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Bournemouth’s location and urban beach setting are conducive to creativity and are attracting a young entrepreneurial population seeking a more immersive way of experiencing life in terms of both business and leisure. A compact footprint enables businesses to meet and collaborate without competing. There are no legacy industries with related cultural barriers, so people can think differently.
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Source: International Education Forum, Bournemouth and Poole.
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LEPs operate in England only: Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have different arrangements.
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The source for the statistics in this paragraph is the International Education Forum, Bournemouth and Poole.
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Hixson, N. (2017). Bournemouth: Urban Beach Not Urban Jungle. In: Formica, P. (eds) Entrepreneurial Renaissance. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52660-7_7
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