Elinor Goodman, one of our Commissioners, will be chairing this 2 day Environment Agency conference reviewing the current environment, regulatory, legislative, business and public agenda and how that will affect policy, practice, business and regulation in the years ahead.

Posted on: 11th June 2009, 12:00PM

Consumer Focus has published a new report 'Within reach? Consumer reactions to new post office outreach services' on consumer satisfaction with the post office outreach services initiated following the recent post office closure programme.

Posted on: 10th June 2009, 5:20PM

According to the Plunkett Foundation, increasing numbers of rural communities are looking into setting up community-owned rural shops to help address rural shop closures...

Posted on: 20th May 2009, 12:56PM

John Coleman, head of our Rural Places programme, has written an article for the latest Public Service Review magazine, about how the recession is affecting the affordable rural housing challenge.

Posted on: 28th April 2009, 9:15AM

The FSA are looking to work in partnership with organisations in the North East and North West of England on a pilot money guidance Pathfinder programme to promote financial capability in rural areas.

Posted on: 12th February 2009, 1:29PM

You can now keep up to date with what we're doing by following us on Twitter!

Posted on: 3rd February 2009, 4:42PM

Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has approved the re-appointment of Elinor Goodman as one of our Commissioners for a further 3 years.

Posted on: 20th January 2009, 12:09PM

The Social Exclusion Task Force and Defra are working in partnership on a short study on older people (aged 50 and over) in rural areas.

Posted on: 19th January 2009, 2:11PM

Following our Rural Experience visit looking at the how the reccession is affecting housing in rural areas, this morning's Farming Today programme discussed some of the issues, and spoke to Sir Bob Kerslake, leader of the visit.

Posted on: 9th January 2009, 11:36AM

Roger Turner, head of our Rural Economies programme, has spoken to the Guardian about the impacts the credit crunch is having on the rural economy.

Posted on: 3rd December 2008, 9:35AM