{"id":35860,"date":"2023-09-29T07:38:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T06:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=35860"},"modified":"2023-09-29T07:38:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T06:38:03","slug":"fw-networks-scales-back-some-uk-full-fibre-builds-and-cuts-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/09\/fw-networks-scales-back-some-uk-full-fibre-builds-and-cuts-jobs.html","title":{"rendered":"F&W Networks Scales Back Some UK Full Fibre Builds and Cuts Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Altrincham-based F&W Networks<\/a>, which has so far managed to extend their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP<\/a>) broadband ISP network to cover 360,000 UK premises (up from 250k in Feb 2023), appears to have become the latest alternative network to scale-back some of their build plans and notify staff of future redundancies.<\/p>\n

The operator, which was aspiring to cover 1 million premises by 2025, has spent the past few years deploying their network across parts of several counties in England including West Sussex (Horsham and Southwater), Oxfordshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire (Gerrards Cross, Chalfont Saint Peter, High Wycombe and Beaconsfield), Hertfordshire (Hemel Hempstead), Hampshire, West Berkshire and Surrey (Godalming) etc.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> F&W Networks (Fibre and Wireless) has received tens of millions in investment from Maestro Capital<\/strong> and Foresight Group LLP<\/strong>.<\/div>\n

The network is supported by a number of ISPs (e.g. Hey! Broadband<\/a>, Octaplus<\/a>, Link Broadband<\/a> and Home Telecom<\/a>) and rollouts are now said to be underway in a total of 40 areas across Southern England. However, despite the progress, reports started coming in to ISPreview this week of redundancies being made at the operator.<\/p>\n

On top of that, we also received a few emails from residents due to be covered by some of F&WN’s other projects, such as the full fibre Gigabit Voucher Scheme for Godstone and South Godstone in Surrey, where the operator has just cancelled the planned build.<\/p>\n

F&WN’s Statement to the Community<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are writing to inform you of a significant change in priorities and focus for F&W Networks, which will have implications across all our network projects, including the full fibre Voucher Scheme in Godstone and South Godstone.<\/p>\n

F&W Networks has decided to reallocate its resources to enhancing sales within our existing network. Unfortunately, this shift in focus will impact the Voucher Scheme in Godstone and South Godstone. After a thorough reassessment of our financial priorities, we regret to inform you that F&W Networks cannot proceed with these Voucher Scheme builds.<\/p>\n

While we remain committed to regularly reviewing our business priorities, we must acknowledge the pressure from BDUK to complete Voucher Schemes quickly. This means that it is unlikely that these schemes can be built in the future. This decision is especially difficult considering the high level of community interest shown over the last 12 months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The above statement clearly alludes to wider challenges that “will have implications across all our network projects<\/em>” and highlighted a need to “reallocate its resources to enhancing sales within our existing network<\/em>” (i.e. a greater focus on generating take-up instead of new build), which is starting to sound very familiar.<\/p>\n

Network operators are currently under a lot of strain, not least from rising levels of competition (price and overbuild etc.), rising costs (e.g. leases, build, inflation) and the need to generate a good level of consumer take-up in order to satisfy investors. Often those pressures can make it hard to attract fresh funding, which may result in a slower build and related job losses as operators switch to focus on growing take-up.<\/p>\n

A Spokesperson for F&WN told ISPreview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Following a period of significant growth, F&W Networks is realigning its business strategy, with a particular focus on driving up utilisation of its full-fibre network footprint. As a result, the company will focus on gaining market take up rate in the coverage areas before accelerating growth on the build plan again. This has necessitated some minor departmental restructuring, and the company has worked closely with the relevant teams.<\/p>\n

As the market matures, it is sometimes necessary to consider such realignments but a measured approach to expansion and a continued focus on customers will ultimately ensure the long-term success of the company.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The operator’s most recent Company Accounts<\/a> to 31st August 2022 reported that they had total assets (less current liabilities) of \u00a332.64m (up from \u00a314.84m in 2021), albeit falling to net assets of \u00a320.77m (up from \u00a314.84m). The operator is also listed as employing 39 people (up from 12).<\/p>\n

Overall, F&WN appears to be playing it safe and seems to be in a better position than some of the other operators we’ve recently had to report on, which suggests that they may be trying to avoid running into bigger difficulties further down the road by adjusting their strategy early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Altrincham-based F&W Networks, which has so far managed to extend their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 360,000 UK premises (up from 250k in Feb 2023), appears to have become the latest alternative network to scale-back some of their build plans and notify staff of future redundancies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[472,56],"class_list":["post-35860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-business","tag-fttp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/111147063026430368","error":""},"yoast_head":"\nF&W Networks Scales Back Some UK Full Fibre Builds and Cuts Jobs - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Altrincham-based F&W Networks, which has so far managed to extend their gigabit-capable full fibre (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 360,000 UK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/09\/fw-networks-scales-back-some-uk-full-fibre-builds-and-cuts-jobs.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"F&W Networks Scales Back Some UK Full Fibre Builds and Cuts Jobs - 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