Openreach

Openreach Northern Ireland has announced a temporary leadership change as director Garret Kavanagh takes family leave to spend time with his growing family

Director of NI firm takes ‘leave’ to spend time with his growing family

Lauren McGaughey, Acting Director of Openreach Northern Ireland

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Lauren McGaughey, Acting Director of Openreach Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland paves the way as Openreach hits 90% full fibre milestone

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Full list of new Openreach exchange areas - what it means for bills

James Burleigh (Senior Manager Complex Engineering, Openreach) and Neil Armstrong (Centre Manager, The Ederney Village in Bloom Association)

Connecting communities and transforming lives with openreach community fund

Pictured L-R: Celebrating this latest achievement are Lauren McGaughey (Acting Director at Openreach NI), Garret Kavanagh (Director at Openreach NI), Anne Hannan (Partnerships Manager, Marie Curie), and lead support on the Openreach Reach NI Cycling Committee, Sean McGurk (Senior Manager, Customer Planning & Infrastructure at Openreach).

Openreach charity cycle celebrates five years of success, raising £30,000 for Ma...

BT, the UK’s telecommunications giant, has revealed plans to cut jobs at its Northern Ireland headquarters

BT set to cut 90 jobs at Belfast HQ as part of restructuring plan

Managing director of NIE Networks, Derek Hynes; group chief executive officer of Phoenix Energy, Kailash Chada; chief executive of NI Water, Dr Sara Venning; and director of Openreach NI, Garret Kavanagh

Important numbers for staying connected this winter

Some rural dwellers in Northern Ireland do not have fibre broadband

Letter: Broadband services remain slow and fibre-less for some rural dwellers

Garret Kavanagh, Director at Openreach in Northern Ireland and Suzanne Wylie, Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NI Chamber)

Ad Feature Openreach investment offers 97% of NI properties Ultrafast Full Fibre

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Brendan Crealey, managing director of Industry Training Services, is joined by representatives of CTTS and Openreach at the launch of Industry Training Services telecoms training programme.

Industry Training Services creates 10 new jobs

Shortlisted from over 1,200 nominees, father of three Darrell McVitty from Aghyaran was one of 75 finalists selected from across the UK. He was announced as the overall winner, Openreach’s Engineer of the Year 2023, for his leadership, expertise and unwavering support to his colleagues in the build of the country’s leading digital network – Ultrafast Full Fibre

Engineer from Aghyaran wins 'highest place' award beating 1,200 UK nominees

Millions face a broadband shake-up - here’s how to check if you’re affected

Millions of BT and Sky customers face internet shake-up

The activities of BT Group added £690 million to the wider economy of Northern Ireland last year and supported more than 7,300 jobs, according to a new report

BT Group adds £690m to Northern Ireland economy

The newly reopened Riverside Tower in Belfast, home of BT Group

BT Group shows commitment to Northern Ireland with multi-million refurbishment
BT Group officially reopened its Riverside Tower building at Lanyon Place yesterday following a multi-million pound refurbishment.
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Mortgage Propeller co-founders Matthew McAllister and Paul Dalzell

NI mortgage advisory firm marks two years in business with 600% rise in sales

Steven Orr, co-founder of Bodega Bagels

Bodega Bagels are on a roll thanks to Full Fibre

Erin Massey (centre) with striking workers at Telehouse, Belfast on Monday

999 call handlers among 1,600 on strike today in NI in BT and Openreach dispute

BT staff have been striking on selected days since the end of July

BT and Openreach workers stage latest walk-out in pay dispute

Postal workers, Openreach engineers and call centre staff listening to speeches at a mass rally outside Brighton Delivery Office during Communication Workers Union strike action. Picture date: Thursday October 20, 2022.

NI posties, engineers and call handlers stage biggest strike so far this year

Copyright © Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ: ICTU's Owen Reidy addressing the Stormont launch of the Workers Demand Better campaign

Trade unions to take cost-of-living campaign to NI town halls as strikes go on

Staff at the 999 Call Handling centre in Portadown, which deals with emergency calls from across Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom are on strike today over pay. This centre dealt with calls during the Grenfell fire and Manchester bombings.

999 call handlers set to go on strike again in Northern Ireland on Monday

BT employees including emergency call handlers take part in a strike in Co. Armagh. The workers in Co Armagh have joined hundreds of BT/Openreach colleagues at picket lines in protest against a pay offer from management slammed as an effective "pay cut". Picture date: Thursday October 6, 2022. PA Photo.

BT pledges to attempt to protect 999 services amid strike action

999 call operators strike today - how emergency calls will be affected

John Devlin 29/07/2022. GLASGOW. BT workers on the picket line in Glasgow. CWU members in Northern Ireland and across the UK, including 999 call handlers, are to take part in further strike action tomorrow

CWU October strikes: over 40,000 BT and Openreach staff walk out

John Devlin 29/07/2022. GLASGOW. BT workers on the picket line in Glasgow. CWU members in Northern Ireland and across the UK, including 999 call handlers, are to take part in further strike action tomorrow

999 call handlers to take part in strike
Emergency 999 call handlers are to take part in a one-day strike by communication workers tomorrow in Northern Ireland, a trade union has announced.
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Some of the hundreds of CWU workers who gathered at Belfast City Hall in a rally highlighting their strike action over pay

Cost-of-living crisis: Royal Mail and BT workers rally in Belfast city centre

CWU members in BT and Openreach are striking for two days for better pay.

BT and Openreach services face disruption over union pay strike

Ooh Aah Cookies founders Barbara-Anne McMullan and Ruth Armstrong

Co. Antrim online bakery finds the recipe for success

4,000 jobs and 3,000 apprenticeships will be created this year (Photo: Getty Images)

Openreach is creating 4,000 new roles this year in huge job boost

Openreach engineer David Doyle alongside Tullyraine Practice partner Inga D’Haese and Openreach NI director Garret Kavanagh

Openreach NI connects its 100,000th customer to Ultrafast Full Fibre Broadband

Minister Lyons, Ali El Deeb and Garret Kavanagh

Openreach recognises ‘World Class’ Northern Irish talent and highlights its appr...

Pictured is Openreach Senior Contracts and Civils Manager James Burleigh alongside the Civil Engineering team

Openreach expands by creating 16 new roles and opening a new base in the NW

An artists impression of the Belfast flagship office

BT announces multi-million pound refurbishment of Belfast office

Director of Openreach in Northern Ireland, Mairead Meyer

Ultrafast full fibre rollout could attract over 30,000 more people to move to NI

Arlene Foster, First Minister of Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, deputy First Minister alongside Mairead Meyer, Director of Openreach in Northern Ireland

Openreach NI to invest over £100m and create 100 roles

BT plans to provide high speed internet to 20m UK homes - but will it cost customers more? (Photo: Shutterstock)

BT plans to provide high speed internet to 20m UK homes - but will it cost custo...

Long-serving engineer Stephen Galloway receive keys to Openreach's first electric van

Openreach NI gets its first electric vehicle

BT faces the threat of its first national strike in over 30 years as workers are set to vote on industrial action in a row over jobs (Photo: Shutterstock)

BT staff could strike across the UK for the first time in more than 30 years - w...

The report estimates that around 7,270 full-time jobs in Northern Ireland are supported by BT Group

BT adds £655m to NI economy and supports over 7,000 jobs

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Switching broadband provider should be 'less hassle' says watchdog - everything ...

UK-wide superfast programme pushed broadband speeds up a gear for 5.5 million homes. (Picture: Shutterstock)

Upgrading to superfast broadband could boost your home's value by up to £3,500

Maurice King, long servicing engineer, and Leanne Watson, Openreach's 100th apprentice this year

Openreach recognises over 100 employees with 40 years’ service

BT Group has announced plans to recruit 23 apprentices and graduates in Belfast

BT Group to recruit 23 apprentices and graduates in Belfast this year

BT has been fined £6.3m by Ofcom

BT fined £6.3m for breaking Ofcom rules in Northern Ireland tender

Over the last nine years, the four companies have worked together to support the public over the winter period

Ad Feature Utility companies join forces to keep NI connected this winter

Mairead Meyer leads a team of over 750 engineers who are responsible for building, maintaining, and managing the broadband network in the region

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Openreach speeds past 50% milestone in broadband build

Portadown man Peter celebrates 48 years with company

Recent Openreach apprentices pictured enjoying their work

Openreach to recruit over 100 apprentice engineers

Nat and Peter Magee.
Photograph by Declan Roughan

Brothers clock up85 years’ service

Nat and Peter Magee.
Photograph by Declan Roughan

Brothers clock up85 years’ service

How did your provider rank? (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the worst broadband providers in the UK - how does yours rank?

Underlying earnings are expected to fall between £7.2 to £7.3 billion over 2019/20

BT hikes ultra-fast broadband targets and maintains divi amid falling earnings

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