Broadband no luxury News & Star Access and broadband speeds need to improve in rural Cumbria – firstly because businesses report serious economic and commercial disadvantage from the ...
Playing to our area's strengths News & Star ... that west Cumbria's economy needs to diversify. This week's developments show that the area's existing main players, the nuclear industry and farming, ...
Dog taken for a walk — from coast to coast Burton Mail Richard Wilkinson, 51, his wife Denise, 52, and Star, a six-year-old Springer Spaniel, set off from the Irish Sea at St Bee's Bay, in Cumbria, and walked ...
Charity ploughing match turns over cash for air ambulance Times & Star The fourth annual Allonby ploughing match raised more than £1000 for the Pride of Cumbria Air Ambulance. Nearly 50 competitors took part in Monday's event ...
Anaerobic digestion offers farmers food for thought Business Green Farmgen said that it also plans to build a second £2.5m plant in Silloth, Cumbria later this year and is preparing planning applications for sites in ...
McDonald's showcases northern farms FarmersWeekly A Cumbrian farmer and one of the world's food giants have teamed up to showcase the role of British farming in their business. McDonald's held its fourth ...
Farmgen starts work on AD tanks for Carr Farm project New Energy Focus The next major development under Farmgen's network plans will see it start work on its second AD plant at a site in Silloth, in Cumbria, later this year. ...
Local Enterprise Partnerships – Call for evidence The Government has invited local authorities to submit proposals to form Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) by 6 September 2010. It is envisaged that LEPs will form a key part of the delivery of economic development at a sub-national level.
The Rural Coalition publishes ‘The Rural Challenge’ We warmly welcome today’s launch of the Rural Coalition’s ‘The Rural Challenge. Achieving sustainable rural communities for the 21st century’ publication.
Contributing to the ‘Big Society’ – call for evidence To help us advise Government on ways of fully embracing the contribution and needs of rural communities in the Big Society, we would like to hear your views and experiences.
25th Meeting of Commission for Rural Communities 1. Chairman’s introduction
2. Apologies for absence and declaration of interests
3. Minutes of the Commission for Rural Communities meeting held on Thursday 10 June 2010 and matters arising
4. Chairman’s report for April to June 2010 – Stuart Burgess
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5. Transition project update (including decision on future Commission meeting dates) – Sarah McAdam
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6. Report...
CRC responds to the ‘Community Right to Build’ The CRC welcomes today's announcement on the 'Community Right to Build' which will allow local people and communities across England to decide where to create new homes, shops, business and facilities where they want them and where they are needed.
