Essex provides great opportunities for investors thinking of starting a small business in the UK or expanding its operations. Essex’s unique blend of business, skills strengths and industry, its proximity to other vibrant economies and a great location in relation to the rest of the UK and to continental Europe means that Essex is a top location for any business. recovery business essex
Essex is a gateway to London, the Midlands and to Europe. Stansted Airport, the ports of Harwich, Tilbury and the planned London Gateway port, three national rail routes and direct feeds into the national road network give the county a logistics and transport resource that is one of the best in the UK.

As well as being a dynamic location itself, its proximity to the economies of London, Cambridge and mainland Europe means that Essex is uniquely place at the heart of the UK’s major business, industrial and transport networks. Businesses enjoy a location famed for its quality of life and benefit from high value business support services.

Essex has a vibrant and varied business community and is home to world leading companies spanning many sectors including advanced technology, creative industries and environmental technologies. Its entrepreneurial and dynamic workforce generates a higher than average number of start up businesses, a highly skilled workforce and high levels of employment, resulting in Essex having one of the most buoyant economies for starting a small business in the UK.

The University of Essex is one of the UK’s leading academic institutions and together with Anglia Ruskin University and Writtle College they offer excellent research and development facilities and business resources for a range of sectors. This is the place to be in an era of knowledge based business.

Investors starting a small business in the UK also benefit from the huge growth Essex is currently experiencing which is focussed on the strategic and economic growth nodes around Thames Gateway South Essex in the south, Haven Gateway in the north-east and the M11/ Stansted corridor. As well as the above the county is greatly benefiting from the 2012 Olympics, further development of Stansted Airport and Crossrail.

All in all Essex offers investors, both from the UK and overseas, a rich business environment, an unequalled transport infrastructure and an unrivalled proximity to key areas of the UK and Europe.