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The aim is to cover up to 8 million premises &#8211; across around 285 cities, towns and villages (c.30% of the UK) &#8211; by the end of 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/cityfibre-name-279-uk-areas-for-4bn-gigabit-broadband-rollout.html\">here<\/a>), but they also aspire to reach into rural areas via Project Gigabit (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/cityfibre-sign-gbp4-9bn-debt-raise-to-boost-uk-full-fibre-rollout.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>One of the many contractors they work with on this deployment is <strong>O&#8217;Connor Utilities<\/strong>, which is currently conducting related civil engineering around locations such as Sheffield, Wakefield, Rotherham, St Helens and Leeds. As part of that, the pair have now agreed to launch the utility contractor&#8217;s first training facility in Sheffield, which will help people from across South Yorkshire to develop the engineering skills to do the work.<\/p>\n<p>The training centre, which opens today in Newhall (Sheffield) is part of a \u00a3250k investment by OCU to recruit new talent into the industry and grow its workforce to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">CityFibre<\/a>&#8217;s rollout.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Richard Lye, O&#8217;Connor Utilities, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe we have created a future-proofed facility that will secure the future of workforce competency that will, in turn, drive a range of benefits to positively impact the local and surrounding area\u2019s residents and businesses. 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