High Peak is an inspiring and friendly rural area ideally situated close to the urban conurbations of Manchester and Sheffield. The High Peak has all the advantages of both rural and urban existence:
High Peak has an excellent reputation for working in partnership with statutory and private sector partners to develop the local economy.
Our special newsletter to update you about what's happening to encourage economic growth in the High Peak. Please download copy below or contact customer services at High Peak if you would like a hard copy sent to your business address.
Business Link East Midlands provides free services dedicated to helping new and established businesses develop and grow in the High Peak. Call 0845 058 6644 to speak to an adviser. Appointments can be made to meet advisers at Council Offices throughout the High Peak.
For assistance with your business enquiry please contact us on 0845 129 77 77 or 01298 28400.
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We know that broadband access in some parts of the Peak District is still poor and with more and more households and businesses using computers and laptops for daily tasks we think it’s vital that people should have access to a good broadband service.
This is where we need your help!
Currently there are some households and businesses that only have access to broadband with a speed less than 2Mbit/s (mega bits per second) which is below the Government target.
To address this problem the Government is investing £530 million to ensure that at least 90 per cent of homes and businesses have access to an enhanced broadband service by 2015.
To help support this, British Telecom (BT) is providing an additional investment of £2.5 billion to lay fibre-optic cables allowing much faster upload and download speeds for broadband services throughout the UK.
Areas that have already received new cables/due to receive new cables include Glossop (including Gamesley) and New Mills (including Hayfield).
For those communities not covered in BT’s roll-out – and who regularly experience poor broadband access – we need you to let us know so that the County Council can ask the Government for additional funding.
Please go to www.derbyshire.gov.uk/broadbandsurvey/ to help us to identify where access could be improved and to demonstrate a strong demand for broadband provision in specific areas.
Enabling enhanced broadband means that you will be able to buy fast broadband packages through relevant service providers. It does not mean you will receive enhanced speed to your current services.
If you want to find out about fast broadband packages you need to establish what exchange your house is connected to as it may not always be obvious.
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