Women fear 30ft 'smelly' pole will affect value of £325,000 homes 'It stinks. It absolutely reeks. It’s an odd smell – and it’s awful' Wales Online · Jun 22, 2022
Vodafone Full Fibre now available to more than eight million homes Vodafone has created a unique combination of partnerships with CityFibre and Openreach Wales Online · Jun 13, 2022
Openreach appoints its first female service delivery director The company’s previous service delivery director now becomes chief engineer for Scotland Insider UK · Jun 6, 2022
Work begins on bringing 'future-proofed broadband' to Scottish islands WORK has begun on connecting thousands of homes and businesses on Scotland’s islands to faster, more reliable broadband. The National (Scotland) · Jun 3, 2022
Work begins on improving broadband connections on Scottish islands Work in the current stage is expected to be completed by September. The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022
Openreach is failing to connect me The first engineer said he had to wait until the weekend to get access to a box in the road. Then he forgot to come back The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022
Openreach latest to join Ladder for Greater Birmingham campaign Initiative which is helping to create apprenticeships across Birmingham and Solihull is now working with broadband giant Birmingham Post · May 23, 2022
Ayrshire dyslexic dad-to-be crowned engineer of the year for keeping people connected during Storm Arwen Luke Picken picked up his prize of a brand new van after being recognised by Openreach, who employ 37,000 workers across the UK. Daily Record · May 17, 2022
“Build like fury” - BT boss pledge on faster internet speeds BT boss Philip Jansen today hailed the telecom giant’s roll out of top speed internet, saying the Openreach arm “continues to build like fury”, now reaching 7.2 million premises. Evening Standard · May 12, 2022
TalkTalk user's fury at 'finding workmen digging up driveway without permission' A TalkTalk customer claims that they found Openreach workmen digging up their driveway and putting in cables despite not being given permission to be on the property Daily Mirror · May 4, 2022
Road sign tells Welsh speakers something different from those who only speak English The sign on Old Conway Road in Mochdre, Wales was placed there by Openreach contractors who are working in the area - and has left many locals scratching their heads Daily Mirror · Apr 22, 2022
Cable cut at Highland Perthshire bridge roadworks leaves 1300 fibre customers without broadband Over 1300 businesses and residents had a broadband outage on Tuesday and Wednesday and faced long delays for reconnection after the main cable serving Highland Perthshire was accidentally cut. Daily Record · Apr 20, 2022
BT engineer sacked for calling female motorist 'silly cow' in road rage drama The stunned woman made a complaint to Openreach about BT engineer Colin Aldred's behaviour and it turned out he had already been given a written warning over his 'road rage' previously. Daily Mirror · Apr 8, 2022
East Kilbride MSP gets up to speed with broadband at Holyrood drop-in session Collette Stevenson met ngineers and apprentices from Openreach to discuss the roll out of full-fibre broadband. Daily Record · Mar 30, 2022
Wales Online · Mar 8, 2022 The isolated Welsh village with the 'slowest broadband in the UK' It can take up to 70 minutes to download a film in standard definition or 17 hours to watch the same movie in high-definition
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022 I was driven up the pole by a nine-month wait for BT broadband A reader has a poor mobile signal in a rural area and had every excuse in the book for the delay
Wales Online · Feb 12, 2022 Openreach to create 250 new jobs in Wales The new recruits will be based across all parts of Wales
Daily Record · Feb 11, 2022 Jobs boost for Ayrshire as communications giant announces recruitment drive for apprenticeships The new jobs are part of a recruitment drive across Scotland.
Daily Record · Feb 11, 2022 Openreach announces 500 new jobs after record year for recruiting women including Scotland football player Alana Marshal from Dunfemline currently plays for Spartans and has been capped for Scotland six times.
Birmingham Post · Feb 10, 2022 Openreach to create more than 400 South West jobs, including 300 apprenticeships The provider said it had recruited a record number of women engineers last year
Daily Record · Feb 10, 2022 Openreach jobs boost for Dundee with major recruitment drive The company has created 500 positions across Scotland including dozens in Tayside.
Birmingham Post · Feb 10, 2022 Openreach creating 160 East Midlands jobs after 'record year' for hiring female engineers More than 1,600 Openreach people already live and work across the East Midlands
Birmingham Post · Feb 10, 2022 Openreach says it will create around 250 additional jobs across Wales during 2022 The new recruits will be based across all parts of Wales, including Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys, Pembrokeshire, Swansea, Cardiff and Newport
Birmingham Post · Feb 10, 2022 Broadband giant Openreach to create 4,000 jobs this year The company is aiming to reach 25 million homes and businesses by the end of 2026
Insider UK · Feb 10, 2022 Openreach set to create 500 new Scottish jobs Changes to the recruitment process have also delivered a record year for hiring women engineers