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North East business centre made from metal shipping containers set to go high speed

A North East business centre made from metal shipping containers is set to benefit from a government scheme to improve broadband access.

Sustainable Enterprise Strategies (SES), a social enterprise that promotes and supports all kinds of enterprise, is set to see its Cooperative Centre improve broadband conenctvity. SES chose Sunderland IT business Rymote to deliver high-speed wireless access to its office complex.

The centre, which is home to a range of small businesses, applied for a Connection Voucher, a £40m Government initiative to improve broadband connectivity for business, which Sunderland City Council is part of and which was promoted by MAKE it Sunderland.

The entire programme of work is worth more than £50k and has been funded completely by the Connection Vouchers scheme, which ran for six months in Sunderland from April to September 2015.

Mark Saddington, director, at SES, said that the programme of work would bring about significant improvements for tenants at the Cooperative Centre.

He said: “SES was set up to nurture and support businesses, and sustainable enterprises really do rely on access to the internet and to fast, efficient and effective technology solutions to enable them to succeed.

“Working with Rymote, we will give our tenants access to superfast wireless connectivity and Bluetooth technology that really is ahead of the curve – something that would have been financially prohibitive without access to Connection Vouchers. It’s a huge boost for the centre, and another way in which we can support our tenants to achieve more.”

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