ENGLAND, YORKSHIRE
and the HUMBER



Overview:
Yorkshire and Humber has a diverse economy with a renowned industrial and manufacturing heritage. Major cities include Bradford, Leeds, York, Sheffield and Hull; the Humber estuary is home to the largest ports complex in the UK; and the urban centres of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham are embracing and pioneering change.

Britain’s Best Cities (OMIS) survey, which identifies the best UK cities for business, ranked Leeds third in the list of Tier 1 cities and Wakefield top of Tier 2. Leeds is one of Europe’s top 30 best cities for business in Cushman & Wakefield’s European City Monitor 2008.

The network of 11 Centres of Industrial Collaboration (CIC) helps businesses harness the innovation and cutting edge expertise from universities within Yorkshire and Humber. Sectors covered are biomaterials and tissue engineering, design futures, engineering design, environmental technologies, food chain, materials analysis and research services, particles, pharmaceutical innovation, polymer, digital printing, precision technologies and wireless technologies.

“Sheffield has a strong skills base in the tooling industry.”
John O'Donoghue, general manager, Dormer Tools


Key sectors:
advanced engineering and materials, automotive components, aerospace, high-tech manufacturing, composites; digital industries, electronics, ICT, communications, software, creative and digital industries; float glass, chemicals, pharmaceutical, bioscience, environmental, medical devices and healthcare technologies; food and drink; financial and professional services; distribution.

R&D strengths:
mechanical, electrical and advanced engineering, metals technology, advanced cutting materials technology, aerospace, automotive; computer science, electronics, communications, software; chemical, environmental, polymers, life sciences, bioscience, pharmaceutical, medicine, food science, design.

Major investors include:
Allvac, Alternative Software, Arla Foods, Asda Wal-Mart, Associated British Foods, B&Q, BAE Systems, BP Chemicals, Birds Eye Wall’s, Blaze, Boeing, CIBA, Can-Pak, Cargill, Carlsberg, Castings Technology International, Cemex, Cepac, Coca-Cola Enterprises, ColecpCCL, ConocoPhillips, Control4, Corus, Costcutter, Croda International, Cummins, Del Monte, DePuy, Denso Marston, Doncasters, Dormer Tools, E.ON, Echostar, Evonik, Filtronic, Firth Rixson, Fujitsu, Gapi, Greencore Group, Greenergy Biofuels, Guardian Glass, Handelsbanken, Haribo Dunhills, Heckett MultiServ, Heinz, Holset Engineering, Huntsman, IAC Group, IBM, ICICI Bank, Idigicon, James Robinson, Jennic, Johnson & Johnson, Jotun Paints (Europe) Ltd, Kia Motors, Kimberly-Clark, Kostal, Koyo (UK) Ltd, Kraft, KSR Automotive Ltd, Lone Star LWD Precision Engineering, LuK, Maple Leaf Foods, Masterwork Graphic Equipment, Materialise, MatriCal EU Limited, Metalfin, Moeschle (UK) Ltd, Morrisons, NPIL Pharma, nCode International, Nestlé, Netto, Nikken Kosakusho, Nippon Gohsei, Nisa, Nokia/Siemens, Northern Foods, Novartis, O2, Optare Group, Orange, Outokumpu, Pace Micro Technology, Pioneer Technology, Propeller, RHM, Reckitt Benckiser, Reliance Precision, Rexon, Rittal, Rofin Sinar, Rolls-Royce, Saint-Gobain, Seven Seas, Severstal-Metiz, Sheffield Forgemasters, Slingsby Advanced Composites, Smith & Nephew, Smiths Industries, Stanley Tools, StructureVision, Sulzer Pumps (UK) Ltd, Sun Microsystems, Syngenta, TSYS, TWI, Thule Automotive, T-Mobile, TotalFinaElf, Toyoda Gosei, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, True, Univar, Ursa Insulation, Vickers Laboratories, Vincogen UK, Virginia KMP, WABCO Automotive, Warburtons, Webasto, Young’s Bluecrest, Yule Catto, ZOO Digital.

Grants: Grants for Business Investment are available in the region mainly in South Yorkshire, the Humber and Wakefield (see map on Grants Information).

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Among the local areas - which are keen to attract your investment - are:

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North Lincolnshire, Yorkshire & Humber

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