Fay Jones MP has today welcomed the takeover of the liquidated broadband provider Broadway Partners by Voneus.

This will come as a huge relief to many residents who were set to be connected to the fibre optic network by Broadway Partners until they fell into administration back in June.

Broadway Partners had been working on seven community schemes in the county with the aim of bringing ultrafast fibre connections to more homes in rural areas. It had also been expected to become the supplier for several others that were still at the stage of assessing demand.

Projects included those at Nantmel, Llanwrthwl, Painscastle, Presteigne, and Knighton among others.

Ms Jones will now be meeting with Voneus to help ensure that this game-changing connectivity is delivered to residents so that they can more reliably work from home and access key online services such as banking more readily and reliably.

Cllr Iain McIntosh will also attend to ensure current Voneus services are improved in some parts of the constituency.

Ms Jones said she will be particularly interested in understanding the services they currently provide, their delivery of existing proposals and plans for future fibre projects throughout Brecon and Radnorshire.

“I welcome news that collapsed broadband provider Broadway Partners is set to be taken over byVoneus Broadband,” said Ms Jones.

“Constituents who were set to be connected up to the fibre network by Broadway Partners in areasincluding Llanwrthwl, Presteigne, and Knighton will, I am sure, especially welcome this development, but it is important that we see the specifics which is what I and my colleague Cllr Iain McIntosh will be seeking in our meeting with Voneus in the coming weeks.

“I hope this game-changing connectivity will make a real difference to residents’ lives all across Brecon and Radnorshire in being able to more reliably work and access services such as online banking from home, so I look forward to seeing future proposals as well.”