Why Essex?

INVEST Essex - Essex's Inward Investment Team

a gateway to the UK and Europe

When you’re considering a move for your business, you’ll find that Essex provides an ideal base. It’s a superb choice for setting up a European headquarters or UK office, opening up a research and development centre, establishing distribution or service facilities, starting a new business or relocating a growing business. Location is our greatest strength.

Essex is the gateway to dynamic growth markets throughout the UK and Europe. With three international ports, links to the national motorway network and London Stansted airport, you’ll find it easy to do business on a local, regional or global scale. You’ll be able to attract the right people.

Essex is at the heart of a thriving knowledge economy, with a highly-skilled workforce, world-class universities and specialist schools that make the county a breeding ground for innovation.

That’s why Essex is home to market-leading international companies like GlaxoSmithKline, Ford and BAE Systems and why it’s the focus of some of Europe’s largest growth areas.

Essex also offers you a great quality of life, with England’s longest coastline, huge areas of unspoilt countryside, an excellent education system and superb leisure facilities.