{"id":3938,"date":"2013-08-09T13:48:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T12:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2013-08-09T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T12:48:54","slug":"cambridgeshire-uk-wins-gbp1-173m-from-eu-for-business-broadband-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/08\/cambridgeshire-uk-wins-gbp1-173m-from-eu-for-business-broadband-boost.html","title":{"rendered":"Cambridgeshire UK Wins GBP1.173m from EU for Business Broadband Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a345 million <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Connecting Cambridgeshire<\/a> (England) scheme, which is currently rolling out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s superfast broadband (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>\/P) services to 90% of local premises by the end of 2015, has won an extra \u00a31.173m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to help get businesses connected.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The new money will compliment the recent award of <strong>\u00a33.43 million<\/strong> from the Government\u2019s \u00a3150m <strong>Urban Broadband Fund<\/strong> (UBF), which will support the use of a new voucher scheme to help businesses in the city of <strong>Cambridge<\/strong> cover the installation cost (up to \u00a33,000) of getting a new superfast broadband connection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Cllr Ian Bates, Cambridgeshire Cabinet Member for Growth and Planning, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I am delighted that Connecting Cambridgeshire has secured this extra funding, which is a testament to the strength of the partnership and its determination to boost Cambridgeshire\u2019s economy by supporting local businesses and creating opportunities for growth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We know it is vital that our small and medium companies, many of which are in rural areas or home-based, get the support they need to make the most of fast-changing technology so they can compete and thrive<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed that businesses in <strong>Peterborough<\/strong> will also benefit from the extra cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00a345 million Connecting Cambridgeshire (England) scheme, which is currently rolling out BT&#8217;s superfast broadband (FTTC\/P) services to 90% of local premises by the end of 2015, has won an extra \u00a31.173m from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to help get businesses connected.<\/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":[474,471,85],"class_list":["post-3938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt","tag-bduk","tag-europe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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