AN INTERNET provider is creating 200 jobs with a plan to connect more than 300,000 homes and businesses to its high speed broadband. The move comes after Fareham-based Giganet was taken over by investment firm Fern Trading Limited and given a £250million injection of funds. The investment will allow Giganet to offer high-speed full fibre broadband to more homes and businesses across the UK. Work has already begun on connecting 300,000 addresses in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and West Sussex, and the 200 staff will be hired across those areas. Chief executive Jarlath Finnegan said: “Together with Fern Trading, Giganet now has the resources to quickly connect lots more customers across the UK.
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Wessex Internet has grown rapidly during a four-year move to offering superfast, full-fibre internet. It was founded by James Gibson Fleming and Matthew Skipsey on the Ranston Estate at Blandford more than a decade ago and previously focused on wireless connections, serving rural areas considered unviable by other providers. The business now employs 81 people at the estate, 100 per cent up on last year. Managing director Hector Gibson Fleming said: “Our focus is to expand our fantastic service to even more of the countryside. We want to significantly grow our customer base and continually improve our service experience for existing customers.