Economy & Lifestyle
The West of England is one of the UK’s premier business locations. Made up of the successful cities of Bristol and Bath together with Weston-super-Mare and other key centres, the West of England area is highly regarded for its excellent connectivity, business strengths, good access to markets, recruitment of qualified staff and an excellent quality of life.
Existing strengths and projected contributions to the regional and national economy have enabled the West of England to become a UK Growth Point, in 2005, the accolade of Science City, one of only 6 English cities recognised for their outstanding role in this sector. More recently Bristol has been recognised for its aspiration to lead in the development of a low carbon economy and, in November 2007, benefited along with Leeds and Manchester from a central Government grant to take forward a citywide action plan.
For an in-depth analysis of the West of England economy visit the Intelligence West website.
