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Openreach is using What3words to make it easier for people to tell us exactly where they find damage to our network and for us to fix it.

Our diversity and inclusion journey and what Pride means to Openreach.

Zoe Shepherd talks about what it's like to be an Openreach engineer. In short her view is if you're a woman thinking of applying for a new career in engineering - go for it!

At Openreach we know the importance of rural connectivity and how vital it is to many communities and businesses. Find out about the five ways we're rising to the challenge of delivering Fibre broadband to rural areas of the UK.

Openreach has placed 12th in the Best Companies to work for list. Find out what it's like to work for us and about our world class training.

The Centre for Economics and Business Research's new report for 2021, Ultrafast full fibre broadband: a platform for growth, confirms digital connectivity's crucial role in helping us through Coronavirus and in changing how we work and live for the better.

Our Scotland partnership director, Robert Thorburn, talks about the impact of the last year on life in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands, and what’s next for the digital network.

Where can a ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’ attitude take you in Openreach? Kerry tells her story about how attitude can take you places you never imagined.

Openreach has announced the creation of more than 5,000 new UK-based engineering jobs to be filled during 2021.

Openreach is backing the ICS's national Service With Respect campaign to ensure our engineers and other service workers get the respect they deserve.

For the last two years, we’ve removed thousands of BT logos from our vehicles, uniforms and buildings, and we’ve brought the new independent Openreach brand to life.

Over three million more homes and businesses in the hardest to reach parts of the country to get ultra-reliable, gigabit-ready Full Fibre broadband by the mid-2020's.

Aidan, an Openreach trainee engineer, talks about why he thinks Pride is important.

Mairead Meyer, Diector of Openreach Northern Ireland, talks about Economist Richard Johnston's paper on the importance of Full Fibre to economic recovery and growth.

Salisbury became the first fully fibred, ultrafast city for Openreach in record-breaking time – read how innovation made it possible.

Meet a true pioneer. Suzanne tells us what it was really like for women in engineering #backintheday to celebrate International Women in Engineering day 2020 #INWED20

Does Scotland need to focus on the digital economy to stimulate recovery from Coronavirus? We’ve called on the Scottish Government to prioritise investment in the digital economy in our response to the Scottish Government’s Advisory Group on Economic Recovery.

During the early days of the lockdown there was concern from some as to why our engineers were still outside working, we needed to quickly and widely communicate how essential the work they are doing is.

Working full-time for Openreach and volunteering as a special constable, read how Ami fits it all in and the impact the coronavirus has had.

A lightning strike left a couple cut off on Coll, a remote Scottish Island. An engineer has been nicknamed Openreach’s Bear Grylls after camping out on a remote island to keep remote customers connected during lockdown.

Highest-risk premises, like care homes and hospitals, are being kept connected by engineers who volunteer to attend these appointments.

A Motherwell engineer is hanging up his helmet after nearly half a century. He tells us how much things have changed in that time.

Trainee engineers see the world from new heights as one of our training centres celebrates its first birthday.

Many of our people, such as Simoné, are classed as key workers by the Government. Simoné, who works as a night shift fibre engineer, shares what her working life is like since COVID-19.

Andrew, an operations manager, talks about how conspiracy theories peddled on social media are adversely impacting his people.

In our series looking at days in the lives of key workers - we spoke with Robert in Scotland, one of our engineers who responded to an arson attack in Glasgow.

Many of our people are classed as #keyworkers by the Government. We have interviewed some of them to find out what their working life is like now. The first in this new blog series features Jamie, a Senior Engineering Area Manager.

Over the last few years we’ve put a lot of effort into improving our business. We’ve upped our investment in skills, training facilities and hiring, all to make sure that we can build the best possible network, with the highest quality service, to everyone across the UK.

Ulster Rugby Head Coach, Dan McFarland knows about building a community and shares his views ahead of Saturday's game.

Last year we celebrated International Women’s Day with a complete take-over on our website. We then celebrated International Women in Engineering Day by launching a new series of blogs interviewing inspirational Openreach women. The first featured was Kim Mears, our MD of Strategic Infrastructure Development. Kim has since gone on to be awarded an OBE for services to the UK Communications Industry.

A large proportion of our new Full Fibre network is already in rural areas and we want to go much further. We’re widening out our build programme to include 250,000 homes and businesses in more than 200 rural locations.

A view from Northern Ireland as a major connectivity milestone is passed in the province.

Full Fibre - gigabit - broadband is not just faster, more reliable and future-proof, it can also help you be more energy efficient.

2019 has been a busy year in Openreach’s history – from accelerated Full Fibre build to recruitment drives. Read all the highlights here.

We’re working to make Salisbury the first city in the country with universal access to our future-proof, next generation Full Fibre broadband in what’s expected to be the fastest city-wide network build in the UK.

Societies’ needs are changing dramatically and so too is the broadband infrastructure on which future generations will depend.

Ex-RAF high flyer, Cheryl Burgess, who now works on Full Fibre broadband delivery, shares her story and career advice as part of our blog series for #BalanceforBetter - the International Women’s Day campaign.

Experts at the Centre for Economics and Business Research have studied the link between Full Fibre connectivity and the nation’s future prosperity.

We’re pleased to support the This is Engineering campaign, led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, to encourage more young people from all backgrounds to consider engineering careers.

Laura talks about her journey from graduate to Regional Partnership Director in five years as part of our blog series for #BalanceforBetter, the International Women’s Day campaign.

As the country’s leading digital infrastructure provider, we’re determined to help the Government deliver faster, more reliable broadband to as many rural communities as possible.

I’m proud to say that we’ve been keeping Scotland connected for more than 100 years and we’re fully invested in its future. We don’t just build in cities. Openreach is the only organisation truly tackling the delivery of fibre network in urban and rural areas – with impressive results.

We hear about the new four-year sponsorship deal from our guest blogger Jonny Petrie, Chief Executive of Ulster Rugby.

Catherine talks us through her career path to date and she shares her experience of working in male-dominated industries plus her tips for leading a balanced family life. This is part of our International Women’s Day #BalanceforBetter campaign.

Openreach have invested significantly to make full fibre broadband available to 325,000 premises across Northern Ireland by the summer of 2021.

We’re building at a massive scale. Every 30 seconds we pass a home or business with our new future-proofed full fibre network.

We’re delighted to be part of a movement of businesses, local authorities and arts and cultural institutions, convened by the RSA and Digitalme, to put lifelong learning at the heart of a city’s social and economic development.

The total number of homes and businesses who have chosen to upgrade their broadband under our co-funding scheme has reached 100,000.

We’re modernising the way we deliver phone and broadband services across the UK - moving from existing analogue and copper technologies to faster, more reliable, fibre broadband.

We're proud to be supporting Armed Forces Day, in recognition of their hard work, dedication and efforts to keep us safe in the UK and across the globe.