Remploy workers are bidding to turn three factories into a social enterprise which they claim will save 200 disabled workers' jobs.

BBC: Remploy closures: Workers bid to buy factories

Following the announcement by Westminster last year to close the factory, Dundee City Council established a cross-party group of MPs, MSPs, councillors and trade unions to look at the feasibility of bidding for the business and creating a sustainable enterprise.

BBC: Dundee Remploy factory plan 'not feasible'

No wonder there's fierce competition as this next round of bidding reaches its climax for the second wave of Enterprise Zones.

BBC: Ten more Enterprise Zones to be confirmed within days

Local enterprise partnership Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU) is one of 20 areas bidding for powers, including the right to spend local tax receipts.

BBC: Tees Valley City Deal 'may secure 22,000 jobs'