Lanarkshire Business Week, will we see a change?

Its been running how long???

Following on from my previous posts about The Lanarkshire Business Week that is in its 5th Year. In that time I have only just heard that such an events week existed.

This is disappointing as the chooselanarkshire website boasts of Lanarkshire having two colleges and a university. Why do the promoters not take this to the colleges and university to the students? They would surely gain more support and momentum? South Lanarkshire College for example offers a lot of practical courses such as plumbing. Now whilst there course will focus on the practical skills for their trade- could more not be done to encourage these students to become entrepreneurs and start their own business? It frustrates and disappoints me in equal measures.

Reinvented?

Lanarkshire is not without its unemployment problems, many struggle to find work. Why is this event not opened to job seekers and the unemployed? They could gain valuable skills and networking opportunities.  Chooselanarkshire speaks of a Lanarkshire that had industry but has now reinvented itself. It fails to say what it has reinvented itself into? I live in Lanarkshire and I fail to see what we have been reinvented into?

Maybe the answer will become clear once the M74 is fixed

 

South Lanarkshire's High Street

The high streets (or what sorry states remain of them) . Where once we had family businesses we now have only the shell like remains.

Lanarkshire chooselanarkshire tells us has good connectivity links. There is both the blessing and the curse of the situation. Lanarkshire is an ideal area to commute from. This is what the residents do on a daily basis, they get up, they travel to work. Like creatures of habit, they will also now head to retail parks and shopping centre, all within their reach for the price of a small commute and they leave the high streets in droves.

A big criticism of mine, would be that the choose Lanarkshire website mentions that that Lanarkshire has a university (UWS) but does nothing to promote the business week directly to the students. Despite UWS offering business courses. I cant help but feel let down by Lanarkshire Business Week.

Has it helped you? or anyone you know? Please pop your comments in the box and let me know.