Thank you to businesses which responded.
Jul 24, 2014A big ‘thank you’ to those of you who run businesses and supplied details of them to me. There were 24 of you – many of which I never knew existed! It gives an insight into the extent of economic activity in the Parish and underlines the importance to the local economy of getting a reliable superfast broadband connection.
The feedback I got was that the information was useful and is allowing Connecting Cumbria to draw down ERDF funding for the project as a whole. In a recent radio interview with Martin Rayner (Lakeland Ltd) and a BT Openreach representative, it was stated that one eligible SME in a cabinet area gives priority for connection of that cabinet. If so, our parish should be well served.