, Newcastle Great Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Location Size The Region Investment Options Transport links Contact Newcastle 80 hectares Population of 590,000 within 30 Corporate Headquarters; A1 Motorway – 1 mile e: [email protected] Upon Tyne (200 acres) minutes’ travel; Communication Centre; Rail – 4 miles www.bt.com/btelocations local unemployment rate of 9.6% Data Warehousing; Airport – 1 mile t: +44 (0) 1977 592194 (source: ILO) Shared Service Centre; f: +44 (0) 1977 591899 A694 A692 A1 A194(M) A19 Web Farm Washington NEWCASTLE GREAT PARK THE NORTH EAST ABOUT BTeLOCATIONS Newcastle Great Park is a new international business park, serving one The North East is renowned for its skilled, Newcastle International Airport; the city centre is The North East of is now BTeLocations (www.bt.com/btelocations) assists of Europe’s most vibrant regional capitals – Newcastle Upon Tyne. competitively priced labour force and a only four miles away with East Coast mainline firmly established as one of UK-based and overseas companies, who are population of over 590,000 is within a 30 rail services to London and the continent.The looking to set up a new operation in the UK. Europe’s leading business The new 80 hectare (200 acre) business park, Sage Plc, one of the world’s leading software minute drive of the site. Unemployment, as park will also have a bus service, with every Since its launch in March 2000, BTeLocations has which is currently being developed, will have an companies, has already announced its intention defined by the International Labour home within the park being no more than 400 locations for both UK and proactively invested in a selection of premier integrated transportation infrastructure and self- to relocate its UK operations to the park and Organisation, is at 9.6% in the local area, metres away from a bus stop. The buses will international companies. business, technology and science parks throughout sustaining residential community, adjacent to more, high profile, blue-chip companies are ensuring that there is flexibility within the job provide connections to the Tyne & Wear Metro The Gross Domestic Product for the region is the UK, part of a five-year, £50 million programme. and within the broader area of the park. The likely to follow. market. There is also a strong academic and facilities and the city centre, with priority £25.9 billion and there are more than 6,000 location seeks to attract knowledge-based research base within the area, with the North measures to ensure the speed of the facility. The benefits to the occupants of these pre-equipped Advanced connectivity is a crucial element of the businesses across the region. Leading UK business and technology companies and is East of England having five highly rated £31.5 million is being invested in enabling sites are easy and fast set-up times; a cost effective park and, through BTeLocations, Newcastle companies include AstraZeneca, British Steel ideally situated for road and air links to the rest universities and 24 higher educational transportation infra-structure and public and resilient communications infrastructure; and Great Park will have the latest advanced optical and ICI and international companies include of the UK and Europe. establishments, with strong links to industry. transport related costs alone to ensure that the ongoing support with business development. fibre infrastructure, which can be customised to Nissan, Samsung Electronics, Procter and Internationally renowned research, undertaken park has a state of the art, public transportation Tenants to the park will be able to benefit from the specific business requirements of the Gamble, Black & Decker and Huntsman. For further information on Newcastle Great Park or at the universities, includes genetics, and highways infrastructure. fast-track, design and build property, ranging investing or relocating company. any other BTeLocation, contact: engineering design, software development and Over 600 overseas companies from more than from 930 to 46,500 square metres (10,000 to The park provides the ultimate in modern living. The site will have dedicated, resilient high speed solar energy. 30 countries have located in the region, e: [email protected] 500,000 square feet). The park will also have a 2,500 homes are to be built, adjacent to the Internet and high bandwidth links, essential to including 180 European owned and more than www.bt.com/btelocations ‘Centre of Excellence’, which will be linked to local Transportation links are exceptional with a fully park with community amenities such as shops, meeting the needs of companies with large 50 from Japan. t: +44 (0) 1977 592194 universities and will be ideal for companies in integrated motorway, rail, metro and air hotel and leisure facilities, new schools, medical customer bases. f: +44 (0) 1977 591899 electronic commerce and software development. network. The park is located next to the A1 and and other facilities, befitting a new energetic The highly trained and flexible workforce, the and vibrant community. lifestyle improvements occasioned by the • Fast set-up times comparatively inexpensive cost of living, the Tenants and residents can also look forward to government grants and the excellent • Cost effective, resilient communications an environmentally friendly parkland communications infrastructure are all key environment, with extensive research being • Ongoing business development support reasons why companies have invested in the undertaken to ensure that areas of existing North East of England. wildlife are retained and enhanced in conjunction with implementing ‘best practice’ ecological management techniques.

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