Newport City Council
Key Competitive Attractions
People:
Newport attracts a workforce of over 478,609 within a 30 minute drive time and 1,623,578 within 60 minutes, with a low attrition rate.
Skilled Workforce:
Newport has an impressive inward investment and reinvestment track record, especially in electronics, manufacturing, public sector relocations, financial/business services, distribution and logistics. It is a university city, attracting graduates from 7 nearby universities.
Excellent Communications:
A strategic location on the M4, between Cardiff and Bristol, with easy road and rail access to London, the South East and South West of England, and the Midlands. London is just 1hour 50 minutes away by train.
Property and Sites:
A portfolio of readily available, competitively priced offices, industrial units and sites, including high quality business parks, without the cost of its neighbouring cities.
Successful Investors:
Office for National Statistics, Yell.com, Admiral Insurance, HMPS Shared Service Centre, Quinn Radiators, Kingslegal, Halo Foods, UK Intellectual Property Office, Wilkinsons, Identity and Passport Service.
Financial Assistance:
We offer a wide range of grants to assist SME`s, including start-up businesses. We also work closely with the Welsh Assembly Government who can offer financial assistance through their Single Investment Fund.
Enviable Quality of Life:
Housing at affordable prices, high standards of education and within easy driving distance of two major cities (including Cardiff, the capital of Wales), beautiful countryside, fabulous beaches. Newport also has an RSPB Wetlands Reserve, Tredegar House which is open to the public, and a roman amphitheatre where outdoor plays are still held.
Assistance and Support For New Business Investors
Newport works closely with both Newport Unlimited, Newport`s urban regeneration company, and International Business Wales, the inward investment arm of the Welsh Assembly Government, to ensure a one-stop shop for your business relocation. In addition, we work with the Welcome to Wales programme, who can offer your employees a tailor made tour of the area.
We offer:
- A single point of contact for all your investment needs.
- Help finding the right premises or site.
- Grant assistance, subject to eligibility criteria.
- To arrange meetings, pulling together Planning Services, Highways etc, so that you can progress planning applications as quickly as possible.
- Introduction to other business support networks and business clubs in the area.
- Our aftercare service means we will always be there for you once you have moved here, and help you grow.
- Introduction to the relevant contacts for assistance from the local University - University of Wales, Newport.
Existing Business Base
Newport ranks 7th out of 100 UK cities, for robust economic growth to 2020, according to the Experian global economic forecasting report.
Newport has an impressive inward investment and re-investment track record.
Newport has a diverse and constantly changing business base, ready to react to an ever changing market place.
Industries benefiting from Newport`s loyal and change-friendly workforce include:
- Electronics and Telecommunications
- Manufacturing - food and technology based
- Financial and Business Services
- Public Sector and Government Offices
- Tourism and Leisure
- Distribution and Logistics
- Contact Centres
Leading companies and organisations who have chosen Newport as part of their success story include: International Rectifier, Quinn Radiators, EADS, Corus, Yell.com, Admiral, HM Prison Service Shared Service Centre, Office for National Statistics, UK International Property Office, Identity and Passport Service, Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Kingslegal, Tescos, Wilkinsons, Hasbro UK, Norbert Dentressangle, RHM Avana, Halo Foods, Wales and West Utilites.
Newport is undergoing a major regeneration programme which is already transforming the city with new road infrastructures, new state-of-the-art business premises, a river side £35 million City Centre University Campus which will house the film industry renowned School of Art, Media and Design, and major improvements to the railway station, including a new platform for London bound trains. New modern business centres at Celtic Springs, Langstone Business Park, Phoenix Park, and The Old Town Dock area of Newport, offer investors a choice of offices and industrial units to suit every requirement.
