Digitally enhancing business in Britain's towns and cities
Hawkins, D.
Digitally enhancing business in Britain's towns and cities - 2003 - New Urban Futures (8) 6 February 2003, 6(1) .
Looks at government measures to promote broadband technology to UK businesses which include a new broadband task force and pushing forward broadband at a local level. Broadband technology can improve companies' productivity and help deliver economic regeneration, but figures from the Office of Telecommunications for January 2003 reveal that only 18% of private firms are wired up. Questions the commitment of some urban local authorities to deliver broadband and suggests that more effort is needed to prevent a 'digital divide'. Concludes by outlining barriers to broadband access such as additional costs under an amendment to the Transport Act 2001.
BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
BUSINESS
ECONOMIC REGENERATION
Digitally enhancing business in Britain's towns and cities - 2003 - New Urban Futures (8) 6 February 2003, 6(1) .
Looks at government measures to promote broadband technology to UK businesses which include a new broadband task force and pushing forward broadband at a local level. Broadband technology can improve companies' productivity and help deliver economic regeneration, but figures from the Office of Telecommunications for January 2003 reveal that only 18% of private firms are wired up. Questions the commitment of some urban local authorities to deliver broadband and suggests that more effort is needed to prevent a 'digital divide'. Concludes by outlining barriers to broadband access such as additional costs under an amendment to the Transport Act 2001.
BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
BUSINESS
ECONOMIC REGENERATION