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2022
21
September
2022
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12:00
Europe/Amsterdam
North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain met Openreach engineers to check on the latest rollout of ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband in Fife. The new, gigabit network now reaches more than 40,000 properties across the Kingdom – a £12 …
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06
June
2022
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01:01
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach, the leading digital network business in Scotland, has appointed a new Service Delivery director.Jenni Macfarlane will lead a field force of around 1,200 engineers whose role is to keep people connected across the whole of Scotland, on …
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28
March
2022
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11:00
Europe/Amsterdam
MSPs from around Scotland met engineers and apprentices from Openreach to discuss the roll out of full-fibre broadband and the economic benefits fast, reliable connectivity is bringing to Scotland’s economy during a drop-in session at the Scottish …
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21
March
2022
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10:30
Europe/Amsterdam
Former Scotland rugby player Lewis Carmichael has joined Openreach Scotland’s engineering workforce after injury cut short his promising international career. Lewis, from Peebles, was forced to retire from professional rugby on medical advice …
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09
March
2022
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11:30
Europe/Amsterdam
South of Scotland MSP Craig Hoy visited Openreach sites in East Lothian this week to hear from apprentice engineers about how the area’s ultrafast broadband build is progressing. The visit marked Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2022, which runs from …
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2021
23
December
2021
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach’s 3,200-strong workforce across Scotland has launched a Christmas campaign for Home-Start to support some of the nation’s most vulnerable families and children.Volunteers from the digital network business collected 5,000 gifts for 1,100 …
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2020
15
January
2020
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11:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach is ready for the worst of the winter weather after stocking up on thousands of snow shoes, snow socks for vehicle tyres, bags of salt and litres of screenwash.Lessons learned from dealing with extreme conditions during recent years has …
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2019
17
June
2019
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10:30
Europe/Amsterdam
Na h-Eileanan an Iar MSP Alasdair Allan visited Openreach engineers working on an installation of ultrafast broadband technology for new homes near Sandwick on Friday (14 June 2019). He saw a ‘full fibre’ network being built directly into the new …
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10
June
2019
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11:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Greenock and Inverclyde MSP Stuart McMillan visited Openreach engineers working on an installation of ultrafast broadband technology for new homes in Gourock. The future-proof, reliable services can carry speeds up to 1Gbps1 – around 18.5 times …
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25
February
2019
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13:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant has been out in the field with Openreach engineers to see the progress of high-speed broadband and customer service in the Highlands and Islands. The MSP also heard about the company’s plans to roll out the …
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28
January
2019
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00:01
Europe/Amsterdam
More than 220 trainee engineers will be hired across Scotland as part of a huge recruitment drive announced today by Openreach, with new jobs earmarked for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeenshire, Highlands & Islands and the South of Scotland. …
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2018
27
December
2018
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Openreach is stocking up on thousands of snow shoes, salt and screenwash to make sure millions of people stay connected in the event of severe weather this winter. Lessons learned from dealing with extreme weather over the last few winters has seen …
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24
December
2018
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10:00
Europe/Amsterdam
Edinburgh Pentland MSP Gordon MacDonald today marked the advent of ultrafast, full-fibre broadband in his constituency on a festive field trip with engineers from Openreach. He was the latest local politician to learn about the next generation of …
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15
March
2018
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00:05
Europe/Amsterdam
• Edinburgh, Aberdeenshire, Highlands & Islands, Argyll & Bute, Dumfries & Galloway and Perth & Kinross among the locations to benefit • 3,500 new engineers across the UK will help deliver ultrafast Fibre to the Premises …
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