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Click on the sectors below for further information about each one:

• Financial services, insurance

• Logistics

• Life Sciences

• Environmental technology

• Defence industry

• Creative industries

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Financial services, insurance

Key Reasons:

Close proximity to London provides the benefits of a world-renowned financial and professional services centre with the additional benefits of:

• Access to the same flexible, educated and skilled financial and professional services workforce, at a lower cost.
• Key centres in Kent easily commutable from London by high-speed train-17 minutes for the quickest service.
• 20,000 + financial and circa 18,000 professional services employees commuting to London from Kent daily.
• 21,000 financial and circa 55,000 professional services employees living and working in Kent.
• 1,300 financial services companies already based in Kent.
• Key HE/FE establishments providing financial and professional services education and training are based in Kent, and, along with London based colleges and universities, generate the largest number of graduates annually for entry in to financial and professional services employment.
• Less restrictive approach in UK to foreign workers` visa requirements, supporting the flow of talent between international centres.
• High specification and new build offices and facilities at up to 60% lower cost than London.
• Access to an equivalent business environment with greater choice, enhanced by high quality local firms providing competitively priced services.
• First class education, training and development facilities for staff immediately to hand.

For more information, please visit the Locate in Kent website.

Sub-Sectors:

Banking, Insurance, Shared Service Centres/Back Office

Skills:

Skill Area: Team manager/ leader
Skill Salary: Up to £30,000

Skill Area: Accountant
Skill Salary: Up to £30,000

Skill Area: Administrator
Skill Salary: Up to £20,000

Sector Companies:

Fidelity Investment Management, Cabot Financial, Towergate, AXA, Heartwood Wealth Management, McKinnon & Clarke, Cripps Harries Hall LLP, Product Support Limited, ASG Risk Management

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Main Business Functions

• Research & development
• Advanced manufacturing
• Business services/ offices
• Headquarters/ regional offices
• Low cost manufacturing