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There are many reasons to invest in Leicester and Leicestershire
One reason is the 20 million consumers on your doorstep. Leicestershire's centrally located position and strong transport infrastructure, combining excellent road and rail links, means that the area could offer your business an easily and economically accessible customer base.
Around 22 million potential consumers live within a three-hour drive of the county. Leicester's sucessful and continuing regeneration scheme has also significantly enhanced the city's leisure and housing provisions, strengthening the city's ability to attract and keep more workers and students, giving you an excellent market.
Leicester and Leicestershire have so much to offer...
Leicester is now recognised as a dynamic and cosmopolitan city within easy reach of central London. Just a few miles away from the city buzz lie some of England's finest countryside and historic market towns making Leicestershire a serious contender on the relocation shopping list. You can live in a vibrant urban setting within minutes of beautiful countryside or enjoy the tranquility of a traditional village life with great city shopping and restaurants and cultural on your doorstep.
Leicester, is reaping the benefit of an ambitious and exciting £3 billion investment programme.
Leicester provides significant cost savings on both labour and property, compared with London. What other location can combine significant bottom line savings with an integrated package that includes a central UK location easily accessible from all major UK cities and regions, excellent communications links and a dynamic and skilled labour market with a strong work ethic?
Leicester is the second most improved city in the UK for business competitiveness (source: UK Competitiveness Index 2008) and has also been voted one of the best places in Britain to do business (source: Growing Business magazine), many major organisations have already invested in and/or relocated here including Alliance & Leicester, AstraZeneca, Walkers, 3M, HSBC, Triumph, Asda/Walmart and Next.
To find out more about opportunities in Leicestershire for your business, please contact us to speak to an advisor.
A strong transport infrastructure is one of many reasons to invest in Leicestershire