The government has just launched a new scheme across the UK
to assist small to medium sized businesses in upgrading their broadband. The
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme will see firms being able to claim up to
£3,000 to upgrade their broadband.
The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme will enable smaller
companies and the local communities that they are a part of to receive grants
of up to £3,000, allowing them to upgrade their broadband to a Gigabit-capable
connection.
This means that companies will find it easier to take
advantage of today’s modern working technologies such as VoIP, cloud-conferencing
and other hosted solutions known to save time and money and make everyday tasks
and communication so much more streamlined and efficient.
The Gigabit Scheme forms part of the Local Full Fibre
Networks programme which is backed by a £200 million government investment.
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,
Matt Hancock, said: “Small businesses are the backbone of the British economy
and now they can turbo-charge their connectivity with gigabit speeds.
The scheme will be supplied by Daisy Group, the largest
independent supplier of business communications and IT solutions in the UK.
Julien Parven, marketing director of its small to medium sized business
division, says: “Digital transformation should be a top priority for SMBs and
we are passionate about helping companies to get started on that path so that
they can maximise the opportunities around them.
“This scheme to provide customers with greater bandwidth
certainly promotes that priority in providing the backbone to launch their
digital futures.”
To be eligible for the Gigabit Voucher Scheme, companies
must be UK-based; employ fewer than 250 employees; have a turnover of less than
£50 million and / or an annual balance sheet total that does not exceed £43
million. Sole traders are also eligible.
