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Nick Taylor on winning 'most enterprising town in Europe'
From Nick Taylor - Renaissance Manager
Scarborough - the most enterprising town in Europe - what difference will this make to Scarborough and the area?
• Most importantly it will raise the awareness of the town throughout the rest of the country and Europe.
• It will give us a superb opportunity to get into the national media.
• It will allow local companies and organisations to make the point that they are from the most enterprising place in Europe which adds to their competitiveness. Dozens are already using the fact we are the best in Britain.
• It will be supportive to those who have invested in their businesses and aim to bring more economic activity into the town. This in turn will promote more jobs and help the viability of the town.
• The take up of the available land on the business park will improve, again bringing more jobs to town.
• The investments being made in projects such as the Spa Complex will be made more worthwhile as the image of the town continues to improve bringing more conferences.
• Local companies and organisations will find recruiting people from the rest of the country easier as again the image is improved.
• Local businesses supplying the full range of ancillary services will be needed.
There will be many other reasons why this will be a benefit to our town and in the meantime we need stories of achievements, milestones and events. There are so many companies winning national accolades such as AWJ Group winning the Glass Company of the Year 2008/9 and Castle Employment being finalists in the ‘Best Small Recruitment Firm to work for’ at a national conference from within their business sector. There are many more stories such as these, coming from voluntary groups just as much as businesses, so please let us know and we can
Europe's Most Enterprising Place 2009
Scarborough - the most enterprising town in Europe
** Scarborough has been named as the most enterprising town in Europe. **
In October 2008 the Scarborough Renaissance Partnership was named the enterprise capital of the UK beating competition from such cities as Nottingham and Plymouth - having already become the winner of Enterprising Britain 2008 for Yorkshire and Humberside. The Partnership then went forward (with 12 other nominees) to the European awards.
Final results were announced on May 13th at a ceremony in Prague. The winners of this annual event act as role models across the regions of Europe and provide excellent examples how to create environments where entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship can flourish.
The objectives of the awards are to:
· Identify and recognise successful activities that promote enterprise and entrepreneurship;
· Showcase and share examples of best entrepreneurship policies and practices;
· Develop a greater awareness of the role entrepreneurs play in society; and
· Encourage and inspire potential entrepreneurs.
From the final nominees 13 candidate regions were short listed for the 2008 awards covering entrepreneurship promotion, red tape reduction, enterprise support, investment in skills, and
responsible and inclusive entrepreneurship.
Short listed are :
1. Belgium 'A team of entrepreneurship awareness-raising workers', Agence de Stimulation Economique (Economic Stimulation Agency), Liège
2. Finland 'Knowledge, skills, support – from entrepreneur to entrepreneur', The Women’s Enterprise Agency, Helsinki
3. France' Gers Soho Solo project', Gers Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gers
4. Germany - 'Unternehmergymnasium Bayern: Unternehmertum mit Abitur (Entrepreneurial Grammar School Bavaria: Entrepreneurship Education and School Graduation in one Go) ' ,
Unternehmergymnasium Bayern, Pfarrkirchen
5. Germany- 'Getting people into work', Waldkirch Employment and Qualification Company (WABE), Waldkirch
6. Hungary 'ANTI-BUREAU', Miskolc Holding Zrt., Miskolc
7. Lithuania 'Reduction of statistical reporting burden to respondents', Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian Statistics), Vilnius
8. Poland - 'Commune of Bieliny' – Our Power Spot, Commune of Bieliny, Bieliny
9. Poland - 'Pottery Village', the Nidzica Development Foundation (NIDA), Nidzica
10. Spain - 'Home support programme for entrepreneurs (PAED)', Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism of the Aragón Regional Government, Zaragoza
11. Spain - 'Instituto IDEAS', Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), Valencia
12. Sweden Gothia Science Park, Enterprise and Community Building Sector, Municipality of Skövde
13. United Kingdom - Scarborough Renaissance Partnership, Scarborough Renaissance Partnership, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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