Aire Valley Leeds Enterprise zone location within the UK

Location

Situated at the heart of the Leeds City Region – a £53 billion economy with a population of 3 million and a workforce of 1.5 million – the Aire Valley Leeds enterprise zone presents an unrivalled opportunity for business relocation and expansion.

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The Leeds City Region has an economy bigger than eight EU member states and is centrally located within the UK, enjoying strategic road, rail, air and sea links to London, Edinburgh and the continent.

It is the UK’s largest manufacturing centre outside London, Europe‘s third largest centre for financial services in and has the highest concentration of universities in Europe.

Covering a total of 142 hectares of prime development land, just minutes from the centre of Leeds and the national motorway network, the Aire Valley Leeds enterprise zone is therefore a strategic location.

It offers access to a thriving regional economy, well established supply chains and markets across the UK.

The four development sites which make up the enterprise zone are located along the route of the East Leeds Link Road, a £32 million dual carriageway which links Leeds city centre to junction 45 of the M1 motorway.

Fully developed, the enterprise zone has the potential to deliver up to 9,500 jobs and act as the catalyst for development of the wider Aire Valley Leeds, one of the largest regeneration areas in the North of England and already home to 400 businesses.

The local business base includes manufacturing, engineering, transport, distribution and a wide range of business to business service industries, including large national operations and smaller specialist firms.

Key companies based in the Aire Valley Leeds include Arla Foods, the UK’s largest dairy foods producer, dried foods manufacturer Symingtons, Hesco Bastion, Everbuild, Allied Glass, Cameron, Roberts Mart, Omega Signs, Mitsubishi PES and Siemens.

The combination of excellent transport connectivity, including direct motorway links and its position close to one of the UK’s most successful cities, makes the Aire Valley Leeds and the enterprise zone one of the UK’s premier business locations.

Its development is crucial to driving economic growth and employment creation across the Leeds City Region.

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