land buyers do not appear concerned about possibility of Brexit
The Strutt & Parker Rural Land Briefing was held today (3rd February) at London’s Westbury Hotel. This annual seminar on UK agriculture and the rural…
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Brexit could place British farming in jeopardy, warns new report
The future of many UK farming businesses looks uncertain, according to a new report on the agricultural implications of leaving the EU written by a…
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'Ministers must complete Compulsory Purchase reform as HS2 law reaches milestone'
Ministers must complete reforms to make the compulsory purchase system fairer for rural businesses affected by the HS2 scheme says the CLA, which…
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Falling land prices encouraging rise in rural entrepreneurs
Increasing urban property prices and falling land values could be fuelling a rise in new rural business start-ups and lifestyle farmers, the latest…
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Make broadband equality pledge a reality for rural areas
The Chancellor should use The Budget in March to turn the Prime Minister’s broadband equality pledge from promise to reality, says the organisation…
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