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Bucking the trend with 5,000 new jobs
18 Dec 2020
Openreach has announced the creation of more than 5,000 new UK-based engineering jobs to be filled during 2021.

Openreach supports Service With Respect
06 Nov 2020
Openreach is backing the ICS's national Service With Respect campaign to ensure our engineers and other service workers get the respect they deserve.

It's Openreach, not BT Openreach
31 Jul 2020
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 rural homes and businesses to get Full Fibre broadband
29 Jul 2020
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.

Pride 2020: An engineer's view
26 Jun 2020
Aidan, an Openreach trainee engineer, talks about why he thinks Pride is important.

Coronavirus: Supporting economic recovery post COVID-19
24 Jun 2020
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 – the mother of invention
23 Jun 2020
Salisbury became the first fully fibred, ultrafast city for Openreach in record-breaking time – read how innovation made it possible.

Women in Engineering – a pioneer’s view
17 Jun 2020
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

Scotland should prioritise investment in the digital economy
04 Jun 2020
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.

From Spotify to Facebook - Connecting during a crisis
02 Jun 2020
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.