Articles tagged with 'lincolnshire' | BT plc

By Paul Bimson, BT’s Regional Partnership Director for the East Midlands

Openreach today announced a major expansion of its engineering workforce with plans to recruit more than 70 trainees in the East Midlands in its drive to improve customer service and invest in the operation of its network.

More than 9,400 primary school pupils in Lincolnshire have benefitted from a pioneering education programme to boost youngsters’ computing skills.

BT is on the lookout for 15 young people wanting to kick start their careers with a seven week traineeship at its state-of-the-art contact centre at Ropewalk in Lincoln.

​People in Bourne, Lincolnshire, are now able to benefit from much-improved 4G mobile phone coverage following a major investment by EE, the UK’s largest mobile operator and part of the BT Group.

The number of people signing up for high-speed fibre broadband has doubled in the last 18 months, thanks to Onlincolnshire.

BT has given a massive £79 million boost to the Lincolnshire economy in the past year, according to an independent study published today.

Parts of Lincolnshire included in the recruitment drive are Boston, Lincoln, Market Deeping, Sleaford and Spalding

​An engineer is being hailed a potential life-saver after coming to the aid of a stricken motorist in Sleaford.

​ Nesting boxes for owls and kestrels are set to be housed on some BT premises in Lincolnshire, it was announced today.

Staff at BT’s call centre on Ropewalk, Lincoln, volunteering to take calls for BBC Children in Need on Friday 13th November, helped process more than £53,000 in public donations.

Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock today officially opened a BT-funded multi-sensory room at St Bernard’s School in Louth, Lincolnshire.