http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8325116.stm
Despite spending £20m on the development, the site in Glastonbury has now lain dormant for over eight years, failing to attract the desired tenants even when the British economy was booming.
Still, the South West Regional Development Agency is unrepentant about turning businesses away.
"It's not a question of not being posh enough, but certainly they weren't part of the sectors we were looking to encourage at the site," says James Harper, head of communications at SWRDA.
"We wanted Morlands to be a model of employment in sectors that were going to be new and important to the South West economy for the years ahead."
The nine Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) receive more than £2bn a year between them from the government. (unelected quangos).
Their aim is to create local jobs, support local business and promote the long-term development of the regional economies.
Taxpayer's money well spent eh?
Despite spending £20m on the development, the site in Glastonbury has now lain dormant for over eight years, failing to attract the desired tenants even when the British economy was booming.
Still, the South West Regional Development Agency is unrepentant about turning businesses away.
"It's not a question of not being posh enough, but certainly they weren't part of the sectors we were looking to encourage at the site," says James Harper, head of communications at SWRDA.
"We wanted Morlands to be a model of employment in sectors that were going to be new and important to the South West economy for the years ahead."
The nine Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) receive more than £2bn a year between them from the government. (unelected quangos).
Their aim is to create local jobs, support local business and promote the long-term development of the regional economies.
Taxpayer's money well spent eh?
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