Already 80 jobs have already been created on Boscombe seafront alone:
50 extra jobs at Urban Reef and Urban Beach
15 extra jobs at Sorted Surf Shop
3 jobs at the RNLI’s Boscombe site.
90 subcontractors have been employed in the 3-year build of the Honeycombe Beach flats; 12 long-term construction and sales staff (i.e. project managers, site managers).
The reef will extend Bournemouth’s holiday season through the winter – the surf season runs from late September through to April. The ten-mile stretch of award-winning beaches in Bournemouth and neighbouring Poole has the highest concentration of different water sports activities in the UK.