One City: To Do Business

Already home to a host of blue-chip companies, including Nissan, Nike, Rolls-Royce and Barclays, and ranked as one of UK’s most competitive business locations, Sunderland is emerging as a hub for thriving big businesses. And with new, innovative enterprises choosing the city as their home, the business landscape in Sunderland is becoming more exciting than ever.  

Sunderland is located right at the heart of North East England, and boasts excellent transport links, uncongested roads, and excellent facilities. With easy access to major roads including the A19 and A1M, and with great rail, sea and air links, it really is a prime business location.

There is no shortage of quality business accommodation in Sunderland. With state-of-the-art new office spaces including Rainton Bridge South (www.raintonbridge.com) - one of the best e-business parks in Europe - and the well established Doxford International Business Park, which plays host to companies such as T-Mobile, EDF and More Than, you’ll be in good company. The new state-of-the-art e-volve building adds another dimension to the city’s business landscape, specifically designed as a hub for knowledge-based information and communications technology businesses.

 

Office space in Sunderland is highly affordable, and prestigious new premises, boasting cutting-edge facilities, ensure that there has never been a better time to set up a business in the city. 

Businesses locating in Sunderland benefit from a range of support that will help you to set up or expand your business in the city with ease.

 

As well as providing grants and advice, Sunderland City Council’s Business Investment Team will support you with more practical business decisions, such as finding the right premises in the city. 

 

The range of support available is continually evolving, so visit www.investinsunderland.co.uk for more information about how Sunderland can give your business a better future. 

One of Sunderland’s most important assets is its people. The city’s ability to supply the demand for committed, hard-working people is second to none, and it means you can be confident that your business will succeed here. And, working with Sunderland’s award-winning college and university, we can develop the right courses to ensure that every business has access to people with the skills and expertise that their business needs.

 

Visit www.citysun.ac.uk for more information about City of Sunderland College, and www.sunderland.ac.uk to find out about the city’s university. 

Sunderland is a vibrant, forward-thinking city, offering a balanced lifestyle that would be hard to match anywhere else. With affordable housing and easy access to schools, shops and leisure facilities, Sunderland has a lot to offer as a place to work. This means that businesses based here boast a lifestyle offer that will help them attract and maintain high quality employees.

 

Visit www.visitsunderland.com to find out more about the city’s facilities, and www.sunderlandarc.co.uk for details of the exciting new developments underway in Sunderland.