The Government has announced that a new body ‘Broadband Delivery UK’ is to be responsible for rolling-out next generation broadband across the UK. At the same time a major report forecasting the future reach of next generation broadband across the UK has been published by the Government.

 5th March 2010

We are pleased to see the Prime Minster’s comments in today’s Daily Telegraph about the importance of super-fast broadband for the whole country.

 8th January 2010

We welcome today's publication of ‘Digital Britain: The Interim Report’. Access to higher-speed broadband remains an issue for rural areas.

 29th January 2009

Stuart Burgess, our chair and the Government's Rural Advocate, is visiting Alston in Cumbria to see how one rural community is building its own superfast broadband network – Alston Fibremoor. As the Government’s plans for future superfast broadband take shape, rural communities are again facing the risk of being on the wrong side of the digital divide .Read the full press release

 27th January 2009

Following the recent BBC report on broadband speeds in the UK, Ofcom has announced that it has launched a programme of independent research to identify the actual speed of broadband around the country.

 5th June 2008

Today's BBC report on broadband speeds in the UK shows there is still a gap between the connection speeds available in urban areas and those available to many rural communities.

 3rd June 2008

Yesterday's news from Ofcom that rural areas have higher takeup of broadband than urban areas is welcome. But although take-up is higher, there is still a gap between the connection speeds available in urban areas and those available to many rural communities.

 23rd May 2008