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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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