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Jeremy Hunt finally folded and opened the bidding process to Brighton. This win belongs to every one of you who refused to let them ignore our digital talent. Keep your eyes open because we will make sure they actually follow through on this commitment.

February 2, 2012

Let Brighton Bid

Let Brighton Bid

🏆 Won — 300 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 6 months ago
The Department for Culture, Media and Science has excluded the city of Brighton & Hove from bidding for Government funding to install ultra fast broadband. Yet Brighton is recognised as having one of Europe's foremost digital, media and technology clusters. With over a thousand businesses, it has more in this sector per head of population than any other city in the UK. The cluster is key to delivering the sustainable employment that the city needs to grow and prosper. It is crazy that, just because they have a few thousand more homes, cities like Bradford are being invited to bid for ultrafast broadband investment and Brighton & Hove isn't. We ask the Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to show some simple common sense and invite Brighton & Hove to join the cities that can bid for the funding.

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Reached 250 supporters

January 14, 2012

Reached 100 supporters

January 12, 2012

January 9, 2012

Jeremy Hunt is betting that we will just go away quietly while he keeps Brighton locked out of this funding. We are almost at one hundred signatures and I need you to push this link to your networks right now to prove he is dead wrong. Do not let the bureaucrats in the Department for Culture Media and Sport think we are giving up.

6 Comments

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Simon Tate
14 years ago Featured

Ridiculous decision. Brighton is basically the tech hub of the south coast and getting ignored like this is a joke.

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Dave McCarthy
14 years ago Featured

Brighton should definitely be on the list. The tech sector here is huge and keeps the city going.

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Sarah Holt
14 years ago Featured

my internet speed is abysmal. how can they expect small businesses to grow here without the proper infrastructure? sort it out.

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Jessica Carter
14 years ago Featured

TOTAL MADNESS. We have more digital businesses than almost anywhere else yet we get left behind. let us bid!

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Chloe Abadi
14 years ago Featured

fix the broadband speed. it is 2014, not 1999.

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Mark Nichols
14 years ago Featured

why are they choosing cities based on home numbers instead of actual business needs? brighton NEEDS this.

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