An Extra £250m for Rural Broadband.....
Feb 27, 2014No not just for Cumbria - but expect to see a share. The Department of Media Culture & Sport has announced an extra £250M for broadband earlier this week - see link https://www.gov.uk/government/news/250m-boost-taking-superfast-broadband-further-and-faster--251 .
The associated DCMS press release said "Local projects around the UK will now receive additional funding from a £250m pot, with the hardest to reach locations amongst those who stand to benefit most. This funding is in addition to the £1.2bn already invested by central and local Government and will ensure 95% of UK homes and businesses have access to superfast broadband by 2017.
There's a meeting of hub coordinators in Penrith next week so I expect to be able to post some more news as to how this annnouncement will relate to Cumbria then.