Scarborough proves there is a good deal of ‘Fair’ trade taking place on the North East coastline

To make the assumption that Scarborough is simply a seaside tourist town on the English coastline of the North East would be very wrong indeed.  Although it’s true that Scarborough is indeed very popular with tourists, it is also home to number of thriving business, fishing and service industries, which includes a growing digital and creative economy.

This growing industry is doing so well that in 2008 Scarborough was named the most enterprising town in Britain.  Scarborough also won the 2008/2009 award for the most creative and inspiring entrepreneurship initiative in Europe, meaning the businesses around the district were being recognised for their hard work not just in the UK but in Europe and around the World too.

Although there is evidence of settlements in the Scarborough area from Stone Age and Bronze Age times, the town was not really founded until 966 AD by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking raider.  Unfortunately the town was soon attacked and pillaged by rival Vikings and not much remained to be included in the Doomsday book of 1085.

You can’t keep a good settlement down though and Scarborough soon recovered under King Henry II, who built a stone castle on the headland and granted charters in 1155 and 1163, allowing for a market on the sand.  However, the most famous part of Scarborough’s history is undoubtedly the Royal charter of 1253, which permitted Scarborough to hold a fair.

Scarborough Fair, as made famous in a popular song, was a six week trading festival where merchants from all over Europe descended on the town. It went from the middle of August until the end of September and ran for 500 years from the 13th to the 18th century.

It wasn’t the fair which began the tourist trade though, that was down to the discovery of a Spa in 1626, which in turn led to Scarborough becoming Britain’s first seaside resort.  This new found popularity with the touring crowd was further enhanced by the introduction of the Scarborough to York railway in 1845 and the opening of the ‘Grand Hotel’, in 1867, one of the largest hotels in the world at the time.

Modern Scarborough still attracts tourism obviously, but it is the vibrant town centre and the thriving creative industry which keeps it firmly on the business landscape of Britain.  As mentioned before the area is such a popular destination for business start ups in Scarborough, that the town has won several prestigious awards for commerce in recent years. 

This makes Scarborough the perfect location for a Forsyth Business Centre, and below we will look closer at what Forsyth has to offer in the town:

Forsyth @ Europa House

Situated on the beautiful Esplanade overlooking Scarborough’s South Bay, Europa House offers quality office space, meeting rooms and virtual office services on attractive flexible terms.

Scarborough itself is easily accessible by both road and rail, with the A64 connecting the town centre with Malton, York, Leeds, the A19 and the A1(M).  Other routes include the A171 to Whitby, Middlesbrough and the North, the A165 to Filey, Bridlington and Hull as well as the A170 to the North Yorkshire Moors and Thirsk to the west.

Scarborough railway station is close to the town centre and runs services York, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Hull and in the summer regular services run from London.  The station is also famous for having the longest station seat in the world at 152 yards (139 m) in length.

To learn more about Forsyth’s serviced offices in Scarborough simply follow the link, or feel free to get in touch with any queries you may have about any of Forsyth’s services on 0800 731 5928