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Nick says a new £80m access road, set to open next November, will improve access and also release much needed development land.
Steve Sorah, is sales and marketing director at Trident, based at the EZ. He says: “It’s a great location and the work to make access better is going to improve things.
“Silicon Sands is something that really excites me. Sustainability and AI are two increasingly important subjects for businesses.
“The data campus project is really sustainable, it is re-using waste heat and the whole idea is fantastic.
“And from the AI point of view it is potentially bringing tech giants into Blackpool; some really big employers and big businesses.”
Steve can also see the project helping create a more balanced economy in the area. He says:
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better job of engaging everyone and working together. Let’s try to help each other.”
That’s a theme taken up by Tom Smith, managing director of digital agency Complete, based near the airport. He says: “There is an opportunity for collaboration with other businesses on the Enterprise Zone.
“It’s about how we can help with the new I’m not afraid of diving in and having a go.
I enjoy small businesses because you have to be hands on, you have to be in it. I also like the fact businesses are about people
“Blackpool is not all about tourism, however important that is.”
Looking at the EZ, he would like to see more collaboration between its businesses, to open up opportunities. He says: “We could do a
work going on there and find out more about the opportunities.”
Silicon Sands and the EZ are playing their part in Blackpool’s work to diversify its economy and provide more opportunities.
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Laurance Hancock, founder and chief executive of The Boathouse Youth charity, believes that is important for the town’s future and the opportunities for its young people.
He says: “The most powerful thing you can give young people is choice. If tourism is your only choice, then it’s not really a choice. It’s working in tourism or being unemployed and that is linked to why people leave.
“The investment in growth sectors, to give young people a real choice in their career is a powerful thing and it can be linked to young people deciding to stay here and build their homes and lives in Blackpool.”
Andrea Challis, joint chief executive of Partington Group, believes Blackpool has a positive story that it needs to share.
She says: “I would like us to be talking the town up. There is so much positivity. We need our young people to feel they are in a town they can help to develop, once they are given the opportunity.”
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