{"id":10193,"date":"2015-09-22T17:54:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T16:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=10193"},"modified":"2015-09-22T17:54:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T16:54:41","slug":"wales-commits-gbp12-5m-to-help-businesses-get-more-out-of-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/09\/wales-commits-gbp12-5m-to-help-businesses-get-more-out-of-broadband.html","title":{"rendered":"Wales Commits GBP12.5m to Help Businesses Get More Out of Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Welsh Government<\/a> has today committed another \u00a312.5 million to help businesses across Wales take advantage of superfast broadband, which is currently being deployed across the country.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new scheme, which will primarily help small and medium sized businesses to understand, adopt and exploit the superfast infrastructure, is being funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/welshgov\" target=\"_blank\">Welsh Government<\/a>, local authorities and \u00a37m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Main features of the programme:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>* Direct business support and advice through Business Wales. Superfast business workshops, clinics and one-to-one sessions at a local level<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* Research and intelligence, including the tracking and of adoption and exploitation of superfast broadband by businesses and providing insight into emerging technologies to ensure new opportunities are included.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* Training and accreditation for business advisors who are delivering support on the ground.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>* Champions for each local authority who will help lead engagement with their authority and local business community.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The fund forms part of the wider state aid fuelled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.superfast-wales.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #227ab4;\">Superfast Cymru<\/span><\/a> project, which is currently working with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_new\"><span style=\"color: #227ab4;\">BT<\/span><\/a> to make \u201c<em>fibre broadband<\/em>\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/broadband_cable.php\" target=\"_new\"><span style=\"color: #227ab4;\">FTTC<\/span><\/a>\/P) connectivity available to 96% of Wales by the end of 2016 and then another 42,000 homes and businesses will also benefit by June 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Julie James, Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We are making tremendous progress in bringing superfast broadband across Wales. 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The \u00a312.5m project I am announcing today will help businesses do just that, ensuring they make the most of what superfast broadband can offer<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>End.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Welsh Government has today committed another \u00a312.5 million to help businesses across Wales take advantage of superfast broadband, which is currently being deployed across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[471,472,71],"class_list":["post-10193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bduk","tag-business","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wales Commits GBP12.5m to Help Businesses Get More Out of Broadband - 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