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Did you know Nottingham is…

• A great place for business:


• Nottingham's economy is worth £12.3bn per year
• Nottingham has over 1.3 million people in it’s Journey to Work Area
• Nottingham is the 7th richest city in the UK
• Over £60 million committed to supporting businesses, entrepreneurs and developers to grow and invest in Nottingham
• A working age population of over 715,000 people
• Nottingham is home to over 50 national and international brands including Alliance Boots, Vision Express, Sports Direct, Capital One, E.on, Timico, Vodafone, Bakkavor and Rolls Royce
• Nottingham offers a highly cost competitive location from which to operate with savings typically between 5% and 7 % on national average salaries
• In 2009 Nottingham invested over £1 billion in ambitious development projects



• At the forefront of Creativity and Scientific Research:


• 54.8% of Greater Nottingham jobs were in the knowledge intensive industries compared to 53.7% nationally
• Nottingham is one of six designated as a Science Cities in the UK
• Nottingham is the UK’s Number 1 Energy City
• The Vice President of the European Union said that Nottingham's Creative Quarter is the "starting point for the third industrial revolution"
• Nottingham is a city of discovery with Ibuprofen, the MRI scanner, the Video Recorder and even the creation of HP Sauce as some of the inventions the city is famous for
• Nottingham's science sector is likely to grow by more than 15% and create nearly 20,000 jobs over the next 10 years
• BioCity Nottingham is one of Europe’s largest bioscience incubators which currently hosts around 70 companies and over 500 employees
• The home of the UK's first commercial solar photovoltaic centre of excellence
• A strong culture of design with its world-renowned lace manufacture, the design and construction of the Raleigh Chopper, the home of the world famous designer Paul Smith and more recently swimsuits designed by Speedo and worn by Olympic Gold Medallists



• A connected city:


• Situated in the heart of England, most of the country is accessible in around 2 hours due to excellent motorway & rail connections. Train: 90 minutes to London, four hours to Paris
• Nottingham is Britain's second best city for cycling
• Over £1 billion being invested in infrastructure projects across the city and county over the next 5 years
• £15 million is being invested in Nottingham's broadband infrastructure over next 3 years
• Nottingham’s tram system takes around 10 million passengers to their required destinations every year
• East Midlands Airport is on the doorstep of the city and has direct routes to many worldwide business destinations



• A fantastic place to live:


• Nottingham is a top five UK shopping destination
• Nottingham has a retail spend of £1.8 billion and attracts 35 million visitors each year
• Nottingham has two world-class universities with over 62,000 students
• There are 2.6 million people within 60 minutes of Nottingham – this is the same as Rome, Milton Keynes and Wolverhampton
• Nottingham one of the country's Top 20 locations for A-level results
• 210,000 students within 60 minutes of which 67,000 graduate annually
• Nottingham offers a vibrant mix of historic towns, rural villages and a world class city to ensure the area has something for everyone living here

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