With fantastic transport connectivity, high-quality business accommodation, a skilled workforce and a beautiful natural setting, more businesses are discovering why Rochford District is the South-East’s best-kept business secret. Find out why it’s time to join them.

Reasons to Invest Over 60 trains Fantastic for A great skills base per day into start-ups – Rochford with high quality local schools, a Liverpool Street taking from District has one of the highest range of further/higher education 44 minutes, whilst London business survival rates on the doorstep and responsible Stratford can be reached in , with 50% employers with active programmes in just 33 minutes. of start-ups surviving of vocational training past 5 years. – above average for NVQ3+ skills. A thriving international airport Space to grow. The ‘green lung of – Rated ‘best London airport’ for 1 million+ sq ft the past 6 years, London Southend of prime business space under South Essex’, offering Airport is on the doorstep with its development at Airport tranquil countryside and woodland own train station, and direct links Business Park, plus and miles of unspoilt coastline, to over 40 destinations across a range of bustling perfect for walking, cycling, sailing, the UK and Europe. employment sites birdwatching, photography across the district. and horse-riding.

Cost-effective With commercial property costs Broadband Quality of life – in the top 10 ‘happiest places to live’ the lowest in South Essex and connectivity in the UK, and with the average labour costs 30% lower Much of the District is connected lowest crime rate in Essex, than London and 15% lower than to ultrafast and superfast our wide choice of housing , your investment broadband, with a further £4.5m and 3 historic market goes further in Rochford of funding to bring gigabit towns make for a great District. connectivity to all corners of the District. place to live. Location To Cambridge and the North Haverhill

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To Gatwick, Dover and The Channel Tunnel To search available properties and sites in our District, visit Rochford.gov.uk/business or contact the team. Business base Rochford District is a hotbed • IX Cameras – Specialists in of entrepreneurialism and is the development, design and home to over 3,500 individual manufacture of high specification businesses, of which over 90% slow motion cameras, with are micro -businesses. global HQ in Rochford. The District has particularly • EC2i – Rochford-based strong clusters in Aviation, experts in digital image Get in touch Advanced Manufacturing retouching for a range of Rochford District and Environmental Services, high-profile national online Council’s Economic retailers and catalogues. whilst there is also a growing Development team is opportunity in Creative and • Excalibur Screwbolts – here help you make the Digital Services. We punch Queen’s Award-winning case for Rochford District above our weight and are supplier for major infrastructure being your business home to thriving businesses projects such as Crossrail and location of choice. with a national and global the Channel Tunnel, based presence, including: in Hockley. If you are considering • IPECO – a world-leader in • Sorrells – Rayleigh-based relocating to Rochford manufacturing of aviation manufacturers and installers District or setting up seating and galley insert of bespoke wine cellars to a new business, we’d with its global HQ and principal national retailers and love to hear from you. manufacturing facilities in prestigious clients worldwide. 01702 318146 Rochford. • Baltic Distribution – business@ • Hanningfield Process operating Rochford’s own rochford.gov.uk Systems – Rochford-based port, handling over 200,000 manufacturer of pharmaceutical tonnes per annum from @business_RDC production machinery and Scandinavia and the Baltics www.rochford.gov. Queen’s Award winner, for the timber and metal uk/business exporting worldwide. industries.