The drive is part of OperationEnterprise, a project run by Norfolk Constabulary, Norwich City Centre Management Team and Norfolk Drugs and Alcohol Action Team.
Mr Miliband also called for the development of enterprise hubs to facilitate business co-operation as well as increased investment in infrastructure and an immediate cut in VAT to stimulate demand and give a short in the arm to struggling businesses.
For a few years breeding goats and selling raw fiber was a break-even enterprise for the Al-Rafiqs, who supported the operation by keeping their day jobs.
The commercial enterprise linked to a college or university is the type of operation Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to encourage with his proposed tax-free zones.
One route the group explored was the possibility of a "phoenix" company, preferably a social enterprise, taking on the contracts and activities of Remploy's Dundee operation.