New ‘enterprise zones’ revealed

16 August 2011 Last updated at 19:01 ET

The government has announced locations for new “enterprise zones” in England to try to boost economic growth.

Ministers said 30,000 new jobs would be created by 2015 by giving cheaper business rates, superfast broadband and lower levels of planning control.

New zones were announced at s in Warrington, Cornwall, Gosport, Norfolk, Hereford, Kent and Oxfordshire.

Other locations include Essex, Suffolk, Northampton, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and Humber Estuary.

Plans for 21 nationwide zones were originally set out in March’s Budget.

Bids to host one of the zones were submitted by 30 local groups, made up of council and business leaders.

‘Trailblazers for growth’

The enterprise zones previously announced were: Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Derby, Nottingham, the Black Country, the Tees Valley, the West of England and the North East.

Prime Minister David Cameron said: “We are determined to do everything we can to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business.

“Enterprise Zones are a major step towards delivering this – cutting business taxes, easing planning restrictions and giving business the tools they need to invest and expand.

“These new Enterprise Zones will be trailblazers for growth, jobs and prosperity throughout the country.”

The scheme has been compared to similar initiatives in the 1980s and 1990s, which saw the transformation of London’s Docklands, among other s.

New locations

But at the time of the enterprise zone scheme’s announcement in March, critics questioned whether the zones would be successful.

The complete list of new locations announced earlier was:

• Daresbury Science Campus in Warrington.
• Newquay AeroHub in Cornwall
• The Solent Enterprise Zone at Daedalus Airfield in Gosport
• Rotherwas Enterprise Zone in Hereford;
• Discovery Park in Sandwich, Kent
• Enterprise West Essex in Harlow
• Science Vale UK in Oxfordshire
• Alconbury Airfield in Cambridgeshire
• Great Yarmouth in Norfolk
• Lowestoft in Suffolk;
• Northampton Waterside
• MIRA Technology Park in Hinckley Leicestershire
• Humber Estuary Renewable Energy Super Cluster

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