Freedom Fibre involved in Leigh Digital Inclusion pilot
This week Freedom Fibre CEO, Neil McArthur, chatted with Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, following his formal launch of...
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Freedom Fibre announces first homes live in its home town of Irlam!
This week marks a great milestone for Freedom Fibre who have connected the first customer in their home town of Irlam, Manchester. Irlam...
A warm welcome to North Shropshire from Helen Morgan MP!
Helen Morgan MP – Member of Parliament for North Shropshire – has given a warm welcome to Freedom Fibre who are currently building a...
Shannon Davids and her 8,000-mile journey to Freedom Fibre.
Shannon Davids had a dream of a new start for her family, making the decision to find employment in Manchester, far away from her...
Freedom Fibre CEO, Neil McArthur, makes key appointment to head up business channel.
Irlam-based ‘alt-net’ Freedom Fibre has announced the appointment of Lee Sutch to head up the business channel as work starts to onboard...
Freedom Fibre’s first apprentice!
Freedom Fibre has welcomed its first apprentice to the team this week. Mia Foxcroft has joined us for a 12-month apprenticeship in the...
Andy Carter MP welcomes Freedom Fibre to Stockton Heath!
Andy Carter – Member of Parliament for Warrington South – has welcomed Freedom Fibre to Stockton Heath as it rolls out its...
Freedom Fibre CFO, Darren Woods, features on Sage Business Partner, itas solutions', CFO 4.0 podcast
CFO of Freedom Fibre, Darren Woods joins the CFO 4.0 Podcast with Hannah Munro as they discuss building exceptional finance teams....
The Freedom Fibre lightning-fast broadband network is coming to Northwich, Comberbach and Hartford!
The Freedom Fibre team are excited to announce their full fibre broadband roll-out in Northwich, Comberbach and Hartford, extending their...
Neil McArthur talks to ISP review about the future of the FTTP Altnet community.
Last week, Freedom Fibre CEO, Neil McArthur, wrote a special Guest Editorial for ISPreview.co.uk discussing the benefits of full fibre...
Freedom Fibre expands its base of operations!
This week, Freedom Fibre has extended into a new wing within our main office in Irlam, Manchester. The expansion means that Freedom Fibre...
Freedom Fibre employees working with "Boundless Energy".
Freedom Fibre employees are being invited to host their own ‘Lunch & Learn’ sessions for fellow colleagues. One of our values as a...
Freedom Fibre raises £100m to accelerate North West fibre roll-out
Freedom Fibre has secured a total £100m commitment of scale-up funding, just over a year since its formation, as the first step in its...
Freedom Fibre keeps promise to extend Weaverham network to residents of Acton Bridge.
Freedom Fibre have extended their FTTP broadband network into Acton Bridge following a Parish Council lead project supported by the...
Freedom Fibre connects its 1000th customer!
Another milestone has been achieved this month and we’re hugely excited to announce that we’ve connected the 1000th customer to our...
Freedom Fibre achieves National PTC status with Openreach!
We’re extremely proud to announce that Freedom Fibre has achieved National ‘Path to Collaboration’ (PTC) status with Openreach only a few...
Freedom Fibre to extend its Gigabit capable FTTP network into Stockton Heath & surrounding villages!
A thriving, purple flag town to be supported by lightning-fast broadband speeds – Freedom Fibre is coming to Stockton Heath and the...
Freedom Fibre raises money for the Jamie Horrocks Trust with an egg-cellent Easter raffle!
Easter was a great opportunity to act on one of the core values we follow as a company – ‘Care more’ – and we’re pleased to say that...
Creating a legacy – Freedom Fibre attends Irlam & Cadishead Academy Careers Fair
To Freedom Fibre, making smart investments also means investing in great people. Providing opportunities for young people is so important...
Continuing to “Push Boundaries”
The Freedom Fibre management team spent time out to challenge each other on how we continue to scale and grow successfully, create value...
DCMS members visit Freedom Fibre in action in Whitchurch
Members from the government’s department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) team visited the Freedom Fibre build teams out in...
Freedom Fibre connects first customers in Leigh
Freedom Fibre is proud to be connecting its first customers onto its new full-fibre network in Leigh. Freedom Fibre’s announced its plans...
Freedom Fibre meets with residents in Weaverham.
Thank you to the Parish Council in Weaverham for arranging a great location for our team to support local residents to get connected on...
Freedom Fibre donates iPad to the Diabetes Youth Service
The Diabetes Youth Service at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospital was set up to work with young people cared for by the Paediatric...
The Freedom Fibre camper heads to Weaverham!
Our friendly team will be heading to Weaverham on Monday 7th February in the Freedom Fibre camper van. They’ll be setting up at the MUGA...
Freedom Fibre achieves PTC status with Openreach
We are extremely proud to have achieved ‘Path to Collaboration’ (PTC) status with Openreach in such a short period of time. This is a...
Freedom Fibre raises over £2000 for Cash for Kids Mission Christmas
Over the Christmas period, Freedom Fibre raised money to support Cash for Kids Mission Christmas with Hits Radio. We set a target of...
Freedom Fibre features in LocalMag
Freedom Fibre is proud to have been featured in Local Mag which is distributed free to over 9,000 homes in the communities of Irlam,...
Neil McArthur explains Freedom Fibre’s telecom pole usage and ethos
In order to create affordable networks, we seek to cover all of an area in the most efficient manner, which may involve erecting new...
Freedom Fibre to start full-fibre network build in Whitchurch, Wem & Prees
Freedom Fibre announces its expansion into Shropshire with plans to rollout its full-fibre gigabit-capable network to Whitchurch, Wem and...
Freedom Fibre’s Neil McArthur features in Insider Magazine
Freedom Fibre is proud to have been featured in the Business Insider, the biggest provider of regional business news and information. The...
TalkTalk delighted as Freedom Fibre rolls out FTTP network to Irlam & Cadishead & Glazebrook
We are excited to be extending our full-fibre network to the ‘home of telcoms’, Irlam, Cadishead and Glazebrook in Manchester. This area...
Freedom Fibre expands full-fibre network into hometown, Irlam
Full-fibre to the premises (FFTP) is transformational. Not to be confused with Fibre or Infinity which still uses the old copper wires...
50% of target reached for ‘Cash for Kids’ this Christmas
Freedom Fibre has been raising money to support Cash for Kids – Mission Christmas with Hits Radio. We are now at over 50% of our target,...
Full-fibre rollout confirmed for Newton-le-Willows, Burtonwood & Earlestown
More homes and businesses are to benefit from the Freedom Fibre full-fibre network rollout. Freedom Fibre has announced further plans to...
Celebrating with the Sale Sharks
We were honoured to be invited to the Premiership Rugby Cup game between the Newcastle Falcons and the Sale Sharks on Friday 19 November....
Help Freedom Fibre raise ‘Cash for Kids’ this Christmas
Freedom Fibre is excited to get involved in raising money to support Cash for Kids – Mission Christmas with Hits Radio. We hope to make a...
Celebrating our first-year anniversary
Today is our birthday. Freedom Fibre was founded on 9 November 2020. It’s been an amazing year of exceptionally fast growth and we’ve...
Scaling up – creating the gigabit future at the INCA conference
Freedom Fibre was delighted to have been part of the ALTnet panel discussion at the INCA conference in Birmingham on the 4th November...
Freedom Fibre accredited as Living Wage Employer
We are delighted to announce that Freedom Fibre Ltd is now an accredited Living Wage Employer. This means that every member of staff...
Freedom Fibre full-fibre network rollout confirmed for Leigh
Freedom Fibre has announced that residents in Leigh, a large town in the Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester will soon be able to...
Culcheth residents benefit from Freedom Fibre’s full fibre rollout
Freedom Fibre has achieved another milestone with its rollout of its Full Fibre network in the village of Culcheth. Many residents are...
Future Fibre pre-registration for Winwick is now live with Freedom Fibre
Freedom Fibre announces pre-registration is now open which will see customers going live as early as mid-October, currently services are...
From a team of 6 to over 80 employees in just six months
We gathered all of our fast-growing team together this September for Freedom Fibre’s first full company briefing to recognise the...
Freedom Fibre accelerates growth forecast after securing second major equity injection
Freedom Fibre on track for major Q4 scale up to deliver 50k homes by mid-2022 As a new telecoms ‘altnet’, we are ahead of plan as we...
Freedom Fibre plans to extend full fibre into Winwick
Freedom Fibre has announced its plans to extend the build from Culcheth and Croft into the small neighbouring village of Winwick,...
Freedom Fibre commences build in Weaverham
Freedom Fibre has commenced the build of a new fibre network in Weaverham. Freedom Fibre recently announced its plans to the local Parish...
Freedom Fibre features in Warrington Guardian
Freedom Fibre is proud to have been featured in the Warrington Guardian. The local publication follows our success in building a...
Darren Woods shortlisted for Northern Finance Director of the Year Awards
We are delighted to announce that our CFO, Darren Woods, has been shortlisted for Northern Finance Director of the Year 2021 – Deal of...
Freedom Fibre staff raise £536 for ‘Freya’s Little Legs’
Freya is 10 years old, she was born with Cerebral palsy, two holes in her heart and fought through 4 major operations at a very early...
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