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Side Projects
How they worked for us
Richard Askew
@richaskew
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Problems
- 66.5% of the population in the Borough of Scarborough are in employment compared to national
average of 70%
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- Only 60.6% of the population are of the “working age”
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- 20.1% of the local population have no qualifications at all
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- In 2010 320 new enterprises started in the Borough, 385 closed. In 2011, 345 enterprises started,
340 closed
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- The industrial base of the Borough is very narrow, heavily focussing on tourism, accommodation and
service industries
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What have we done?
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Problems
- 66.5% of the population in the Borough of Scarborough are in employment compared to national
average of 70%
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- Only 60.6% of the population are of the “working age”
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- 20.1% of the local population have no qualifications at all
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- In 2010 320 new enterprises started in the Borough, 385 closed. In 2011, 345 enterprises started,
340 closed
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- The industrial base of the Borough is very narrow, heavily focussing on tourism, accommodation and
service industries
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What have we done?
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Problems
- 66.5% of the population in the Borough of Scarborough are in employment compared to national
average of 70%
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- Only 60.6% of the population are of the “working age”
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- 20.1% of the local population have no qualifications at all
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- In 2010 320 new enterprises started in the Borough, 385 closed. In 2011, 345 enterprises
started, 340 closed
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- The industrial base of the Borough is very narrow, heavily focussing on tourism,
accommodation and service industries
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Why?
The Usual
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- It isn’t client work
- Exposure
- Portfolio
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Why?
Unusual
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- Prove we could work together
- We had no work
- “You get the work you do”
- Make our workplace more interesting*
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* free office
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Pitfalls
- Don’t assume people “get it”
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- Don’t expect cash without proving it first
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- Talking to the wrong crowd?
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Future?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombothetominator/2792048926/
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Future?
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Thanks!