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The BizFizz approach was developed jointly by nef and the Civic Trust in 2001 to provide business support to people in communities experiencing economic decline, and challenge the mis-conception that there is a lack of entrepreneurs and enterprising ideas in these communities. nef and the Civic Trust piloted and tested the approach in communities across England and Scotland. nef continue to offer and develop the BizFizz programme. The approach was piloted in 4 communities for two years from April 2001 – March 2003 with the support of the Small Business Services Phoenix Development Fund in:
Following on from the success of the piloting of the BizFizz approach over the previous two years, in June 2004, 8 new BizFizz projects started in the communities of:
In 2005, a new project started in:
The diversity of project areas for this second programme reflects our particular interest in testing the robustness of the model from rural, coastal and market towns, to former mining areas, and the cultural diversity of the UK’s inner cities. Since 2005 we have added projects in:
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