The document summarizes a launch event for Destination Digital, a project that aims to boost digital adoption among businesses in Cambridgeshire. It provides details on connection vouchers worth up to £3,000 for broadband installation, as well as business support and grants of up to £4,000 to purchase digital products and services. The event featured several speakers discussing why digital is important for businesses, opportunities under Destination Digital, and how county-wide business support will be provided through workshops, advice, and helping businesses maximize the benefits of available grants and vouchers.

1. Connecting Cambridgeshire
Destination Digital Launch
Councillor Ian Bates
Cambridgeshire County Council
Cabinet Member for Growth and Planning
www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk

2. Agenda
• Welcome
Councillor Ian Bates
Cabinet Member for Growth & Planning
• Keynote address
David Cleevely
Cambridge Wireless founder & Chairman
• Destination Digital &
Connecting Cambridgeshire
Noelle Godfrey
Connecting Cambridgeshire Programme
Director
• The opportunities
Nicola Graves
Destination Digital Project Manager
• Business support
Peter White
YTKO Director
• Panel Q&A

3. Why digital is so important for
Cambridgeshire businesses
Dr David Cleevely

4. Destination Digital
Noelle Godfrey, Programme Director

5. Connecting Cambridgeshire

6. Supporting business

7. Helping to
Create new jobs
Feb 2014
Boost Cambridgeshire economy
Improve productivity
Increase profitability
Improve resource efficiency
Encourage innovation
Mar 2015

8. Opportunities
Nicola Graves, Project Manager

9. Connection vouchers
• Up to £3,000 to fund the one-off
installation cost of connecting to
faster broadband
• SMEs in Cambridge and South
Cambridgeshire
• Sole traders and non-profit
organisations included
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10. Connection vouchers
 Business premises – includes home based
businesses and business parks.
 Minimum 6 month contract
 Your new service must deliver a speed or
performance improvement
 You have not received more than €200k in public
funding in the last three years
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11. How?
Application form +2 quotes from registered suppliers
Voucher
Invoice and claim form
Invoice payment
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12. Business support and grants
 SMEs in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (incl. sole
traders and non-profit organisations)
 You have not received more than €200k in public
funding in the last three years
 You are interested in using digital products and services
to grow your business
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13. What can I get?
• Free, tailored business support and advice
• Events and workshops in your area
• Grants of up to £4,000 to buy digital products and
services to help your company gain the competitive
edge
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14. How?
Call 0800 9177044 to speak to an advisor
Start receiving 12 hours of support
Apply for a grant
If successful, make a purchase
& receive up to 40% back
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15. COUNTY-WIDE BUSINESS SUPPORT
Peter White, YTKO

16. We discuss and develop
• What’s in it for me?
– Create a strategy – and return on investment
– Be confident and informed
– Gain benefits and opportunities
– Measure, and build better business

17. Through workshops, 1:1s…
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Small local team
Business skills and technical knowledge
Series of practical workshops county-wide
Plus diagnostics, 1:1 advice, and more
Alongside vouchers and grants

18. Objective is simple:
• Better informed and skilled SMEs across all
sectors, able to make the most of the
opportunities
• Close and mutually beneficial relationships
between demand and supply side
• Full - and informed - take up of grants and
vouchers to support local firms

19. Questions
Panel

20. Contact us
contact@destinationdigital.info
0800 9177044
#destinationdigital
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