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The committee also asked the Executive to examine how the BIDs concept could be modified in areas with no significant business base and to fund community development schemes that are supported by the local electorate.
It will be the responsibility of the new agency to ensure that we develop such partnerships, that we are able to make effective use of the provisions in the 2001 act and that we deliver on our commitment to the bus route developmentfund.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 November 2001
We think that that should become part of a single business development agency.At the moment, European Union funding militates against what we call holistic business development.