Newport has an impressive inward investment and re-investment track record, especially in electronics and other manufacturing, distribution and logistics, financial/business services and public sector relocations.

The city ranks third in a Lambert Smith Hampton study of the best office locations outside London and seventh out of 100 UK cities for robust economic growth to 2020. It is undergoing massive transformation through a £2 billion regeneration programme offering significant business opportunities.

The FT’s supplement Doing Business in Newport (opens new website) and The Times supplement Newport Transformed outline Newport’s many benefits as a business location.

Who’s here

Company relocations and investments here include Admiral, GoCompare,com, Wales and West Utilities, Quinn Radiators, Ministry of Justice Service Shared Service Centre, Office for National Statistics and Cassidian to name a few.

View Who’s Here or watch our short film to see why companies find Newport a great place to invest (opens new website)

The Newport Offer

Follow the links below to see how Newport offers investors a powerful combination of:

Excellent Communications

A strategic location on the M4 with easy road and rail access to London, the south east of England and the Midlands...

Skilled Workforce

A university city and a labour catchment of 479,000 within a thirty minute drive and 1.6 million people living within an hour’s drive...

Property and Sites

A portfolio of readily available competitively priced buildings and sites, including high quality business parks...

Enviable Quality of Life

Housing at affordable prices, high standards of education, multi-million pound investment in the city centre, proximity to the Welsh capital of Cardiff and some of the country’s most beautiful countryside...

Financial Assistance

Contact Us

Contact Janine Dance on (01633) 233248 or Rob Frowen on (01633) 232556 to discuss your requirements, or email inward.investment@newport.gov.uk

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