Why Essex?
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.
