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 on the doorstep of London and Cambridge.

is the gateway to dynamic growth markets throughout the UK and Europe.

is at the heart of a thriving knowledge economy, with a highly-skilled workforce, world-class universities and specialist schools.

is home to market-leading international companies like Ford, BAE, IFDS and e2v technologies.

is the focus of some of Europe’s largest growth regeneration projects like Thames Gateway, Haven Gateway and London Gateway Port.

is benefitting from the 2012 London Olympics with significant event-related construction and logistics activities in the lead-up to the Games.

is proud to host not only the Olympic mountain bike championships at Hadleigh Country Park but also 21 accredited pre-games training camp facilities that includes 6 Paralympic facilities.

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.

has two international seaports, links to the national motorway network and London Stansted airport.