City of Strategic Economic Plan 2019 – 2024

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TOTAL POPULATION HOMES 259,926 102,177 2m PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN A 30 MINUTE DRIVE OF THE CITY CENTRE RESIDENTS EDUCATED TO BUSINESSES NEW BUSINESSES DEGREE LEVEL OR ABOVE 8,405 1,700 41,700 (Data from 2016) (Data from 2016) The vision for Public Health 2030 1.73m

JOBS AVERAGE RESIDENT WAGES GVA PER CAPITA 113,000 £23,296 £17,935 (Data from 2016) (Data from 2017) (Data from 2016)

2 City of Wolverhampton Council wolverhampton. gov.uk Wolverhampton Context

Wolverhampton: A City of Opportunity

The City of Wolverhampton is part of the Birmingham created in excess of 1,400 jobs and hundreds more in the and Black Country conurbation and has a catchment of supply chain. Whilst the city continues to build on existing 1.73 million people within a 30 minute drive time. This strengths in high value manufacturing and construction, vibrant city is one of the top ten growing economies in the it is also developing clusters in other key sectors whilst UK and is currently enjoying record levels of private and retaining a strong focus on investing in skills and matching public investment with £3.7 billion pounds being injected local people to local jobs. Strong culture, entertainment, into regeneration projects citywide, including £992 million sport, leisure and housing offers underpin the city’s pounds either on site or planned in the city centre alone. economy which is projected to grow 2-3% faster than the With enviable connectivity to the rest of the national average over the next decade. and beyond, the city’s excellent road, rail and air links put The administrative boundary of the city is tightly drawn, so Wolverhampton at the heart of Britain and Europe boosted there is limited scope to bring forward further large-scale by the flagship transport interchange project – £132 million development within city boundaries, however the city private and public investment into a single integrated city continues to work closely with neighbouring authorities to centre transport hub, supported by brand new prime office support growth in its functional economic area including a and retail accommodation at i10, and a £35 million further 100 acre extension of with the potential to create refurbishment of the city’s main retail centre. a further 3,000 jobs. The central location of Wolverhampton within the UK, Whilst starting from a low skills and employment base, coupled with strong connectivity has already made the city there are signs of improvement and things are moving in an attractive proposition to sector leading firms such as the right direction. This is particularly the case in relation to Jaguar Land Rover, Marstons, Moog, UTC Aerospace and skills with the share of the population with NVQ4+ Wiggle. The i54 strategic employment site north of the city qualifications showing growth rates that are higher than the is the most successful enterprise zone in the country average for , as well as all other local authorities in attracting high quality jobs to the area. Jaguar Land Rover’s the Black Country. £1 billion investment in a new engine plant at the site

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Delivering Wolverhampton’s Vision for 2030

have a vibrant civic society that’ s focussed on the futur e, empowers have a buoyant and local communities resilient economy that and is supported by HA VE A local businesses and CELEBRA TE CITY CENTRE includes inter national institutions ENTERPRISE, WE’RE PROUD OF EDUCA TION manufacturing companies AND SKILLS with local r oots and all play our part in cr eating a a str ong, vibrant and con dent, buzzing city that’ s ar e committed to sustainability innovative business base synonymous with ambition, for futur e generations innovation and inclusion

ARE SERIOUS have world class ABOUT BOOSTING retain mor e of public services that make it easy for businesses HEAL TH AND the value pr oduced continually car e and and visitors to access the by our economy to impr ove and have ar e confident city and ar e well connected WELLBEING benefit the whole city collaboration and about our to the wider world thr ough co-pr oduction at their heart diversity our infrastructur e

The city recognises there are huge opportunities in our city Wolverhampton’s Strategic Economic Plan has a critical role and future success is better when shared by all. That’s why to play in achieving this vision. The need to support the city has set out its vision for a sustainable, successful economic growth and job creation is as important as it has future for the next generation with partnership working at its ever been. Equally vital is that economic growth is inclusive core. The city already has excellent partnership and thus the success of the plan will be monitored against our collaboration between all sectors at a city-wide and regional ability close the gap to ensure that our residents gain from level and our Vision 2030 builds on that. the economic growth generated.

4 City of Wolverhampton Council wolverhampton. gov.uk Wolverhampton Context

Wolverhampton’s Strategic Economic Plan compliments a series of national, regional and sub-regional plans to support Pr osperity delivery of these locally. for All Wolverhampton’s Strategic Economic Plan aims to support The City Strategic National economic growth locally contributing to the Industrial Economic Plan Strategies Strategy which sets out the Government’s vision for boosting and Plans productivity and earning power. Our Strategic Economic Plan will support delivery of its five foundations of productivity: • Ideas through encouraging innovation: West Midlands • People through its working and inclusive city theme; Local Industrial Strategy • Infrastructure through its vibrant and future city themes;

Black Country • Business Environment through its enterprising city Strategic theme; and Economic Plan • Places by strengthening the economy of Wolverhampton. West Midlands Wolverhampton’s Strategic Economic Plan will build on key Super Strategic strengths to contribute to West Midlands Combined Authority Economic Plan Strategic Economic Plan priority actions: New manufacturing economy; Creative and digital; Environmental technologies; Medical and life sciences; HS2 growth; Skills for growth and employment for all; Housing; and exploring the economic geography.

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P2. Skills Capital

P3. Wolverhampton’s Strategic Economic Plan will help People Sc hools to drive key priorities of Black Country Strategic P1. Doing mor e Skills for to raise Economic Plan the supply skill levels P4. chain Upskilling • People through a working and inclusive city Developing a mor e • Business through an enterprising city entr epr enurial cultur e B1. • Place through a vibrant and future city PL1. Supply Chain Sites & Development Pr emises including Inno vation Str engtheni n g & Enterprise Gr owing the work to Global secur e investment Our Strategic Economic Plan will support Black PL2. Infr a- Establishing the Supply Chain Country Local Enterprise Partnership’s Vision structur e Black Country as a place to work, ‘Made in the Black Country: Sold around live and invest Pr omoting the World’ and its aim to grow our global supply innovation Understanding T op chain with the world class skills it demands, to 600 Companies maximise the benefits of our location, to exploit our PL3. B2. industrial and geological heritage and to provide Housing B s Global Pl e usines Opportunities high quality housing to meet the needs of a balanced ac PL5. PL4. Environment B3. growing population. Local Distinctive Access to Finance Economies

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The Strategic Economic Plan replaces the 2011 City Performance against the original 2011 targets set in the Strategy “Prosperity for All”. This was a long-term strategy City Strategy are set out below. that aimed to create opportunities that encourage A revised performance framework is set out in Appendix B, enterprise, empower people and re-invigorate the city against key themes in the strategy, with the aim of closing resulting in increased and better employment opportunities the gap with national average. and wages, but also in terms of health, well-being and overall quality of life for local people.

Measure 2011 baseline Latest data 2026 target Number of jobs per head of population 0.77 0.70 (ONS 2016) 0.85 Employment rate 61.3% 65.8% (ONS 2017) 70%+ Life expectancy at birth (male/female) 76.3/81 (these are the 77.5/81.5 (2013) 80/83 2007-09 rolling figures) Families living in poverty 30.6 % of children in 30.2 % of children in low-income No more than 10% of families low-income families families (HRMC, 2014)

Wolverhampton’s economic evidence base can be found at WVInsight (insight.wolverhampton.gov.uk)

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Key City Achievements

DEC 2014 No matter what time of day, Wolverhampton is always open Plans for Canalside Quarter 2015 on eBay. Regeneration announced

JAN 2015 Jaguar Land Rover’s £500m NOV 2018 SEP 2016 eBay hold ‘Retail Revival’ engine processing plant begins £825,000 SEP 2016 Unemployment records training session in city, production refurbishment of show a drop of over a third, the first in the UK JUL Y 2014 Grand Theatre New £60m, 72,000 sq. ft. from 13.9% in 2011, to 2011 JUN 2015 completed 8.2% in 2016 SEP 2018 Sainsbury’s opens on Raglan St. Final report of the Skills and Demolition of old creating148 new jobs Employment Commission SEP 2016 Railway Station published Bilston Urban Village com mences building begins 2014 JUN 2015 2017 Wolverhampton ranked as JUL 2018 JUL 2016 eight h fastest growing local New city centr e DEC 2013 £55m Westside economy in the UK market opens JUL Y 2011 Cit y of Wolverhampton Council, development £24.5m bus station in partnership wit h the Black Country announced JAN 2017 opens LEP, sets up the Growth Hub Wolves at Work – a partnership between DWP and CWC to DEC 201 1 JUN 2016 support residents into employment 2018 £18.5m Bert Williams 83% of Wolverhampton’s Leisure Centre opens schools judged to be JUN 2017 good or outstanding in Bilst on SEP 2015 City of Wolverhampton Council Universit y of Wolverhampton wins Local Authority of the Year NOV 2017 NOV 2013 opens its new Business School at the MJ Awards New Mander Work begins on 120 new FEB 2016 Centre Opens as part of a £250m investment Work begins on new council homes, the first built in programme JUL 2017 2012 Wolverhampton for three decades station as part of £120m Inaugural Wolverhampton NOV 2017 interchange project Independent Retail Wolverhampton ranked as OCT 2015 eighth best im prover in NOV 2013 Excellence Awards held Online bicycle retailer Wiggle £3m Blakenhall Gardens PWC’s Good Growth for opens its 320,00 sq. ft. warehouse MAY 2012 Redevelopment Programme Cities index Cit y of Wolverhampton in Bilston, creating 600 new jobs complet ed successfully bids for £100,000 as part of THE SUNBEAM NOV 2015 the Portas Pilot high AUG 2013 West Midlands Combined street regeneration £300,000 Business Loan Fund Authorit y agrees £8bn scheme launched by Cit y of Wolverhampton JAN 2016 Council in Partnership wit h the Devolution Deal Agreed with i10, the first grade-A Black Country Reinvestment Society central government office space in the city centre opens, following SEP 2017 OCT 2017 an investment of £10.6m New Debenhams stor e DEC 2015 University of Wolverhampton opens in the Mander Centre 2013 Cit y of Wolverhampton ranked completes construction as fourth best place to start a of new £10m business in the UK 2016 Science Centre

8 City of Wolverhampton Council wolverhampton. gov.uk Wolverhampton Key Statistics (2018)

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City of Wolverhampton Strategic Economic Plan Framework

Other plans and strategies Wolverhampton 2030 Vision Economic Evidence Base Project pipeline

Delivering Prosperity for All City Strategic Economic Plan 2019 – 2024

Delivering inclusive growth Creating the conditions for growth (business, innovators, entrepreneurs and a skilled workforce) (infrastructure and planning for the future)

An enterprising city A working and inclusive city A vibrant city Future City

Programmes: Programmes: Programmes: Programmes: Attracting Investment City Workplace Transport and connectivity Planning for the Future New Business Start-ups City Workforce Industrial Growth Corridors City Living and Housing Business Growth Learning City City Centre Sustainable City Innovation and Growth Sectors Inclusive Communities Local Centres Smart city Visitor and Cultural Economy

Wider dependencies Place marketing Health and wellbeing Place marketing Digital transformation Education Early years

Key performance measures

Business stock Employment £s million Increase ultrafast Number of visitors Reduce CO2 and number rate and invested in broadband to the city emissions of jobs qualifications the city connectivity

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Achievements as at 2018 Areas of focus 2019 – 2024

An Enterprising City • 8405 businesses in the city and strong business survival rates • Closing the productivity gap by improving • Continuing to increase start up rates building • 4th best place to start a business, surge in business starts since business structures and sectors on Wolverhampton’s rank as 4th best place to 2016 closing the gap with England average • Growing Wolverhampton’s businesses base start a business • Private sector jobs growth within functional economic area • Improving job density within functional economic area • Sector strengths: improved employment and productivity in manufacturing and growing knowledge economy

A Working and Inclusive City • Increasing employment rate • To close the output gap, we need to further • 25.4% households are workless, significantly • Falling unemployment including youth and BME unemployment increase employment rate and improve above England average skills profile • Improving skills profile – reduction in residents with no qualifications • Falling job density but does not pick up and increase in Level 4 qualifications • Reducing unemployment, which remains high growth in functional economic area including youth unemployment • Low levels of NEET • Resident vs workforce wages suggest high levels of incommuting for higher paid jobs • 89% schools outstanding

A Vibrant City • Excellent transport links including £132m interchange • Repurposing our city centre including • Building on our cultural strengths to increase • £3.7 billion current and planned investment in the city optimising alternative uses visitors to the city • 60 hectares of land earmarked for development • Ensuring office and residential floorspace is attractive • Strong district centres • Nationally significant cultural clusters • Third best place to start a family

A Future City • 97% superfast broadband coverage • No ultrafast broadband and gap in superfast • 800 hectares employment land required • Affordability of housing - coverage in city centre and business areas (existing 300 ha., 200 ha. in medium property sale is £140,000 • Need for higher quality housing stock to meet South ) • 10,000 new homes planned the needs of higher skilled workers and meets • Maximising benefits from Smart technology the need of a growing population • Declining CO2 emissions

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Productivity

Despite Wolverhampton’s productivity improving, there remains a Economy residual gap with national average. In line with the aims of the national enhancing business structures industrial strategy, Wolverhampton’s Strategic Economic Plan 46% and sectors through our aims to grow productivity by addressing the key components of Enterprise City theme. productivity: jobs, skills and economy. Skills gap increasing the level of qualifications of residents so increasing 34% their earnings profile through our Working and Inclusive city theme.

Jobs gap close the jobs gap by increasing the number of residents in 20% quality employment through our Enterprise and Working and Inclusive city themes.

12 City of Wolverhampton Council wolverhampton. gov.uk Appendix A: Action Plan

Appendix A: Priority Areas

1. An enterprising city

Priority Actions Partners Resources

1.1 • Raising the city profile improving both national and international relationships WMCA Growth Attracting Investment • Promotion and marketing the city through Invest Wolverhampton including attendance at Company sector specific trade and property shows • Delivering a soft landing package and collaborative working to land a company

1.2 • Embed enterprise in schools, Further Education and Higher Education Access to Business, ERDF Supporting new Princes Trust, University • Provide support to start-up businesses business start-ups of Wolverhampton, • Provide infrastructure e.g. flexible workspace, complemented by the Black Country Growth Hub Chamber • Address barriers including access to funding and supply chains • Ensure sustainability of support post Brexit

1.3 • Facilitate businesses to grow through delivery of the Growth Hub, the one stop shop for business Growth Hub: CWC, BEIS and ERDF Supporting support University of business growth Wolverhampton, • Facilitate supply chain growth, access to finance (AIM for GOLD) and exporting Chamber • Promote procurement and contract opportunities - social value charter, connecting investment with local businesses and people. • Support initiatives in the city such as eBay’s Retail Revival programme

University of HEFCE, LGF, ERDF, 1.4 • Enable businesses to access innovation support Innovation and Wolverhampton, Industrial Challenge • Support knowledge transfer partnerships growth sectors Other WM Universities, Fund, WMCA Urban • Enable Innovation through support and Infrastructure including the Science Centre, Springfield Growth Hub Tech Challenge, Campus and Elite Manufacturing Centre Strengthening Places • Support growth sectors including advanced manufacturing, building tech, business & professional services, creative tech and the knowledge economy

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2. A working and inclusive city

Priority Actions Partners Resources

2.1 • Changing the skills provision to the needs of • Promote range of employer support including DWP, CWC, ESFA, City Workplace employers packages for growth and a diverse workforce Employers Construction Skills • Deliver a joined up city workforce recruitment and • Develop sector skills plans (retail, health and Fund skills development service for local employers - social care, construction, creative tech, wolves at work manufacturing/ engineering, professional and • Promote wolves at work employer pledge finance) • Maximise social value from construction

• Provide access to quality information (workbox • Support job ready people into employment DWP, CWC, ESFA, SFA, ESF, 2.2 digital platform, enhanced Career Information through wolves at work and young people into apprenticeship and Lottery City Workforce advice and guidance) Education, Employment and Training through training providers, • Young people are prepared for the world of work Impact and Connexions Schools, Adult through access to work experience and first • Improve access to and quality of Apprenticeships Education, College, class provision in the city University, Learning Platform and Employers • Deliver the Post 16 implementation plan • Work with ESF/SFA providers to meet local • Deliver joined up pathways to employment, needs e.g. redundancies apprenticeships and work experience

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2. A working and inclusive city

Priority Actions Partners Resources

2.3 • Develop a Wolverhampton City Learning • Completion of Centre of Excellence for Wolverhampton ESF, SFA, HEFCE Learning City Region action plan and achieve UNESCO brownfield remediation and construction skills Learning Platform, status • Deliver Learning Communities provision to Wolverhampton College, • Develop FE/HE offer including new Springfield deliver a consistent skills offer in communities CWC, University of campus Wolverhampton

• Tackling digital and financial barriers through • Develop a strategic volunteering model across CWC, Wolverhampton CWC, DWP, ESF 2.4 delivery of Universal Support and Click Start the city to increase opportunities for all Homes, Citizens Advice, and Big Lottery Inclusive Communities • Supporting those with barriers e.g. mental health, VCS including Learning disabilities, social tenants, additional barriers Platform and WVCS (substance misuse, learning disabilities, returners, ESOL, over 50s) towards and into employment

3. Vibrant City

Priority Actions Partners Resources

3.1 • Delivering Interchange, Midland Metro extension, • Implement major junction and asset improvements WMCA, CWC, TfWM LGF, DfT, Capital Transport and and Advanced Bus Quality Partnership to facilitate economic growth Programme Connectivity • Build on the investment in walking and cycling • Maximising network efficiency, minimising congestion infrastructure and improving journey time reliability • Develop infrastructure for electric vehicles improving air quality

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3. Vibrant City

Priority Actions Partners Resources

3.2 • I54 and western extension – secure planning and • East Park Gateway: creation of pipeline of sites, CWC, neighbouring Investor, Industrial Growth infrastructure to secure new investment assemble and prepare for major investment and authorities, BC LEP, developers, LGF Corridors • Stafford Road Corridor: realise opportunities around development. WMCA, University of Wolverhampton Science Park to source private • Bilston Corridor: complete all phases of the Bilston Wolverhampton sector investment Urban Village programme • Improve quality of premises including support for Wednesfield businesses

3.3 • Commission a City Centre High Street Commission • Canalside quarter: new housing and mixed-use CWC in partnership with Private investment City Centre in response to the Grimsey Review. scheme providing city centre living private sector and LGF development partners • Support City Centre Business Improvement • St Georges: private sector led mixed use scheme and investors District (BID) complementing City Learning Quarter and Market • Enable delivery of Westside Leisure Quarter • Connected Places: create environment and vibe for • Interchange Business District: creation of substantial city centre to becomes ‘Events City’ linking new business district as location for modern service regenerated area. sector firms

3.4 Local Centres • Work with local groups to develop and implement • Support businesses in local centres including CWC in partnership with BIDs, action plans for Bilston, Wednesfield and Tettenhall. Business Improvement Districts private sector Crowdfunding, • Build capacity of local groups to develop and development partners, Private investment promote local events programmes. investors and the and LGF community

3.5 • Support the growth of sustainable creative tech • New and improved Cultural offer in the city centre CWC, local businesses, BIDs, Crowdfunding Visitor and businesses including creative tech skills including venue improvements and restoration stakeholders and events Cultural Cultural Economy • Encourage cultural participation and improve schemes organisers Development Fund, perceptions including joined up approach to events • Develop and deliver a creative, cultural and visitor CWC, local cultural Arts Council, LGF economy strategy to maximise economic growth • Build on sports and leisure based visitor attractions venues, University, BID from arts and culture

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4. Future City

Priority Actions Partners Resources

4.1 • Review Black Country Joint Core Strategy • Provide a range of sites to meet the city's CWC Planning for the Future employment and housing land needs

4.2 • Improving the number of and quality of homes in • Bring forward sites for housing through CWC, Developers, HCA, Local City living and housing the city diversifying housing stock meeting needs WV Living WV Living, Infrastructure Fund of higher skilled workforce • Refreshed affordable housing supplement planning Wolverhampton Homes • Develop low carbon housing document • Delivering prospectus to market housing supply • Increasing quality private sector housing including Rent with Confidence scheme

4.3 Delivery of city’s sustainable development • Improved energy efficiency and more sustainable CWC, WMCA BC LEP, OLEV, ERDF, S106 Sustainable city goals including: energy supply - energy innovation zone energy companies, • Improvement in air quality and reduction in carbon • Development of regeneration schemes achieving transport organisations, emissions - electric vehicles, Smart Lighting BREEAM excellent housing providers, VCS, environmental project • Improve quality of open space across the city organisations

4.4 • Smart Connected – develop gigabit connectivity • Smart Society – public sector services CWC and other public LFFN, commercial Smart City across the city through implementation of local full transformed through smart technology sector partners, providers, ERDF fibre network (LFFN) connecting public estate, fibre e.g. telecare, Smart Housing, people have commercial providers, (smart broadband on housing estates, 5G testbed, skills and knowledge to harness the benefit of health infrastructure), Gigabit vouchers for businesses and reduce digital technologies, hackathons and developing Gigabit vouchers barriers to commercial rollout tech skills. • Smart Data – create a city wide open data platform WV Insight and use to develop approaches to prescriptive and predictive analytics and innovation.

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Appendix B

Wolverhampton Performance Management Framework

Indicator of success Where are we now? Direction of travel Target Source 2018 since 2011

Population 256,600 275,000 2016-based SNPP Increase in productivity (GVA) £17,935 = national average (£27,108) 2016 Gross Value Added

Enterprising City Raise the number of local jobs 113,000 147,000 target 2016 Increase job density 0.70 0.85 target 2016 Raise the business birth rate 6.6 =/> national average (6.8) 2016 Increase business stock 8405 2016 Sectors - Advanced manufacturing Enterprise – 12.1 Ent = Enterprise – 13.1 % enterprise and employment 2015 Employment – 12.4 Empl > Employment – 9.5 Sectors - Building Technology Enterprise – 11.1 Ent = England average % enterprise and employment 2015 Employment – 4.3 Empl Enterprise – 11.6 Employment – 4.7 Sectors - Environmental Technology Enterprise – 0.6 > England Average % enterprise and employment 2015 Employment – 1.2 Enterprise – 0.4 Employment - 1 Sectors – Business Services Enterprise – 30 = England Average % enterprise and employment 2015 Employment – 18 Enterprise 38.9 Employment – 24.2 Close the gap in resident pay £448 = England average £556 Gross weekly pay full time workers 2017

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Wolverhampton Performance Management Framework

Indicator of success Where are we now? Direction of travel Target Source 2018 since 2011

Working and inclusive city Increase the employment rate 65.8% = national average 75.1% 2017 Reduced number of unemployed 4.8% = national average 2.1% May 2018 Reduce number of economically inactive 29.5% = national average 21.4% Reduced number of people with no qualifications 24800 (15.6%) - 12,693 = England average 7.6% 2017 Increased number of people with degrees 41,700 (26.2%) +19,312 = England average 38.3% 2017 Reduced number of 16-18 year olds not in 2.6% NEET Below national average 2.8% 2016 employment education and training (NEET) (2% unknown)

Vibrant City Increase number of visitors to the city 2 million (2016/17) Increase Local data 2016/17 Readily available employment land (ha) 85.68 Increase Planning AMR New office floorspace in strategic centres (sqm) 4409 Increase Planning AMR

Future City A sustainable environment – reduced CO2 emissions 3.9 England 5.2 Kt per capita emissions Net housing completions 577 homes Increase 2016/17 Fibre broadband coverage 97% superfast Increase fibre broadband coverage 0% ultrafast

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