We are a place to Invest

Staffordshire can help you achieve whatever you want to.

It’s a combination of factors that make Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent such an exceptional choice. For investors and developers, it offers an attractive investment opportunity. Businesses that move to the county can look forward to excellent connectivity both geographically and technologically, together with unrivalled value and incomparable growth prospects. And for people who put down roots here, the quality of life, culture, attractions, low cost of living and world class education and skills training are unlike anywhere else.

A connectedCounty

international airports

within an hour’s drive

Fast rail links

1hr 15mins to London

motorways

across Staffordshire

Gigabit

connectivity by 2030, with 85% already in place

A Place ofOpportunity

£1.6bn

of private sector investment unlocked to developed 19 infrastructure developments along the A50/A500 corridor – a transformational economic opportunity

Global

businesses such as JCB, Bombadier, Jaguar Land Rover. Moog, Wedgwood, GivEnergy and Michelin

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of BREEAM Excellent innovation space – just part of our high quality start-up, innovation and grow-on opportunities liaising with world-class academics

increase in those with higher skills at degree or above – more than 80,000 since 2011

of planned investment for bustling and vibrant towns from Government funding

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A Place to CallHome

lower average house prices than the West Midlands or Cheshire

Only county with a National Park (Peak District), National Landscape (Cannock Chase) and the National Forest

of Staffordshire schools are rated Good or Outstanding by OFSTED

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heritage attractions and historic properties

Keele University has Europe’s largest single integrated smart energy network demonstrator

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of the UK population

within two hours

M1 and M6

motorways flank either side of the county

A50/A500

Running through the county

Port access

From Liverpool

“With superb universities and flourishing industry that is keen to network and partner, I am struck by the diverse opportunities that this wonderful county has to offer young people and families.”

Michael Getty
Headmaster, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Independent Day School

A Place to Thrive Invest in Staffordshire