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Superfast broadband boost for North West Shropshire
An additional 650 homes and businesses in the Ellesmere & Oswestry areas are set to benefit from superfast broadband as part of the Marches & Gloucestershire Viable Clusters Broadband Project. Herefordshire Council, which will administer the project on behalf of …
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme
The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme supports the cost of installing full fibre broadband connections direct to businesses for the fastest and most reliable gigabit-capable broadband speeds available. Through the scheme SMEs can claim up to £3,000 against the cost of …
Business broadband grant
£25,000 grant provides ultrafast broadband connection for Shropshire business. Gwaza Ltd will soon become the first business in the Shropshire Council area to benefit from a dedicated grant, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Shropshire Council. The £25,000 …
Government introduce a Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme
In the Spring Statement, the government committed to a vision of a full fibre Britain. As part of this commitment, a £67 million Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme was announced. Gigabit broadband vouchers can be used by small and medium-sized businesses, …
Connecting Shropshire announces £11.2m broadband contract
On Monday 10 July 2017, Connecting Shropshire announced that Airband Community Internet Ltd will be the delivery partner for the next phase of Shropshire Council’s superfast broadband programme. Since 2002, Airband has been providing high-speed wireless broadband access to rural …
Bids invited for Phase 2b of the Connecting Shropshire broadband programme
Moves to bring superfast broadband to even more people in the county have been announced by Shropshire Council. The authority is inviting bids from telecoms suppliers for the third phase of a major project to boost connectivity for residents and …
Connecting Shropshire endorses alternate solutions for faster broadband
Eligible homes and businesses in Shropshire have access to a subsidised broadband installation. The Scheme is part of Shropshire Council’s Connecting Shropshire programme and is supported by Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK). The Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme subsidises by up to …
£146,000 funding sees Women and Broadband project continue
£146,000 has been made available to allow the continued delivery of the Women and Broadband project after Connecting Shropshire, Superfast Staffordshire, and Superfast Telford, successfully bid for funding from Broadband Delivery UK and the Government Equalities Office. Women in Rural …
New £5.6m deal will deliver superfast fibre broadband boost for thousands more Shropshire Homes and Businesses
Around 4,000 more homes and businesses across Shropshire will be able to receive high-speed fibre broadband following an additional £5.6 million of funding announced today. The latest funding will extend the Connecting Shropshire roll-out which began connecting the first homes …
Connecting Shropshire phase 2 procurement underway with further funding confirmed
In February 2014, Shropshire Council was allocated £11.38m as part of the Government’s commitment to improve broadband nationally and to provide access to superfast speeds for at least 90%[1] of premises in the Shropshire Council area by 2017. The funding …