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Stoke-on-Trent is a place of untapped potential, offering a cost effective solution for companies looking to serve regional, national and international markets from a friendly, well located and proven business location.
Thanks to our excellent transport links and central location, you’ll be closer to your customers, suppliers and a wide pool of talented workers:
- 2.7 million people of working age are within an hours drive of the city
- 95% of the population live within four hours drive
- four international airports are within an hours drive
- London is only 90 minutes and Manchester on 40 minutes away by rail
- When compared to other similar locations, the costs of doing business from here are among the lowest in the country:
- Labour costs are 10-15% lower than the national average
- Office property prices are 50% of those in Birmingham and 25% the cost of London office space.
This is an area built on manufacturing innovation and industrial creativity, which had built world-beating companies. It’s this entrepreneurship which continues to attract global firms to the area today. Key sectors include:
- Advanced manufacturing - JCB and Michelin
- Building Technologies – Recticel (Belgium) and Streif
- Ceramics – Wedgwood and Steelite
- Distribution – Sainsbury’s, T.K.Maxx
- Medical Technologies - Biocomposites and TRB Chemedica (Swiss)
- Tourism – Alton Towers and the Peak District
- Business and Professional services – Wardell Armstrong and the Britannia Building Society.
A great quality of life …
Housing – incredibly competitive property prices, with an extra 12,000 new homes built within North Staffordshire
over the next 20 years. You can enjoy semi-rural living beside a canal in the heart of the city or commute from the Peak District
in about 20 minutes.
Education – Staffordshire University has one of the largest computing and new technology
schools in the UK while Keele University, set in a 617 acre estate, is one of the most beautiful campus based universities
in the UK.
Leisure – Alton Towers and Drayton Manor Park within easy reach. A major retail centre with the
award winning Potteries Shopping Centre. The Potteries is recognised as the World Capital of Ceramics with the Potteries Museum
& Art Gallery hosting the finest collection of Staffordshire pottery in the World.
The city council’s
Investment Development Team can help you...
If you’re looking to relocate your business to Stoke-on-Trent
or need to expand your existing operation within the city, the city council’s Investment Development Team is here for
you.
Specifically we can help with:
- information to help you to choose the optimum location
- identification of suitable sites and premises
- advice on available grants and incentives
- support in relation to skills and training
- help with logistics such as site visits and area tours
- assistance with industry and market research
For more information, please email us at makeit@stoke.gov.uk telephone 01782 234747 or
follow this link to the Make It Stoke-on-Trent website.