§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many business innovation centres are co-located with business links and which they are; what research his Department has commissioned on the relationship of business links to business innovation centres; and what is the remit of his research. [27189]
§ Mr. Page[holding answer I May 1996]: My Department has recently commissioned research into the relationship between business links and business and innovation centres. The remit of this study is to identify the services provided by each business and innovation centre, define the degree of formal and informal integration business links and business innovation centres 602W and make recommendation on how collaboration could be further enhanced. Two business and innovation centres, in Sunderland and Stafford, are currently co-located with business links.