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Edinburgh-based UK alternative network operator GoFibre, which is deploying full fibre (FTTP) broadband across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has provided an update on their rollout in the North East of Scotland under the publicly subsidised Project Gigabit contract. Work is now underway in St Fergus, Inchmarlo, Kincardine O’Neil, Collieston and Newburgh, as well as Kingswells.
Just to recap. GoFibre’s Project Gigabit contract for North East Scotland, which was first awarded back in July 2025 and began its build phase in February 2026, is worth £105m (public subsidy) and aims for their network coverage to reach a total of around 63,000 premises across hard-to-reach rural areas (“at least” 100,000 premises if you include their existing commercial build).
The first connections under this deployment started to go live across locations such as Ezdell, Inverbervie, Longforgan, Montrose, Dunkeld, Bankfoot, Newtonhill, Portlethen, Alyth and Coupar Angus earlier this year. The build is now underway in St Fergus, Inchmarlo, Kincardine O’Neil, Collieston and Newburgh in Aberdeenshire and in the Aberdeen suburb and village of Kingswells.