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When it comes to attracting talent to Chorley it is not all about the direction of travel. Phil Turner, head of digital at Bespoke Digital Agency, says: “People are going against the traffic flow to get here and that’s fine, but they also need something exciting to be travelling to, to be drawn to.”
Phil’s business is based at Strawberry Fields. The impressive £8.4m digital hub is owned and managed by Chorley Council, which secured a £4.1m grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to make it happen. It sits just off the motorway network.
The highly-acclaimed development features state-of-the-art facilities and Phil believes it is the big draw to attracting digital talent to the town, describing it as “an absolute asset.”
He says: “It is a huge issue trying to find digital talent and this feels like a real jewel. We’re levelling up the playing field when it comes to competing with Preston and, more importantly, Manchester and Liverpool.
“It’s a digital community. We know the dynamic of trying to hire people, very often you are almost pitching to them. So when I bring people in I’m selling the facility as part of the job.
Richard Barnes Studholme-Bell
Sue Corkin Chorley Group
Phil Turner Bespoke Digital Agency
“It’s not the whole answer and I think we could do more. But I hope it is the start of a journey for digital in Chorley.
“We need to build on the brilliant success of Strawberry Fields, we need more facilities like it for the service industries. Let’s do more of it and encourage the diversity that is growing in Chorley.”
Richard Barnes, director at Chorley accountants Studholme-Bell, agrees. The practice has been based in the borough for 15 years and he says: “We just need to build on the foundations we have in Chorley, such as Strawberry Fields and new people coming in to the area.”
He is impressed with the work that has taken place to attract new businesses into the borough, including the growth of Buckshaw Village, and the latest developments, which he says are needed to “bring the people in that Chorley needs to get the town buzzing.”
And he adds: “People enjoy being in Chorley and working in Chorley, with Chorley people. We have just got to continue building on that and we will continue to prosper.”
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