Skip to main content
Logo icon
Stone
Conservatives

Main navigation

  • About Us
  • Events
  • News
  • People
  • Surgeries
  • Join
  • Contact
  • Share Your Priorities
Logo icon
Stone
Conservatives

Conservative Led SBC's Successful Bid For Rural Funding

  • Tweet
Friday, 2 December, 2022
Our Beautiful Borough
River Trent in Stone

Conservative led Stafford Borough Council has again been successful at applying for additional funding from Central Government.  This time, a provisional allocation of £487,936 is to be awarded from the Rural Prosperity Fund, first announced in September.

The fund aims to support local business, communities, and places in England’s rural areas.  To draw down the funds, the Borough Council had to submit a mini business plan before the end of November with input from a Rural Focus Group and Stone’s Conservative MP, Sir Bill Cash.

Rural communities typically face specific challenges including lower productivity rates, poorer connectivity and poorer access to key services. The Rural Fund supports the aims of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper and Future Farming Programme. It is hoped funds will go towards capital projects for small businesses and community infrastructure, with an aim to help improve productivity and strengthen the rural economy and communities further.

James Nixon, Cllr for Swynnerton & Oulton & Deputy Chair Political for Stone Conservative Association had this to say, “as a councillor of a rural ward, I am pleased to see the Council has been successful at making an application for this funding pot which will become available from April 2023 through to March 2025.”  

You may also be interested in

James Nixon Deputy Chair Political

Cllr James Nixon

Deputy Chair Political

Appointed for the second year running as Deputy Chair Political, James has a successful career in the tech sector and dovetails this with his duties as the Conservative member for Swynnerton & Oulton ward.

  • Local News
Cannock Chase District Council

Jill Hood does not support the saving of £1.2m of taxpayers money.

Saturday, 7 January, 2023

Well full council  tonight was most interesting. We were discussing the extending of shared services with Cannock. It is a long detailed report and an extremely important decision for the council.

Show only

  • Articles
  • Local News
  • National News
  • Westminster News

Join or Renew

Help us take action on local issues and build a better Britain.

accepted-payment-cards

Stone Conservatives

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • About Us
  • Get a postal vote
  • Membership
ConservativesPromoted by Steven J Walley on behalf of Stone Conservatives, both at 50 High Street, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8AU.
Copyright 2023 Stone Conservatives. All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree