{"id":10041,"date":"2015-09-03T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T23:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=10041"},"modified":"2015-09-03T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T05:38:08","slug":"40941-businesses-take-broadband-connection-vouchers-breakdown-by-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/40941-businesses-take-broadband-connection-vouchers-breakdown-by-city.html","title":{"rendered":"40941 Businesses Take Broadband Connection Vouchers – Breakdown by City"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Government\u2019s Connection Voucher<\/a> scheme, which offers grants worth between \u00a3100\u00a0and \u00a33,000 to help SMEs around 50 UK cities get a superfast broadband (30Mbps+)\u00a0service installed, has confirmed that 40,941 businesses have now benefitted from the vouchers (up sharply from 15K in Q1 2015).<\/p>\n

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The original scheme was supported by around \u00a3100m from the \u00a3150m Urban Broadband Fund<\/strong> (“Super-Connected Cities<\/em>“), which was given a further \u00a340m<\/strong> boost last year and from April 2015 a total of 50 cities (including many outlying areas) became able to offer the vouchers.<\/p>\n

Connection Voucher Cities<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Original\u00a0cities:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton & Hove, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Derry \/ Londonderry, Edinburgh, Leeds, London , Manchester, Newcastle, Newport, Oxford, Perth, Portsmouth, Salford, York.<\/em><\/p>\n

Additional\u00a0cities (from April\u00a02015)*^:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bournemouth, Chelmsford, Dundee, Exeter, Glasgow, Gloucester, Hull, Inverness, Ipswich, Leicester, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Norwich, Nottingham, Peterborough, Plymouth, Preston, Reading, Sheffield, Southampton, Southend on Sea, Stirling, Stoke on Trent, Sunderland, Swansea, Swindon, Wolverhampton<\/em><\/p>\n

*^ Funding for the new cities is on a first come, first serve basis (i.e. no specific allocations like the original \/ existing\u00a0cities)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The voucher scheme itself is officially expected to run until March 2016<\/strong>, although with more than 1,000 applications now being received each week it’s likely that the remaining funds will run out before the end of this year.<\/p>\n

The Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> office informed ISPreview.co.uk that \u00a326.8m of the additional \u00a340m has already been committed and we wouldn’t be surprised if the whole pot was used up by the end of October.<\/p>\n

Ed Vaizey MP, Digital Economy Minister, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Our offer to small businesses has been a tremendous success and is proving incredibly popular. More than 40,000 UK businesses have already taken up our offer which is aimed at boosting both their broadband speeds as well as their bottom line. Businesses need to act now to ensure they don\u2019t miss out on this fantastic offer and I\u2019m urging all eligible businesses to apply now before it\u2019s too late<\/em>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In terms of uptake London, which is the biggest city by far and has been involved in the scheme since the start, unsurprisingly reports the strongest uptake (11,664) and they\u2019re followed by the other major population centres of Leeds, Bradford (their strategy is combined), Manchester and Birmingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
City<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTotal Vouchers (28th August 2015)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aberdeen<\/td>\n276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belfast<\/td>\n1610<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birmingham<\/td>\n2494<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bournemouth^<\/td>\n406<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brighton and Hove<\/td>\n831<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bristol<\/td>\n1217<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambridge<\/td>\n674<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cardiff<\/td>\n1470<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlisle*<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chelmsford^<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coventry<\/td>\n1141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derby<\/td>\n328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derry\/Londonderry<\/td>\n257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dundee^<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Edinburgh<\/td>\n961<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exeter^<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glasgow<\/td>\n583<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gloucester^<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hull^<\/td>\n673<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inverness^<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ipswich^<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent Towns*<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leeds-Bradford<\/td>\n4016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leicester^<\/td>\n252<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liverpool^<\/td>\n1345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
London<\/td>\n11664<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manchester<\/td>\n4163<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middlesbrough^<\/td>\n159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milton Keynes^<\/td>\n317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newcastle<\/td>\n1077<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newport<\/td>\n230<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Norwich^<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nottingham^<\/td>\n263<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oxford<\/td>\n438<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perth<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peterborough^<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plymouth^<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portsmouth<\/td>\n309<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preston^<\/td>\n288<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reading^<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salford<\/td>\n537<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheffield<\/td>\n508<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southampton^<\/td>\n134<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southend-on-Sea^<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stirling^<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stoke-on-Trent^<\/td>\n128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunderland^<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swansea^<\/td>\n342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swindon^<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wolverhampton^<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
York<\/td>\n537<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The regional picture looks like this.<\/p>\n