HC Deb 01 February 1989 vol 146 c263W
Mr. French

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the criteria used in deciding which towns and cities participate in the Government's business shops pilot scheme.

Mr. Maude

In choosing locations, we decided on a range particularly to cover urban areas, and to give wide experience of different areas with different new business profiles. We also included locations which would enable pilot studies to be undertaken in a variety of organisations which already provide services to business, in order to build, wherever possible, on existing provision and avoid potential duplication and confusion.

The locations chosen, with the host organisation in parenthesis, are as follows:

  1. 1. Glasgow (Scottish Development Agency)
  2. 2. Merthyr Tydfil/Aberdare (MADE—Merthyr-Aberdare Development Enterprise)
  3. 3. Manchester (Small Firms Centre)
  4. 4. Newcastle (joint venture—ENTRUST and local city council)
  5. 5. Reading (Small Firms Centre)
  6. 6. Doncaster (DonBAC—Doncaster Business Advice Centre and Enterprise Agency)

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