Minister joins Rural Experience digital fact-finding tour
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- Monday, 30th March 2009 at 10:44am
Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is joining Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, today on our 3rd Rural Experience event, focusing on digital inclusion.
“Technology has helped rural entrepreneurship to grow, and broadband is transforming lives, communities and jobs."
"I know that broadband is essential for rural communities and businesses. I will make sure that access for rural areas is a central part of government plans for the future of broadband.”
Delegates on the visit are meeting with rural businesses to see first hand how access to digital technology is crucial to realising their full potential. They'll see some of the creative ways people in rural communities are using digital technology and the opportunities still waiting to be exploited.
Rural areas have seen some of the steepest rises in unemployment rates and high-speed, reliable broadband is essential for people looking for work and accessing benefits, and for businesses targeting new markets and seeking to reduce costs.
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“The results of the visit will be incorporated into the governments Digital Inclusion Action Plan which is designed to deliver their Universal Service Agreement by 2012 and a forthcoming CRC report to the Prime Minister and Lord Carter, the minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting, on digital inclusion in rural areas.
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