Support and information Below is a list of organisations who can offer the manufacturing industry support, who promote and MANUFACTURING District Council is a pro-business lobby for business development in Sedgemoor. authority; our Economic Development team are IN SEDGEMOOR responsible for helping your business relocate South West Manufacturing Advisory Service to Sedgemoor. www.swmas.co.uk Email: [email protected] We can help with: Phone: 0845 608 3838

• Business support and advice Supply Chain Registration for Hinkley Point C • Advice on recruitment and training www.hinkleysupplychain.co.uk • Links to available funding Phone: 01278 484028 • News about business events • Help to find new commercial premises National Skills Academy for Nuclear • Networking opportunities www.nsam.co.uk • Site visits Email: [email protected] • Guidance on planning Phone: 01278 655049 • Support with research • Updates on projects and developments Industrialists www.bridgwaterindustrialists.org To find out more visit:sedgemoor.gov.uk/business Email: [email protected] call 01278 435537 or email: [email protected] Federation of Small Businesses – Taunton & District www.fsb.org.uk/somerset-and-wilts Phone: 0808 2020888

Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce www.bridgwaterchamber.org.uk Email: [email protected] Phone: 01278 228004

Design by Ignition ignition.uk.com MORE SKILLS • MORE CAPACITY Sedgemoor is located at the heart of , close to the major employment sites of and . Its strategic location and excellent distribution network make it an ideal location for manufacturing businesses of varying sizes.

The sector generates £370million for the Sedgemoor economy, which is 21.6% of total output, and many big brands including Morrisons, Mulberry and Refresco Gerber have taken advantage of the excellent opportunities the district offers.

Connectivity and Infrastructure Supply chain and local markets Employment profiles

Sedgemoor is conveniently located along the M5 BRISTOL & M4 (East) Sedgemoor has a long tradition in manufacturing. M4 (West) Occupation Total Sedgemoor GB% corridor with three motorway junctions and a to CARDIFF to LONDON Today it is home to a wide range of manufacturers from Managers, directors and senior officials 9,700 17.5% 10.2% mainline railway route passing through. Both Bristol Barka Parka – a family run business making bespoke and Exeter airports are within a 45 minute drive and bean beds for pets to Ensinger – supplier of high Professional occupations 9,100 16.4% 19.8% over 50% of the UK, a potential market of 48million performance and engineering plastics. Administrative & secretarial 5,200 9.5% 10.7% people, can reach Sedgemoor within four hours. A370 CHEDDAR Skilled trades occupations 8,800 15.8% 10.6% M5

RAILWAY A38 A371 The construction works around a new nuclear power Sales and customer service occs 4,600 8.2% 7.8%

Sedgemoor already benefits from excellent road station at Hinkley Point C are well under way and EDF Process plant & machine operatives 6,100 10.9% 6.2% and rail links, but in addition there are several road Energy is looking for companies to join their supply Elementary occupations 6,500 11.8% 10.7% improvements in the area planned as a part of the BURNHAM- chain. Local businesses can register to become EDF ON SEA delivery of the new nuclear power station Hinkley HIGHBRIDGE Energy’s preferred suppliers at: Point C. Sedgemoor is also part of the Connecting www.hinkleysupplychain.co.uk Claimant count (August 2015) Devon and Somerset programme which aims to A38 deliver superfast broadband to 90% of premises M5 Contracts have already been awarded to local Sedgemoor 1.1% in the area by 2016. PURITON companies and consortia with many opportunities South West 1.0% still available. EDF Energy are committed to using local UK 1.7% CANNINGTON A39 There are several available sites allocated A39 people and businesses in the ten year build period. for industrial or mixed uses: NETHER BRIDGWATER A303 LDN STOWEY VIA A39 Economically active + Bridgwater Gateway: a 90 acre site A361 Skills and workforce Population of Sedgemoor 119,100 just off J24 of M5 offering bespoke RAILWAY A372 Sedgemoor benefits from an above average Working age population (16 – 64) 71,400 office and industrial space M5 economically active workforce with slightly less than A303 LDN + Peninsula 23: site off J23 of M5 offering A38 VIA A372 50% educated to NVQ Level 3 or above. There are 80.7% of Sedgemoor’s working age population are 10,000 – 20,000sqft plots for industrial over 8,000 people working in the manufacturing economically active, higher than the UK average or warehouse use industry in Sedgemoor, equating to 17.7% of total The area is characterised by three main towns and a employment. The area also has a higher proportion series of rural villages. Bridgwater, the largest urban + Isleport: just a mile from J22 of M5 – EXETER of skilled tradespeople than the UK average. over 6 acres of land for commercial use settlement, has 41,276 residents, Burnham on Sea has 23,325 and Cheddar has 5,199. Bridgwater College is a learning and skills Beacon status college, offering business-focussed support ROAD RAIL SEA and development for students of all ages. Courses Bristol 40 miles Taunton 11 mins Plymouth ferry port 86 miles range from apprenticeships to diplomas in fields such Exeter 42 miles Bristol Temple Meads 50 mins Weymouth ferry port 68 miles as engineering, welding and electronics. The College Plymouth 83 miles Exeter St David’s 50 mins London 154 miles London Paddington 2:20 hrs AIR also offers bespoke training to meet the needs of Birmingham 118 miles Bristol airport 26 miles employers. For more information contact: Cardiff 68 miles Exeter airport 40 miles [email protected]