Openreach

Continuing our award celebrations🏆 We’re proud to share that Openreach took home three major wins at the Streetworks Awards held at the House of Commons last night: ✨ #Innovation Excellence 🌱 Sustainable Methods 🏅 Streetworks Organisation of the Year A huge congratulations to our team and partners who attended: Allan Falcon, James Thatcher, Andrew Shepherd, Mark Smith, Owen Brash, Violeta Novakovic, Simon Langdale and Amy Tran. Over at the National AI Awards, we’re honoured to have been finalists among thousands of entries. A special shoutout to presenter Zoe Kleinman, BBC Technology Editor, for an inspiring evening. And this week, we woke up to more great news as our Head of #Sustainability, Abby Chicken, has been named one of the Top 100 ChangeLeaders 2025 by We Make Change and Blue Earth Summit! #StreetworksAwards #NationalAIAwards #ChangeLeaders2025 #WeMakeChange #BlueEarthSummit Synthotec Limited

A royal view for a royal service 🏰 One of our vans made a scenic stop at the iconic Craigievar Castle - said to be the inspiration for the Cinderella Castle.

👋 Leeds We’ve reached a major milestone as our #FullFibre network now passes 320,000 homes and businesses, covering over 80% of the city. This means faster, more reliable #connectivity for thousands of people and organisations. Check if your property is ready for Full Fibre: https://direc.to/jnSd

In the past year more than £53,000 has been awarded to 31 community groups across Northern Ireland through the #OpenreachCommunityFund 💚 These grants are supporting a diverse range of initiatives – from STEM outreach programmes for girls, to inclusive arts and wellbeing projects, and infrastructure improvements for local men’s sheds. We’re committed to making a positive and lasting impact in the communities we serve by supporting projects that make a difference to: 🧒 Younger people 👵Older people ♿ People with disabilities We believe in the power of local action to drive meaningful change 🫂 #CFNI

Director of Fleet, Judy O'keefe, joins The Standard's Leading the Charge podcast to talk about Openreach’s #EV journey, and why changes to London’s Cleaner Vehicle Discount could impact businesses like ours 🚛💡 We’re proud to support the campaign calling on the Mayor to keep EVs exempt from the congestion charge 📢 🎧 To dive straight in, skip to episode two, 09:35 to hear Judy’s insights: https://lnkd.in/eCWzybZv #Sustainability

Winning Women! We think all our people are superstars but isn’t it lovely when other people do? We’re proud to celebrate two incredible colleagues who’ve been recognised for their outstanding contributions this week. 🏆 Emma Naughton, Senior Manager, took home the #WomenInTech award at the The Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP) Telecoms Awards. Emma’s journey from being a PGA Golf Professional to joining Openreach as an Apprentice Engineer is nothing short of inspiring. Her leadership and #innovation continue to shape the future of telecoms. 🌱 Abby Chicken, Head of Sustainability, received a Highly Commended award in the Corporate #Sustainability Lead of the Year category at the Women in the BusinessGreen, Women in Green Business Awards. Abby’s passion and impact in driving sustainability across Openreach is truly commendable. We’re lucky to have such trailblazers on our team 👏 #WomenInEngineering

What does a day in the life of a #FullFibre engineer look like? 👀 Join Jordane, one of our skilled copper engineers, as she steps into the world of Full Fibre, helping deliver faster, more reliable connectivity across the UK. Behind every connection is a person – someone working hard to keep communities online and businesses running. As we celebrate #NationalCustomerServiceWeek, we’re recognising the dedication of our engineers and the respect they deserve for the vital work they do. 🎬 Follow Jordane’s journey and see how we’re making a difference, one connection at a time. #NCSW2025 #ServiceWithRespect

Modernising the UK’s digital infrastructure 📢 We're taking a major step forward in supporting the UK’s transition to #FullFibre broadband by retiring thousands of legacy copper-based telephone exchanges. This is more than just an upgrade, it’s a transformation of how #connectivity is delivered across the country. To make this shift seamless for our Communications Provider (CP) customers and their end users, we're deploying innovative cross-connection cabinets. These allow CPs to relocate critical network infrastructure from closing exchanges without disrupting service - avoiding the need to move everything to a new exchange. ✅ Reduced disruption ✅ Smarter infrastructure ✅ Future-ready connectivity Thank you to our build partners WHP Telecoms Limited, CommScope, Constant Group, David Gilligan 👏 Watch below to see how this solution is helping build a faster, more resilient network for the UK ⬇️

Violence and abuse should never be part of the job 🚫 but last year, 450 of our engineers were assaulted or abused while doing their jobs. This made violence the leading cause of injury across our business. We’re committed to keeping our people safe, and we investigate every incident whilst supporting every individual. We're also working with the Institute of Customer Service to seek stronger legal protections for telecoms workers under the Crime and Policing Bill 👏 Thank you, Adam, for sharing your story. Because everyone deserves to go home safe and well 🏡 #NationalCustomerServiceWeek #NCSW2025

From wayleaves to weights: Meet Andy, our strongman engineer 💪 By day, Andy secures wayleaves and works with landowners to help bring #FullFibre to communities. By night (and weekends), he’s lifting some serious weights, and smashing goals. Since starting his strongman journey in January, Andy’s already podiumed twice and is now training for Scotland’s Strongest Man qualifiers. His dedication is inspiring, and we couldn’t be prouder to have him on the team. #WithEveryFibre of his being, Andy’s proving that strength comes in many forms 🏋 To follow along, check out his journey over on Instagram: @andyh.strongman 📸