Local business woman doubles her earnings with superfast broadband

Julie Wiggs is a virtual assistant, based at home in Oswaldtwistle. She provides a range of support services to small businesses such as PA, admin and office tasks plus bookkeeping, email and diary management, overseeing the running of work contracts and much more.

When Julie started her business her big concern wasn’t anything to do with the faith she had in her own abilities – it was all about connectivity. How could she build business momentum, together with a great reputation when she had such an unstable and slow broadband connection (download speeds of between 0.5Mb/s to 2Mb/s)?

Julie was delighted to learn that superfast broadband was available in her area. She signed up and now gets a download speed of 70Mb/s and 17Mb/s upload speeds - even in the garden.

Says Julie: "Without superfast broadband my business would probably have struggled to stay viable. At best, the services I’d have been able to offer clients would be limited. But now, I get everything done so quickly. My clients love the speed I work at and the range of services I can provide. I’ve never been so busy and I love it.”