SME Business News

The new coalition government recently announced that Ed Vaizey was to be the new broadband minister, and the Federation of Small Businesses is now already calling on Vaizey to ensure that businesses have access to basic broadband speeds.

It was announced recently that the new broadband minister in the UK was to be Ed Vaizey, and the announcement came after calls from a number of industry groups to get a broadband minister in place as soon as possible so that broadband plans could be put into action.

The Federation of Small Businesses has now called upon the new broadband minister to ensure that all small businesses are given access to basic broadband speeds. The FSB wants Vaizey to take charge and oversee improvements and rollout of better Internet services for small businesses.

There are concerns that many small businesses in the UK, and in particular those that are situated in rural areas, are suffering as a result of inadequate access to broadband services, and lack of quality broadband services is hindering these businesses when it comes to developing their services in an online environment.

As a result of this the FSB wants Vaizey to ensure that basic broadband speeds are made available to small businesses, so that they can benefit from adequate internet access and can aid the growth of their businesses through creating an effective online presence.

The FSB said that ninety four percent of small businesses are not happy with their Internet Providers because the speeds that are delivered are much slower than those that are advertised. The FSB also said: “The UK was lagging, and as a result the nation’s 4.8 million small businesses could not develop their businesses online, which was vital to grow the UK’s economy.”