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Enterprising Britain 2007

Enterprising Britain 2007

The results of the competition were announced on 1 October 2007: The National winner of Enterprising Britain 2007 is the North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone.

The National runner-up this year is The Paper Trail, Apsley

Croydon Enterprise and Irvinestown Trustee Enterprise Company Ltd have both been highly commended.

North Staffordshire Regeneration Zone and The Paper Trail both represented the UK in the European Enterprise Awards in Porto on 7 December 2007. North Staffordshire was named runner-up in the Enterprise Support category and The Paper Trail was named runner-up in the Responsible Entrepreneurship category.

Enterprising Britain 2007 – BERR’s search to find the most enterprising town, place, city or area in the UK – was launched on 29 January 2007.

The overall winner can be anything, from a town that has introduced specific ways of reducing unemployment in the area, to an individual project which has gone back to basics and implemented an innovative enterprise strategy to overcome a challenge.

Enterprising Britain is run in two phases: a regional stage and a national competition.

The other finalists this year were:

• Edinburgh Science Triangle, a collective of seven of the Lothians' leading science and technology parks, nominated by Scottish Enterprise & Highland and Islands Enterprise
• Galeri Caernarfon Cyf, an innovative arts centre and community enterprise, nominated by the Welsh Assembly Government
• People Encouraging Enterprise in Rossendale, an Enterprise Facilitation project, nominated by North West Regional Development Agency
• The Slough Creative Academy, which addresses skills gaps by training local people in the creative industries, nominated by the South East England Development Agency
• Knowle West Media Centre, which works with young people to unlock their creative entrepreneurial potential, nominated by the South West Regional Development Agency
• Business Breaks for Young People, an innovative community based enterprise programme run by Nottingham Business Venture, nominated by the East Midland Development Agency
• Broughton Parish, which has redeveloped redundant parish buildings into offices, laboratories and housing, nominated by Yorkshire Forward
• Bishop Auckland Town Centre Forum, which has boosted the town’s economy through a successful events programme, nominated by One NorthEast

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Tim Simons
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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