There is no significant explanation as to why there has been a low uptake for Scotland’s broadband voucher scheme, Kate Forbes has said.
The Economy Secretary delivered an update on the Scottish Government’s broadband connectivity efforts to Holyrood’s Economy and Fair Work Committee earlier today.
The voucher scheme was introduced to provide funding to help homes and businesses in hard-to-reach areas who are not in scope of either Reaching 100% (R100) contracts or planned commercial investment to install superfast broadband.
