Public Libraries in UK “Lend Themselves to New Business Creation”

From the Financial Times (via Google Cache):

Manchester’s imposing Central Library reopened this weekend with a mission to inspire a new generation to read – and start businesses.
The £50m refurbishment of the listed building includes a business centre offering free offices and advice to start-ups as well as the traditional children’s section, archive and lending library
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Manchester is among six English cities to set up business and intellectual property centres helped by the British Library in London, which established one at its St Pancras base in 2006.
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The British Library has helped more than 350,000 entrepreneurs with £5m worth of support. It has helped create 2,775 business and 3,345 jobs.

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