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Durham town named enterprise hot spot

A County Durham town is in the running to be named the most enterprising place in the UK. Bishop Auckland Town Centre Forum, which has boosted the town’s economy through a successful events programme, has been named the North East regional winner of the DTI’s Enterprising Britain 2007 competition.

The Slough Creative Academy, Edinburgh Science Triangle and Tempest Estates in Yorkshire, are just three of other eleven places announced yesterday as shining examples of the UK’s enterprise spirit. The competition is part of the Government’s drive to increase entrepreneurship in the UK. The twelve short listed projects will compete against each other at the UK final in September, to become the national Enterprising Britain 2007 winner. The winner will then represent the UK in the European Enterprise Awards later this year.

Margaret Hodge MP, Minister of State for Industry & the Regions at the Department for Trade and Industry, said: “The regional winners are all excellent examples of projects that are helping to revitalise communities and provide a real boost to their local economy. The Enterprising Britain competition aims to recognise the importance of this sort of project – both to local enterprises and the communities they serve and is just one example of how the DTI strives to support and promote enterprise at all levels.”

It is now up to an expert panel of national judges, who will be visiting the projects, to decide which one is the most enterprising place in the UK.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .