Invest in Gloucestershire: “The county for world-class companies, a diverse business portfolio and a reputation for starting and growing great businesses.”

Gloucestershire open for world-class business 5,000 start-up businesses every year and one of the highest business survival rates over 3 years. Leading the way with the rollout for high- speed broadband. Highest number of employees in export intensive companies. Major commercial property regeneration schemes worth £220m are taking place throughout the county, attracting new businesses, creating new jobs and fuelling growth. The Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) will grow the local economy by nearly £500m by Generating 34,000 new jobs and creating over 5,000 new apprenticeship opportunities.

This is Gloucestershire – a great county for business 26,000 businesses 1,000 square miles Highly skilled and educated workforce: within 1 hour of 15 Universities, including Oxford, Cardiff, Birmingham, Aston, Warwick, Worcester, Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath & University of the West of England. Established successful sectors ranging from aerospace, advanced engineering, defence and financial services. World class research & prototyping facilities available at the National Composites Centre in South Gloucestershire. Did you know? Every 2.5 seconds, somewhere in the world a plane touches down on landing gear manufactured by Messier-Bugatti-Dowty in Gloucestershire.

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Easily accessible by rail, road and airports Excellent international access by road, rail and airports: M4, M5, M50 and easy access to the M40. Gloucestershire Airport Voted the Best General Aviation Airport in 2013 by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. The UK's busiest general aviation airport, handing some 75, ,000 flights every year. Proximity to international airports: Bristol & Birmingham International Airports – 1hr Cardiff International Airport – 1hr 15min Heathrow & Gatwick International Airports – 2hrs

Gloucestershire’s Advanced Engineering Sector Engineering in SW England 2 nd largest sector in the SW Employs 60,000 in the SW region Contributes over £3bn to SW regional output Aerospace is the largest sub-sector in the SW 9 of the 12 largest aerospace companies in the UK have major facilities in the South West Supported by 700+ supply chain companies Gloucestershire’s Engineering Employment 300,000 economically active in Gloucestershire 12% work in manufacturing & engineering sector 7,500+ working in Advanced Engineering World Class Research & Higher Education Facilities The National Composites Centre, nr Bristol Aerospace Engineering Research Centre, Bath Manufacturing Technology Centre, Birmingham Centre for Innovative Manufacture & Machine, UWE

Key Aerospace & Advanced Engineering companies in Gloucestershire Examples of typical salary levels: Machinist £18-25k Inspector £16-30k Maintenance Engineer £22-35k Production Engineer £25-35k Project Manager £25-45k Research and development £25-45k Stress Engineer £30-40k Design Engineer £25-45k Country Manager £45-75k

Profiles of two leading employers GE Aviation Systems GE Aviation Systems, based in Cheltenham, employs 1,300 skilled workers. As a leading global provider of electrical power systems, avionics and propeller systems for both military and civil markets, the site in Cheltenham focuses on design, manufacturing and customer support for display and flight management systems and fuel gauging products. GE opened their new 30,000 sq ft Electrical Power Integration Centre in 2011, benefitting the wider aerospace supply chain with 3rd party access to world-class facilities, while engaging with leading researchers based in the region's universities. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty Messier-Bugatti-Dowty Limited, a Safran group company, is the world leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of landing gear systems. Messier- Bugatti-Dowty Limited landing gear is in service on more than 20,500 aircraft making over 35,000 landings every day. Messier-Bugatti-Dowty’s employs 900 people at it’s Gloucestershire site. Messier Bugatti-Dowty has been successfully selected in recent years to provide landing gear on new aircraft projects including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the latest Airbus A350XWB, Airbus A400M military transporter, Airbus A380 and Sukhoi Superjet 100.

Investor Support from GFirst LEP GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Working in partnership with the public, voluntary and private sectors, our role is to stimulate sustainable economic growth in Gloucestershire by promoting and developing the county as the ideal location for businesses. By focusing on three priorities, we want to secure wealth, jobs and new business opportunities in Gloucestershire A not-for-profit company, GFirst LEP offers the following free support for companies interested in investing in the county: Advisory service for businesses looking for investment opportunities Commercial land & property search service Facilitated meetings with local planning authorities Links to skills, training and local recruitment providers & support with apprenticeship/graduate programmes Assistance with recruitment, including recruitment events Opportunities for networking and visits to local business leaders through ‘GL Ambassadors’ scheme with 600 members Assistance with PR opportunities for new investors

Investor Support “The support received by GFirst LEP to help us make our location choice in Gloucester Business Park was first rate, and we’re now successfully expanding our UK operations” Ian Richards, Managing Director, ArmourWorks

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