WHILE traditional industries — and even newer ones brought in to replace them — have been decimated in the neighbouring boroughs, somehow Clitheroe and the Rib- b le Valle y have rema ined l arge ly
couple of years ago there was a definite air of com placency as the Ribble Valley’s negligible unem ployment figures con trasted sharply with the soaring figures in neigh bouring Blackburn, Burn ley, Nelson and Preston.
unscathed. In fact, up to about a
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a letter to the editor of this newspaper warning people to guard against the p e rv ad in g a i r of complacency.
And one can remember
ground, and still with unemployment statistics far lower than its neigh bours, in two short years the enterprise culture has really flourished in the valley.
Yet against this back
existence, the RVEA has got busier and busier, and there is every chance that its clientele is different’ from neighbouring agen cies. “ I think what we see is a substantial number of
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jobs who are mindful of the fact that job security cannot always be guaran
successful people in good
teed, and they feel their future lies in being their own boss,” comments Mrs Rawlinson.
not standing still. A Lon- gridge office opened in November and mobile dis plays are to tour the vil lages. There is to be a spe cial project on the mar keting of crafts and the formation of a Ribble Val ley Guild of Crafts.
The RVEA is certainly
contact with other agen cies, like the Prince’s Youth Business Trust, the Rural Development Com mission, and the Rosebud Fund, which is part of I ,ancashire Enterprises.
projects will prove popu lar,” says Mrs Rawlinson. “Whereas some crafts peo ple are well able to market their products, there are those who produce high quality items but flounder on the marketing and sales
si.de.” The RVEA will also produce a crafts directory. The agency has good
“I think both of these
to see Chris Rawlinson bubble over with enthusi asm, just mention Young Enterprise.
And if you really want
and are really looking forward to it,” she says. “Schools start their own company to let the pupils have a go. They work in partnership with local companies and at the end. of it participants get a cer tificate, which can be a big help towards getting a job?
“We are setting that up
SOME of the agency’s directors and executive committee members. Director Chris Rawlin son is seated with
chairman Stephen Dug- dale (left) and vice- chairman Tony Cann. Standing, from the left,
are Bill Gorst, Martin Hill, Philip Bailey, Tre
vor Roberts, Terry Mills and Leigh Morrissey
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