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South West ERDF Superfast Broadband Business Support Programme

Ian Exworthy

Roll Out of Fibre Infrastructure – South West

o Local Broadband Plans (LBP’s) led by Local Authorities

o Covers South West (excluding Cornwall)

o Targets the ‘White Areas’ (pre-dominantly rural)

o Investment of circa £200m

o Funded by BDUK / LA’s / Infrastructure Provider’s

o Infrastructure Providers procured by LA’s from Aug 2012

o Phased Roll Out of Capital works – Dec 2012 to 2015

o Takes SFBB availability up to 90% of premises (remaining 10% funded

by consumers / businesses / suppliers + ltd public funds)

Maximising the Business Impact of SFBB

INFRASTRUCTURE

BUSINESS IMPACT

UTILISATION

APPLICATIONS

AWARENESS & KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

BUSINESS SUPPORT

SFBB Business Support Project Overview

Overall Aim to create sustainable growth through exploiting SFBB

£6m of ERDF Funding linked to the SFBB Infrastructure Works

Delivery Consortium led by PE + Business West/WSX Enterprise

Close partnership with LA’s who provide the Capital Match via LBP’s

Eligibility Criteria Apply

Phased delivery to match Capital Works:

– Awareness Raising / Knowledge Hub from Jul 12

– Business Support from Oct 12

– Limited ‘Final Mile Capital Support ‘from Jan 12 (Dev & Som only)

What’s on offer?

The Gap

Digital Skills for Business