Make the Connection: the South East Midlands
MAKE THE CONNECTION The South East Midlands: Innovation, Connectivity, Opportunity THE SOUTH EAST MIDLANDS IS AT THE A thriving location for CENTRE OF WHAT IS FAST BECOMING THE £52bn UK’S INNOVATION CAPITAL – THE OXFORD- contributed to national innovation, creativity CAMBRIDGE ARC economy annually ur rapidly growing £52bn economy located between Oxford, Cambridge, and world-leading London and Birmingham make us one of the most exciting economic growth opportunities in the country. Fastest population OBusiness has benefited from the area’s rich heritage in engineering, growth outside London: motorsport and manufacturing expertise, which has transformed our area to 23.3% between technologies become a test-bed for new technologies with the potential to rapidly scale. 1997 - 2017 Today, entrepreneurs come here to build businesses based on technological innovation that will change the way we live and work. They enjoy the advantages of a connected location, tap into a highly skilled and entrepreneurial community and have a quality of life found rarely elsewhere. This is where progressive companies come to collaborate, to innovate and to 78% succeed. employment rate Welcome to the South East Midlands. THE MIDLANDS LEICESTER PETERBOROUGH £10bn BIRMINGHAM Corby goods and services Kettering Thrapston Coventry exported annually Rushden Wellingborough Daventry NORTHAMPTON CAMBRIDGE Towcester Bedford Sandy Biggleswade Brackley 1 in 25 MILTON Flitwick Buckingham KEYNES Houghton of all businesses created Regis Leighton Buzzard Dunstable LUTON are based here Aylesbury OXFORD LONDON 9% jobs growth over past 5 years (national rate 7.5%) Newlands Park, Luton: development plans THE SOUTH EAST MIDLANDS: INNOVATION CONNECTIVITY OPPORTUNITY 3 No 1 area in UK for % firms engaged in product Innovation or service innovation Mahle Powertrain Real Drive Emissions Where ideas Test Centre, Northampton become reality 79% Cranfield University’s Alumni network provided the local HE research catalyst for creating the ‘flying car’.
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