Posted on Tuesday, 30th June 2009 at 10:39pm

‘Rural Money Matters: A Support Guide to Rural Financial Inclusion’ is designed to help local authorities and their local strategic partnership members understand, identify and tackle financial exclusion in rural areas....

Posted on Tuesday, 30th June 2009 at 6:02pm

We're looking for a part time Human Resources Administrator to provide administrative support across a range of HR services....

Posted on Tuesday, 30th June 2009 at 11:13am

Business leaders, local authorities, community organisations and economic development agencies from around the country are meeting today to discuss how inspiration and leadership can help release the potential of rural economies....

Posted on Monday, 29th June 2009 at 5:00pm

We're looking for a Policy Adviser to join our Rural Services team and help influence policy at all levels of government to make sure it reflects the needs of rural communities....

Posted on Friday, 26th June 2009 at 1:37pm

Gill Payne, our Chief Executive, and Lord Smith, Chairman of the Environment Agency, are leading a visit today to farming communities in Gloucestershire affected by the summer floods of 2007 and 2008....

Posted on Tuesday, 23rd June 2009 at 12:31pm

Today we're launching 'Mind the Gap: Digital England - a rural perspective', the rural contribution to Lord Carter's Digital Britain report. It includes recommendations to Government to ensure an effective and sustainable communications future for ru...

Posted on Tuesday, 23rd June 2009 at 9:02am

Today we're launching 'Mind the Gap: Digital England - a rural perspective', the rural contribution to Lord Carter's Digital Britain report. It includes recommendations to Government to ensure an effective and sustainable communications future for ru...

Posted on Monday, 22nd June 2009 at 5:28pm

We've submitted the 7th of our regular reports to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the rural impacts of the recession....

Posted on Monday, 22nd June 2009 at 2:28pm

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Norman J Glass, who retired as a Commissioner at the end of March 2009....

Posted on Wednesday, 17th June 2009 at 9:49am

We recognise how important broadband is for people living and working in rural communities and are keen to ensure rural areas are not excluded from the economic, social and cultural opportunities provided by broadband connectivity....

Event date Wednesday, 3rd June 2009 at 9:30am

How can rural communities and firms harness their assets to weather the recession? We're partnering with CCH for this conference focusing on the new opportunities for rural England and how to capitalise on them....

Event date Thursday, 11th June 2009 at 9:30am

We're hosting this OECD 2-day workshop focusing on the special challenges of designing appropriate services and delivery mechanisms for rural areas....

Event date Thursday, 11th June 2009 at 10:00am

Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, will be visiting Cumbria to investigate integrated transport....

Event date Monday, 15th June 2009 at 6:30pm

NALC's Leadership Academy is the only national course of its kind aimed specifically at the Parish and Town Council sector....

Event date Thursday, 18th June 2009 at 12:00pm

Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, will be delivering this lecture as part of York St John University's Town & Gown lecture series....

Event date Friday, 19th June 2009 at 10:00am

Trevor Cherrett, of our Rural Places team, will be leading a workshop ‘Can small towns be more sustainable than larger cities and conurbations?’ at this RTPI conference....

Event date Tuesday, 23rd June 2009 at 9:00am

'Mind the Gap: Digital England - a rural perspective' is the rural contribution to Lord Carter's Digital Britain report. This launch will be an opportunity to discuss the issues raised with representatives from across the public, private and third se...

Event date Tuesday, 30th June 2009 at 9:30am

This joint summit with the East of England Development Agency and South East of England Development Agency is focusing on how inspiration and leadership can help release the potential of our rural economies.The event is the 2nd of 4 summits following...