On Friday April 12th 2024 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt MP visited Broadband for Surrey Hills (B4SH) at its office in the Surrey Hills at Albury, near Guildford. He met some of the volunteers and others that have helped make B4SH such a success in delivering full-fibre gigabit broadband to the residents and businesses in the very hard to reach areas of the Surrey Hills. Jeremy learned about the unique nature of B4SH as a not-for-profit community enterprise run by volunteers, saw the map of B4SH’s extensive network in the Surrey Hills, and was able to see first hand the gigabit technology that powers the network. He was especially interested in B4SH’s funding model, particularly the impact of the withdrawal of Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR), and the importance of the gigabit voucher scheme administered by DCMS.
Commenting on the visit B4SH director Angus Denny said, “It was a great pleasure to welcome Jeremy to B4SH and show him the success of the volunteer-led model in delivering world-class gigabit broadband to areas of the Surrey Hills ignored by commercial providers”.
See the article in ISP Review https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2024/04/uk-chancellor-jeremy-hunt-visits-broadband-for-surrey-hills-project.html
