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After registering 50% growth over the last two years, Mills Ltd must negotiate skills shortages and supply chain issues to achieve its ambitious 2022 targets, according to CEO Jerry Mills.

In 2018 Daren Baythorpe took the helm of ITS Technology Group and began refocusing the company as a specialist full fibre provider to UK businesses, swiftly securing £45m funding from Aviva and launching its Faster Britain brand.

CityFibre’s ambitious Full Fibre rollout remains on track to cover one third of the UK by 2025. The infrastructure builder has already passed 1.5m homes across 60 locations, of which 1.3m are ‘Ready For Service’, and is working with 29 construction partners to ensure its £4bn investment programme keeps pace.

As investment continues to flood into the UK altnet space, the pool of fibre providers becomes increasingly competitive.

Connexin's mission to loosen KCOM's grip on Hull's connectivity market will shortly come to fruition, according to CEO Furqan Alamgir.

With a name lifted from the chants of local rugby fans, Ogi is hoping to carry the ball for Welsh connectivity by scoring further investment in 2022.
 

The UK’s digital divide will only widen if work is not done to bridge the gap between landowners and operators, says Trenches Law co-founder Terry Daniell.

Having spent 2021 in preparation mode, Digital Infrastructure is ready to weather the ‘perfect storm’ presented to fibre providers and scale at pace during 2022.

Borderlink Broadband began life in 2017 when Kiwi Alex Cacciamani moved to Duns, Scotland and found himself hamstrung by a lack of good digital connectivity.