East Anglian businesses are asking what has become of the green recovery following the budget
- Credit: Siemens
Regional businesses hoping for a big green recovery boost from the Budget say they have been left underwhelmed.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a new UK Infrastructure Bank to fund green growth in his budget - but East of England companies involved in the sector feel his announcements failed to live up to their hopes.
Lloyd Felton, chief executive of County Broadband - which is installing full-fibre broadband networks across rural parts of the East of England - welcomed the new UK Infrastructure Bank but suspected it would not help in the roll-out of a superfast network across harder-to-reach areas such as those in East Anglia.
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East Anglian businesses are asking what has become of the green recovery following the budget
- Credit: Siemens
Regional businesses hoping for a big green recovery boost from the Budget say they have been left underwhelmed.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a new UK Infrastructure Bank to fund green growth in his budget - but East of England companies involved in the sector feel his announcements failed to live up to their hopes.
Lloyd Felton, chief executive of County Broadband - which is installing full-fibre broadband networks across rural parts of the East of England - welcomed the new UK Infrastructure Bank but suspected it would not help in the roll-out of a superfast network across harder-to-reach areas such as those in East Anglia.
Reliable broadband should be seen as a fundamental human right according to a network builder which has put its weight behind a campaign to kickstart the East's economy.