Rural businesses across the South East could benefit from a slice of the additional £45m government funding that’s now available to speed-up their broadband connections.

Britain’s slipping even further down the league table for broadband speeds according to recent research by the comparison website Cable.

New government-funded trials of 5G technology could cause a paradigm shift in the way UK businesses operate.

Six million homes and businesses will have access to ultrafast internet speeds in only two years’ time if Ofcom’s latest proposals become a reality.

The UK government’s decision to make access to 10Mbps minimum broadband speeds a legal requirement for everyone by 2020. This bodes well for businesses struggling in remote parts of Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire.

Sussex businesses that use wi-fi connections need to act now to guard against a flaw recently uncovered in commonly-used wireless application protocols.

Beware of public wi-fi hotspots where hackers may be waiting to intrude into your world.

A government-backed pilot in West Sussex to test out fibre direct to premises means businesses can seriously consider much faster connection speeds in the future.

Much faster broadband using fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) technology is a real possibility in the near future for many UK businesses.

Faster, minimum broadband speeds are on the cards for rural Sussex businesses when the Digital Economy Bill becomes law.