Blackpool - Connectivity and Tourism. A LFFN case study
Blackpool - Connectivity and Tourism A LFFN Case Study June 2022 Benefits Realisation and Evaluation Team (Demand Side)
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In summer 2021, social researchers in Building Digital UK (BDUK) conducted a series of interviews with representatives of Blackpool Council, hotel proprietors in Blackpool and their guests. The interviewees represented direct beneficiaries of Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) funding and indirect beneficiaries of the programme through access to an improved internet connection.
The findings, presented in this report, provide valuable emerging evidence of the value of the infrastructure to the local authority and how this supports their local strategies around economic growth, tourism, public service delivery and local connectivity. It also provides strong examples of the benefit of the connectivity to those local businesses and service users enabled by the asset and sets out a clearer local picture of how the digital infrastructure project is contributing to improvements in connectivity and local outcomes.