EAS Campaign Gathers Support

Our campaign for a modern day version of the Enterprise Allowance Scheme is gathering support from people as diverse as Shadow Business Secretary, Ken Clarke and Guardian columnist Deborah Orr.

We can’t help wonder whether the Tories will commit to a reintroduction of the EAS while Labour dithers. Meanwhile uber trendy fashion label, Superdry is hot news on the business pages and a very real example of how the EAS helped Julian Dunkerton turn a market stall into a multi million pound, international brand. There are many others who’ve forged successful careers in the creative industries thanks to the Enterprise Allowance Scheme and we get an inkling that this is something all the main political parties are actively considering which chimes perfectly with initial findings from a major research project we’ve  been working on for the Arts Council…

This entry was posted by Jo Phillips on Wednesday, 17th February, 2010 at 12:32 pm and is filed under Blog, News.

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