Chancellor announces £10
million to extend superfast broadband across North Wales
The Chancellor of
the Exchequer, George Osborne, today announced that £10 million of
funding will be allocated to support the early phases of superfast
broadband in Wales.
The funding will help to deliver the roll out of Next Generation
Broadband in Pwllheli and surrounding areas of North Wales as part
of the Welsh Assembly Govt's national delivery plan for
all of Wales.
The announcement was made while the Chancellor and the Secretary
of State for Wales visited a JCB factory in Wrexham. While there
JCB also announced that it was signing a new contract for 350
vehicles with a UK business and that it was creating and
recruiting for over 80 new engineering positions within JCB nationally.
Visiting Wrexham the Chancellor said:
"Having seen the potential growth opportunities in
Wrexham today I am pleased to announce £10 million additional
funding for Wales that will support the extension of superfast
broadband to Pwllheli and the surrounding areas. This funding will
support the Welsh economy and help drive the private sector-led
recovery by driving innovation and commercial opportunities in
communities across Wales.
"This is just the first wave of funding for Wales
from the over half a billion pounds we have already set aside to
extend superfast broadband across the UK".
Secretary of State for Wales, Cheryl Gillan said:
"Today's announcement shows this
Government's commitment that Wales is at the heart of our
plans to ensure that UK has the best superfast network in Europe
by 2015. For this to work we need to test innovative approaches
that bring broadband to hard-to-reach areas and today's
announcement of funding to extend superfast broadband to Pwllheli
and the surrounding areas of North Wales will do just that. We are
committed to working closely with the Welsh Assembly Government to
delivering this project in north west Wales."
Notes for Editors
1. Spending Review 2010 announced that £530 million will be
invested over the Spending Review period to support the
UK's broadband network and to incentivise the roll out of
superfast broadband in areas that the private sector would not
otherwise reach. This £10m is just the first wave of funding that
Wales will receive.
2. JCB today launched a recruitment drive for up to 80 engineers
in the UK. The vacancies are across all the company's
sites in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wales.
3. JCB have also announced today that they have secured a deal
worth almost £14 million to supply a fleet of 350 machines to a
leading UK plant hire companies Kent based H.E. SERVICES Group.
4. For further information on the JCB announcements please see
their press releases at:
http://www.jcb.com/presscentre/pressreleases.aspx
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