{"id":31124,"date":"2026-06-07T19:04:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=31124"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:04:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:04:39","slug":"broadband-milestone-boost-to-productivity-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=31124","title":{"rendered":"Broadband milestone boost to productivity \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Openreach-in-Iona.png\" alt=\"Openreach in Iona\" class=\"wp-image-173048 lazyload\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Openreach-in-Iona.png\" alt=\"Openreach in Iona\" class=\"wp-image-173048 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Openreach-in-Iona.png 794w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Openreach-in-Iona-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Openreach-in-Iona-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Openreach-in-Iona-600x416.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Openreach: opening up opportunities<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">More than 100,000 faster broadband connections have now been delivered to homes and businesses across Scotland through\u00a0the \u00a3600 million\u00a0R100\u00a0programme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The milestone has been particularly beneficial to rural and hard-to-reach areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">According to independent evaluation, around three-quarters of businesses report increased productivity and stronger performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Business Minister Tom Arthur visited Falkirk Distillery to hear how access to faster broadband is helping to\u00a0transform and support the growth of the business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">He said:\u00a0\u201cFast, reliable internet is essential for modern life \u2013 it supports businesses, enables remote\u00a0working\u00a0and helps people access services and stay connected with friends and family. Across Scotland, this investment is already delivering real benefits and transforming lives and livelihoods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will continue to work\u00a0with our\u00a0delivery partners, including\u00a0Openreach,\u00a0to maximise the impact of this investment and extend the benefits to more homes and businesses across the country.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Fiona\u00a0Stewart,\u00a0owner of\u00a0Falkirk Distillery,\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cOur faster broadband has been hugely beneficial for the business. It has enhanced our online booking for tours and improved our visitor experience due to better\u00a0WiFi for our customers, supported our digital marketing and social media,\u00a0and helped to make online payments in our retail shop more resilient.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt will also support a higher volume of digital payments as part of our expansion plans including the launch of a new restaurant and additional retail space.\u201d ??<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Thorburn, Openreach partnership director for Scotland, said: \u201cThis is a fantastic milestone for Scotland. Delivering\u00a0almost all\u00a0of these connections, our engineers have worked in some of the most challenging locations to bring full fibre to communities that need it most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s about more than infrastructure \u2013 it\u2019s about opening up opportunities and helping rural areas thrive for the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.5) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#Broadband #milestone #boost #productivity #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openreach: opening up opportun&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[591,18074,18071,18072,266,265,7722,12458,1980,18073],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}