Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for the Lambeth High-Speed Connect scheme, you must:
- be a Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) employing less than 250 employees
- be a registered organisation or business based in Lambeth
- have at least 1 year of verified accounts
- pay all employees the London Living Wage (£11.05 per hour)
- have your current connectivity below 30Mbps, or if the current connection is above 30mbps, a new connection must deliver at least a doubling of speed and be unable to upgrade current connection without a significant connection charge being incurred.
- place an order with an approved network provider within 28 days of a request for funding support being approved by Lambeth Council – after this time, the offer of funding will be withdrawn
You will not be eligible for the Lambeth High-Speed Connect scheme if:
- you are currently able to upgrade above 30Mbps and achieve 1Gbps through signing a new user agreement because the bandwidth is already available at your business premises