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UK region wins top European Enterprise Award

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24 June 2019
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The Scarborough Renaissance Partnership has received the top European Enterprise Award for 2009 for its pioneering enterprise and cultural renaissance work in the seaside town of Scarborough in north-east England. The project was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for its impressive results in bringing down seasonal unemployment.

Formed in 2002, the Scarborough Renaissance Partnership has transformed the north-east England seaside town of Scarborough by pioneering renaissance ? turning a seasonal economy with winter unemployment 50% higher than summer into a year-round economy with only a 10% difference between summer and winter employment. Some 100 jobs have been created through public investment, facilitating the creation of another 100 jobs in the private sector in the past two years. And the new entrepreneurial climate is set to boost employment in the next five years.

The European Enterprise Awards were launched three years ago to recognise and reward initiatives that support entrepreneurship at regional level, and the 2009 award, which coincided with the first European SME Week, was organised in close cooperation with the Czech EU Presidency and the Committee of Regions.
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