Because Derby is one of the UK’s leading business cities, we know what expanding, relocating and new businesses want….
Derby – the UK’s most central city, has a travel to work population of 2.1 million and access to 6 million people within one hour.- Derby is a 93 minute train journey to London St Pancras with 35 direct services daily and an easy platform change to Brussels and Paris.
- Derby has invested over £100 million in a new road infrastructure, bus and railway stations improvements.
Part of a Forward Thinking City
Derby has secured £1bn investment of the £2bn Regeneration Masterplan created by Derby City Council.- Derby is investing £300m in new leisure, office, housing and infrastructure schemes, including a Sports Arena and Swimming Pool.
- Recently won £40m Regional Growth Fund, earmarked for economic development plans in and around the city centre.
One of the highest skilled workforces in the UK with 12% of Derby employees in hi-tech functions – four times the national average.- Access to 17 Universities within 1 hour, home to one of the UK’s top 5 Colleges and the most improved University in England.
- Home to 250,000 people in the city, with the biggest population increase being among the 25-34 year old professionals.
Surrounded by the World’s Leading Businesses
UK headquarters for Rolls-Royce, Bombardier and Toyota and home to the largest concentration of rail-technology companies in Europe.- Derby has 42% of workforce employed in the professional sector, more than Birmingham, Nottingham and Leicester.
- Derby is the only city outside the south-east with GVA productivity above the national average.
Derby is an affordable and thriving place to live and work with house prices substantially less than UK average.- Home to excellent state and private school systems and one of the UK’s leading pre-school programmes.
- Described as the “City of Festivals” by the Financial Times and is the gateway to the stunning Peak District and Derbyshire Dales.
Why Derby? Because we have what businesses need.