Economic Profile

Peterborough city has ambitious growth plans. It is well-placed, both logistically and geographically, and has a diverse work-force and robust infrastructure to flourish. Most importantly Peterborough’s can-do attitude extends to exploring new and innovative ways of attracting investment and growth – to build a better city for the future.

Peterborough has previously been identified as one of the country’s ‘hotspots’ for new businesses and despite the economic uncertainty of the recession, companies are both investing and expanding in Peterborough. In the last six months, Royal Sun Alliance, Tesco, Van Hage and the Stobart Group are just some of the companies to either come to Peterborough or expand their operations. Due to its fantastic infrastructure, companies such as Amazon, which came to Peterborough on a temporary basis, have recently decided to stay here permanently. This has created around 1400 jobs for local people.

The statistics in the report give a brief picture of the local economy, suggesting Peterborough is a city with huge potential and a dynamic, growing business base offering real advantages for relocating companies.

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