What we are doing NOW and will keep on doing:
- work in partnership with our schools, colleges and businesses to promote apprenticeships, and lead by example
- expand our role in facilitating new small business start-ups
- extend South Somerset’s high-tec Innovation Centre to help establish new businesses
- seek to expand “business incubator” opportunities across the District
- enable existing businesses to prosper and grow in South Somerset, through the work of our Planning and Economic Development teams
- work with business partners to deliver major town centre regeneration projects, to increase the vibrancy and economic vitality of our towns
- increase the promotion of South Somerset as a great place to work, live and play
- set up a network of High Speed Broadband hubs in our market towns, to provide access and support for the farming and rural business communities.
- allocate the £8m set aside to invest in infrastructure to drive economic growth
- support tourism by continuing to promote South Somerset as a great visitor destination.
