Cheshire Business Growth Fueled By a Broad Range of Industries
There are 13,500 businesses located in the Cheshire West and Chester area employing 150,000 of the local population, with 84% employed in the service and financial sectors.
With an annual GVA of £1.1 billion projected to increase to £1.3
billion in 2015 Cheshire has one of the highest proportions of
knowledge economy workers and high technology businesses outside of
London and the South East.
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Businesses
For many businesses, Cheshire is synonymous with innovation and cutting-edge development and has a strong cross-section of industries that call the region home:
|
Companies |
Jobs |
Annual GVA |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Automotive |
60 |
9,000 |
£624m |
|
Biotech/Pharma |
50 |
8,500 |
£800m |
|
Chemicals |
95 |
6,000 |
£366m |
|
Creative Industries |
2,200 |
13,600 |
£650m |
|
Digital Industries |
2,000 |
5,700 |
£300m |
|
Environmental Technologies and Services |
240 |
6,000 |
N/A |
|
Financial Services |
900 |
16,300 |
£1.1bn |
|
Food and Drink |
2,000 |
24,000 |
£300m |
|
Tourism |
|
|
£800m |
Location
Chester’s position is truly accessible to all parts of the UK, utilising our own local facilites and those of our City Region partners. Travel times are: London 2 hours, Manchester 40 minutes, Liverpool 25 minutes, Edinburgh 3 hours , Cardiff 2 hours 30 minutes, Brussels 4 hours 30 minutes.
With future investment in the UK’s transport infrastructure such
as HS2 rail link and the Second Mersey Crossing, this connectivity
will further strengthen Chester’s accessible central
location.
