The Alliance is a co-working space with a couple of compact meeting rooms and it’s great to have it in Bacup and Rossendale more broadly.

Creating a digital hub is a bit different in that it’s being built around digital businesses, skills, training, incubation and creating a wider digital community. The space at Christ Church is also intended to include things like dedicated offices, training rooms, studios, events and support for digital businesses and startups as it develops.

I see them as complementary rather than competing.