Eveolution: Digital skills workshops for women
Connecting Cheshire is delighted to announce the launch of events and workshops as part of Eveolution, the digital skills programme aimed at female entrepreneurs and business women.
The Growth Hub will be delivering the programme in Greater Manchester and the Eveolution team will be working alongside Cheshire councils to extend the support across the region. Eveolution is part of the Women and Broadband project being rolled out across the country.
Events include hands-on workshops, masterclasses and seminars, covering a wide range of core digital skills, from social media and online marketing, to coding and cyber security.
£3.4 million boost to Cheshire’s high speed broadband rollout
Cheshire’s digital revolution has had a multi-million pound boost to extend the reach of high speed fibre broadband across the county.
The £3.4 million is being made available as a result of a ‘success dividend’ in the first phase of the Connecting Cheshire programme that allows revenue received from fibre connections to be reinvested over a number of years in further coverage if take-up by local households and businesses is better than the 20 per cent* expected at the beginning of the rollout. The higher take-up rate to date means that the partnership now expects to reach at least 30 per cent take-up
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An extra 10,000 homes and businesses to get superfast broadband in latest roll-out across Cheshire region
Superfast fibre broadband will soon be available to an extra 10,000 homes and businesses across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington – thanks to a second phase of roll-out by Connecting Cheshire.
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To see the slides presented at the Connecting Cheshire 'Towards 100% fibre' event on 6th November see here.
Connecting Cheshire Fibre Broadband Programme reaches 80,000 properties across Cheshire
Government Minister praises “incredible progress” of the project.
The Connecting Cheshire programme has reached a major milestone by ensuring more than 80,000 homes and businesses have access to high-speed fibre broadband.
Six more Cheshire East parishes have recently gone live and the £6m phase two programme will see a further 10,000 properties able to connect by summer 2017.
Prestbury, Smallwood, Bunbury, Faddiley, Marton Heath and Wistaston have now joined the high-speed club as Connecting Cheshire passes its original 80,000 connections target, ending the frustration many customers experience with slow broadband speeds.
