UK Gigabit Voucher – grants

DCMS launched their “UK Gigabit Voucher” scheme on 8 April. This was announced the previous month as part of the wider £5bn ‘Project Gigabit’ programme. This new voucher scheme builds on the Rural Gigabit Voucher Scheme and is aimed providing micro grants of up to £1,500 for households and £3,500 for businesses in the hardest to reach rural areas (with current speeds of less than 100Mbps) to support the cost of installing new gigabit-capable connections when part of a group scheme.

To help raise awareness and drive uptake of the UK Gigabit Voucher, the voucher website includes a new premises level postcode checker that enables you to establish whether you are eligible for the Voucher, and information on other support that may be available.

To qualify for a business voucher, you will be asked to self-certify that you are an small or medium size enterprise (SME) with:

  • Up to 249 employees and annual turnover no greater than £36 million; and/or
  • An annual balance sheet total not exceeding £18 million.

You will also be asked to:

  • provide evidence of your status as a SME or sole trader
  • self-certify that you will have received less than £325,000 Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) in public grants over any period of three fiscal years including the current year, including the voucher contribution (this includes all coronavirus-related grants).

Read more about the Gigabit Voucher here.