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London fibre: Vorboss CEO falls out with backer Fern Trading, defenestrated — report

2025-10-29T14:31:00

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Source: Vorboss

Founder of B2B fibreco departs after 19-year tenure, amid mounting losses and a challenging London market, with reports that Octopus-managed owner elbowed him out and Creswick readying legal response. Latest in wave of high-profile leadership changes shaking up the UK altnet scene…

This article includes:

  • Themes: Altnet; Altnet crisis; B2B; Broadband; Consolidation; Constructive dismissal; Cybersecurity; Dedicated fibre; Fibre; Fibreco; Financial results; Gigabit services; ISP; IT solutions; Leadership change; Legal claim; Managed IT; Merger and acquisition (M&A); Multiple dwelling units (MDUs); NetCo; Net loss; Neutral host; ServCo; SME; Wholesale.
  • People: Ben Allwright; Greg Mesch; Guy Miller; Helen Wylde-Archibald; Igor Leprince; James Warner; Jarlath Finnegan; Matthew Hare; Neil Conaghan; Neil McArthur; Nathan Vautier; Richard Schäfer; Ronan Kelly; Sally-Ann Skinner; Simon Holden; Tim Creswick; Tim Shaw; Tony Jopling.
  • Geographic: Hull; London; Manchester; Mayfair; Stoke; UK; Wales.
  • Organisations: AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN); Altnet Partners; Aquila; BAI Communications; Boldyn; BT Group; CityFibre; CityLab Design; Colt Technology; Community Fibre; Cuckoo; Dot Matrix; Fern Trading; Freedom Fibre; FullFibre; G.Network; GoFibre; Gresham House; Institute of Telecommunications Professionals (ITP); ITS; KCOM; MS3 Networks; NEOS; Octopus Investments; Ogi; Openreach; Thoughtspace; Ventures Together; Virgin Media O2; Vitrifi; Vodafone; Vorboss; VX Networks; Wildanet; Zzoomm.

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