Amin Vepari
scale-up lead, Lancashire County Council
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SCALEUP INITIATIVES SHOW RESILIENCE AND INSPIRATION
When Lancashire County Council launched the three Two Zero pilot programmes in January this year, it was impossible to predict how the rest of 2020 would see the whole world economy turned on its head.
Our programmes, like our businesses, needed to adapt, and it’s fair to say those involved with
continue to scaleup quickly but as the economic fallout of coronavirus began to be felt across the county, our programmes switched focus to
We tried to help businesses on the programme
other parts of the country and that the structural and systemic disadvantage
its open letter to Boris Johnson, urging his government to save the resort from
More than 1,000 businesses shared how peak tourism weeks for the town - had resulted in mass cancellations of hotel and
worse, falling on the eve of the October half-term holidays, a period that can account for up to 20 per cent of total annual income of businesses might close, at the cost of
It described cancellations on an direct consequence, hotels and guest houses that should have been full during the October
employ substantial numbers of local people
The levelling-up
agenda we have been elected to deliver has never been more essential
Kate Shane, head of cluster for Merlin the Easter and May bank holidays was a terrible start to the tourism season, but to lose the most important two weeks of the
Council leader Lynn Williams said the speed at which the tourism economy had
is that the measures that have been put in place are nowhere near enough to support a
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are operating with dramatically-reduced numbers of visitors and with expenditure far outweighing income, and the supply chains that rely on a thriving tourist economy have
Groundswell Innovation and Northern Power Women, that’s protected jobs, prompted and income streams and also helped several
Organisations on our Social Enterprise programme, delivered by Selnet, have worked
While the future in many ways remains uncertain, with new measures and restrictions being introduced, it is vital we draw inspiration from what we have achieved and can continue
Lancashire’s economic sustainability and drive will come from our fast-growing and scaling companies and by casting a shining light on them, showcasing their achievements, it can
Find out more on our website:
twozerolancs.com
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