Tag: rural
Food for thought
By Molly Pollock
Fuel shortages and price rises have been hitting the headlines along with price hikes for food...
What a way to earn a living
Molly Pollock looks at how the legacy of Covid lockdowns could have a longer-term positive impact on the structure of Scotland's rural population with a reduction in time and cost of travel and reduction of CO2 emissions.
Rural support delivered by Scottish Government
By a Newsnet Reporter The Scottish Government has begun injecting over £300million into the rural economy, giving a vital cash boost to the...
Stuttering start to Scottish harvest
By a Newsnet reporter The 2012 summer may have reverted to form in the past 24 hours or so, but the previously dry interlude at...
SNP effectiveness in rural Scotland questioned
Liberal Democrat Candidate for Perthshire North, Victor Clements, has offered a different view on the effectiveness of the SNP government in rural Scotland in...
SNP MP steps up fight for rural fuel discount
SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar and SNP Transport Spokesperson Angus MacNeil has written to the Chief Secretary of the Treasury, Danny Alexander,...
Funding for rural broadband
Funding to improve broadband coverage in rural areas has been announced.Five Local Action Groups - in Forth Valley and Lomond, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney,...
EU Experts attend Edinburgh Rural Fair
Rural Scotland demonstrated its merits on an international stage today with the opening of the 2010 EU Rural Cooperation Fair at Murrayfield Stadium in...