The vision of Glasgow’s Local Regeneration Agencies to drive the economic regeneration of their city has seen them recognised as Scotland's regional winner in the Enteprising Britain competition 2009
The Merthyr Tydfil Enterprise Group is an umbrella group for a variety of different partners, all of which deliver projects aimed at making a positive economic impact in their community. It's impact has been recognised as the winner in Wales of the Enterprising Britain competition 2009.
The Hull Enterprise Partnership is the winner of the Enterprising Britain Competition 2009 in the Yorkshire and Humber region. It's aimed at pre-start up businesses to provide support, including free business workshops, one-to-one mentoring and support with funding applications.
Go Wansbeck is the winner of the Enterprising Britain 2009 competition in the North East. It's a long-term, government-backed Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI) programme which began in 2007 to help turn around the area’s enterprise culture. It's transforming one of England’s most deprived districts by working to create a more enterprising society,
World-renowned academic, Professor Zoltan Acs, is Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy at George Mason University, Virginia. He is coeditor and founder of Small Business Economics, a leading international journal on entrepreneurship and small business. Here Professor Acs talks to Enterprise Insight about the implications of his theories for entrepreneurship in the UK.
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust charity is the South East's Enterprising Britain competition winner for 2009. By regenerating the dockyard it has created 112 homes, 120 business units and attracted 150,000 visitors a year to its museums, ships and attractions and created over 130 new businesses with a further 35 planned.
