A Growth Prospectus for Norfolk, UKProduced by the Norfolk Growth Group

NorfolkExpertise & Opportunity

Norfolk: Great for lifestyle, Great for businessNorfolk is at the heart of East Anglia, bordering Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk and is less than two hours by road from London. The City of Norwich is the regional capital and is the county’s commercial, retail, leisure and cultural centre, while the wider Greater Norwich area is the engine of growth for the whole of the East of England.

Our key sectors, many of which are of national importance, are spearheading growth: the powerful energy hub on the east coast, advanced engineering and manufacturing strengths, together with world-class food, life-science and agri-tech expertise and a fast growing digital creative cluster. These sectors present attractive investment opportunities: plenty of space for businesses to start up and grow; quality, cost-effective, commercial property compared to London and the South East; as well as lower than average operating, property and living costs. All of which is underpinned by a comprehensive business support framework, vibrant business and sector networks and a stable skills base.

However, we aim to achieve this ambitious growth sustainably, protecting the green spaces, ‘big skies’, miles of sandy beaches and cultural attractions that are so popular with millions of tourists, as well as film-makers. This is Norfolk’s ‘second pay cheque’ – our enviable quality of life.

This prospectus has been produced by the Norfolk Growth Group - a collaboration of local authority CEOs, who provide a coordinated voice for economic development in the county, as well as shaping the growth plans of the Local Enterprise Partnership for Norfolk and Suffolk, ‘New Anglia’.

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Brugge

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Calais

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Connections Worldwide from Schiphol Airport,

Amsterdam

108 nautical miles

82 nautical miles

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Regular flights from Schiphol to Norwich Airport - flight time 40m

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A143

A12

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A148

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To Cambridge, the Midlands, Stansted & London

To Ipswich, Colchester & the South

To Ipswich

A47

A10

M11

A11

A11

Felixstowe

Harwich

Stansted

Cromer

SwaffhamRAF Marham

Wells-next-the-Sea

Long Stratton

Dereham

NorwichAirport &Aeropark

Hardwick Employment Park

Fakenham

Egmere

ConstructionIndustryTraining

Board North Walsham

Longwater

Wymondham

Hethel Technology Park

Nar OuseBusiness Park

SaddlebowIndustrial Estate

Bexwell Business Park

Rackheath

Scottow Enterprise Park

City CentreNorwich Research Park GREAT YARMOUTH

Beacon Park EZSouth Bradwell

Lowestoft

South Denes Enterprise ZoneGreat Yarmouth Energy Park

Snetterton

ThetfordEnterprise Park

Lodge Way

London

A17

A47A47

Broadland Business Park & Broadland Gate

To Lincolnshire, & the North

A17

TheHook

To the Midlands

M25

A11A14

A14

A12

A12

A47

A1

A1

M25

Kings Lynn

Norwich

Diss

Great Yarmouth

Stansted

London

Harwich

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We invite you to take a closer look at Norfolk and what we have to offer.

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We have highly ambitious plans for Norfolk - 57,000 more jobs, 5,300 new businesses and 73,000 more homes by 2026 - and our City Deal with Government will contribute significantly to achieving these plans.

A world class agri-tech and life science skills baseAgri-tech and life science have been identified by the Government as of national importance and one of the world’s fastest growing markets. Norfolk’s expertise in food, plant and health science, combined with an innovative farming community, offers business extraordinary potential to contribute to that growth.

Norwich Research Park (NRP) houses a unique cluster of organisations in the vanguard of global food and health research, including food security, healthier and more nutritious food, resilient crops and industrial biotechnology.

The Park is home to six leading research organisations employing over 3000 scientists (12,000 staff) at the John Innes Centre, Institute of Food Research, Sainsbury Laboratory, the Genome Analysis Centre and University of East Anglia (UEA). With the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich Medical School and School of Pharmacy the Park is perfectly placed for biomedical and clinical studies on health benefits.

The Park provides a laboratory and office accommodation for businesses at all stages in their growth cycle as well as 52 ha of development land for ‘build to suit’. Businesses located on Norwich Research Park not only benefit from high quality accommodation, but can take advantage of a complete range of technical and commercial support packages, as well as gaining facilitated access to the academic and clinical research expertise based within the institutions.

Businesses in the region cover a diverse range of specialisms including: • agri-tech (Eastern Attachments, Germains)• food processing technology (Thurne-middleby, a global provider of industrial food processing machines, Frank Dale Foods, the UK’s leading premium party food manufacturer) • food research (Food Forensics - the first laboratory in the UK to achieve UKAS accreditation focused on

combatting food fraud) • chemicals (Briar Chemicals, Jeyes, Sensient Industrial Colors) • drug, DNA and diagnostic testing (Anglia DNA, Key Forensic Services Ltd, Iceni Diagnostics, Intelligent Fingerprinting) • health technology (Baxter Healthcare, Bespak, Procarta Biosystems)

Many of our largest food processing companies – some world-leaders in their fields – employ highly skilled technologists and scientists who work closely with the science base on product development, food preservation and food safety.

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Why Norfolk?

■ A complete value chain, from sustainable agri-tech, through improved foods for health, to clinical benefits

■ Unique combination of food, health and environmental scientists, coupled with the capability for multi-disciplinary research

■ Laboratory and office space and support for businesses to start up and grow at the heart of this life science research super-cluster

■ UEA ranked 3rd in the UK, after Oxford and Cambridge, for the impact of its research in Life Sciences (Leiden ranking 2014)

■ The most profitable, efficient and productive farms in the UK, willing to embrace technology and lead the way in agri-tech development

A diverse advanced manufacturing and engineering capabilityFrom Formula 1 to food processing, this sector employs 10,000 people (10.3% of the workforce vs 9.5% nationally), and is hungry for more. More than 100 automotive engineering and related advanced manufacturing companies form growing clusters along the A11 corridor between Thetford and Norwich, whilst other towns, such as King’s Lynn and Fakenham, are also substantial manufacturing centres.

Cutting edge automotive engineering companies include Group Lotus, Zenos Cars, Multimatic and F1 Beru, while electronics giants include Syfer Technologies (leaders in advanced ceramic chips worldwide), API Technologies (who build electronics for NASA, the European Space Agency and Eurofighter), Cooper Roller Bearings, MSI Defence Systems and Ardagh. There is also a wealth of plastics manufacturers, such as UCP, Merit and Coda.

As a maritime county, which is also home to Europe’s largest inland waterways, there is a very strong marine cluster, with companies such as Landamores (builders of Oyster yachts), Alicat Workboats, Seajacks, Jeckells, Broom Boats, Haines Marine, Seaglaze and Trend Marine. Many are leaders in their field, thriving in Norfolk, while competing in a global market.

Other specialisms include ‘clean-tech’, environmental engineering and marine/energy engineering in Great Yarmouth and Wells-next-the-Sea/Egmere and an emerging aviation-related cluster centred around Norwich International Airport, KLM UK Engineering and Air Livery. The cluster seeks to support the growth in the overhaul, maintenance, refurbishment and repair of aircraft and is supported by the Norwich International Aviation Academy.

Many of Norfolk’s manufacturing employers – especially those in food and related processing – are experiencing significant growth and this is expected to be sustained.

Bernard Matthews, Kettle Foods (Kettle Chips), Kinnerton Confectionery, Pasta Foods and Hain Daniels (producing Linda McCartney products and the Sainsbury’s ‘Taste the Difference’ dessert range) are notable examples.

The sector is supported by the Hethel Centre, the region’s advanced manufacturing/engineering hub, which has ambitions to become a Technology Park - similar to the Norwich Research Park for biosciences - aiming to develop 2,200 skilled engineering jobs as well as additional business incubation space.

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Why Norfolk?

■ Wide range of engineering/manufacturing specialisms, including companies that are global leaders in their field

■ Extensive supply chain and skills base, especially in automotive, marine engineering and composites

■ Easy access to markets, with the A11, recently benefiting from multi-million pound improvements, offering swift access to Cambridge, London, the M4 Corridor and the motorsports cluster in the South Midlands

■ Room to start up and grow, including 20 ha at Hethel; 70 ha centred on Norwich International Airport, its business park and aviation Aeropark; and over 120 ha at Snetterton and Thetford

■ Excellent track record for helping businesses start up and grow, eg. 93% success rate at Hethel Centre

Why Norfolk?

■ Over 50 years’ oil and gas experience, with skills transferable to emerging sectors

■ Rapidly expanding offshore wind capability at Great Yarmouth, supported by servicing at Wells-next-the-Sea/Egmere on the North Norfolk coast

■ An internationally competitive and spacious business location: Assisted Area Status and the Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft Enterprise Zone, providing business rates relief worth up to £275,000 over five years, superfast broadband and almost 122 ha of development land. All at the heart of one of England’s six national Centres of Offshore Renewable Engineering

■ EastPort, Great Yarmouth’s deep water harbour, is near the majority of the offshore wind sites, with huge potential as a supplier base, and offers the shortest sea crossing from England to the Netherlands.

A comprehensive energy offer, with a long history

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Great Yarmouth has been the centre of the Southern North Sea production of oil and gas for more than 50 years, including as a leading centre for installing and servicing Southern North Sea gas platforms. This expertise means the town is ideally positioned to lead the decommissioning sector. While Great Yarmouth is Norfolk’s energy success story, there is also growth in the Norwich area, with a particular cluster around Norwich International Airport, which is England’s busiest heliport. In addition, over on the North Norfolk coast, the Bacton Gas Terminal supplies over 30% of the country’s gas and links the UK with supplies from across Europe.

The county’s long-standing energy skills are readily transferable to offshore energy, which is estimated to be worth more than £50bn in the coming years. Norfolk has the potential to expand its role as a major supplier of the UK’s energy needs and companies such as Perenco, Aquaterra Energy and Acteon export their innovation and knowledge around the world.

They are part of a cluster of around 400 businesses, and 20,000 highly skilled staff, focussed around England’s premier offshore energy centre at Gt Yarmouth and Lowestoft – the ‘East of England Energy Zone’ and one of only six national ‘Centres of Offshore Renewable Engineering’ (CORE) in England promoted by the UK Government for renewable energy manufacturing investment.

Making the most of this potential, an energy-related Enterprise Zone includes sites in both towns and aims to deliver 1400 direct (1000 indirect) jobs, 60,000m2 of development space and 80 new businesses. Zone incentives include business rates relief worth up to £275,000 over five years, simplified planning regulations and central Government support for the provision of super-fast broadband.

In addition, the whole of the built up area of Great Yarmouth is designated as a Tier 2 Assisted Area, meaning businesses of all sizes are eligible to receive funding above the state aid ‘de minimis’ limit – subject to availability.

The benefits of the Zone and the CORE status are also being felt in Wells-next-the-Sea and Egmere, on the North Norfolk coast, which are playing an increasing role as a service port.

There is also scope for supporting tidal, biomass and biofuel production and British Sugar has established the UK’s first bioethanol plant at Wissington, in Norfolk.

Our underpinning sectors

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Financial Services Financial and business services make the largest privatesector contribution to Norfolk’s economy, with over 640companies, 180 in Norwich alone. Norwich is also one ofthe largest general insurance centres in Europe. The sector has also expanded to the nearby Broadland Business Park, with Aviva having a major base there, as well as in the city centre, together with Royal Bank of Scotland. Other leading companies include Marsh, Virgin Money, The One Account, Tax Assist and Moneyfacts.

The sector’s need for skilled employees led to theestablishment of the Financial Services Academy, run by City College Norwich, the first of its kind in the country. Further support is provided by the University of East Anglia (UEA), currently in the top 1% of universities globally. Its top-ranking Business School and School of Actuarial Sciences offer degrees and postgraduate qualifications in accounting, finance and management.

Digital Creative The Government’s 2015 Tech City report recognisesa vibrant digital creative sector focussed on Norwich and Great Yarmouth, which has seen new business growth of21% between 2010 and 2013. A further 1,000 jobs should also result from the Greater Norwich City Deal. Sector specialisms include telecoms and networks, advertising and marketing and software development.

This dynamic cluster includes companies such as Proxama (worldwide platform provider of mobile contactless payment solutions), FXHome (global supplier of visual effects products), Foolproof (Europe’s biggest user experience design specialist) and Further (voted the UK’s no.1 agency for Digital Strategy and Content Strategy 2014).

A key driver for the growth is the strong supply ofcreative graduates coming out of Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) and UEA. Joint work between the UEA School of Computing and NUA has led to a distinctive strength in computer games. A wide range of networks exists to support the sector, such as SyncNorwich (which has over 750 members) and meet-up group, Hot Source.

Tourism and Culture Tourism supports more than 54,000 jobs and contributesalmost £2.8bn to the local economy. The sector is underpinned by a range of local tourism organisations, under the umbrella of www.VisitNorfolk.co.uk

Visitors and residents love the miles of unspoilt beaches (and seaside fun of Great Yarmouth!), the grandeur of the Queen’s estate at Sandringham, the understated beauty of the Brecks and the unique Norfolk Broads National Park.

Norwich, which regularly features in the UK’s top 10 retail shopping centres, has a lively cultural scene, and became England’s first UNESCO City of Literature in 2012. It also offers an unrivalled experience of old and new, set within the most complete mediaeval city in Britain, yet home to iconic modern buildings designed by Michael Hopkins and Norman Foster.

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Ireland

Germany

Norway

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Rotterdam

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Amsterdam

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France

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Connections Worldwide from Schiphol Airport,

Amsterdam

108 nautical miles

82 nautical miles

82 nautical miles

Regular flights from Schiphol to Norwich Airport - flight time 40m

ins

A146

A143

A12

A134

A148

A149

A14A14

A14

A140

A140

To Cambridge, the Midlands, Stansted & London

To Ipswich, Colchester & the South

To Ipswich

A47

A10

M11

A11

A11

Felixstowe

Harwich

Stansted

Cromer

SwaffhamRAF Marham

Wells-next-the-Sea

Long Stratton

Dereham

NorwichAirport &Aeropark

Hardwick Employment Park

Fakenham

Egmere

ConstructionIndustryTraining

Board North Walsham

Longwater

Wymondham

Hethel Technology Park

Nar OuseBusiness Park

SaddlebowIndustrial Estate

Bexwell Business Park

Rackheath

Scottow Enterprise Park

City CentreNorwich Research Park GREAT YARMOUTH

Beacon Park EZSouth Bradwell

Lowestoft

South Denes Enterprise ZoneGreat Yarmouth Energy Park

Snetterton

ThetfordEnterprise Park

Lodge Way

London

A17

A47A47

Broadland Business Park & Broadland Gate

To Lincolnshire, & the North

A17

TheHook

To the Midlands

M25

A11A14

A14

A12

A12

A47

A1

A1

M25

Kings Lynn

Norwich

Diss

Great Yarmouth

Stansted

London

Harwich

A11

Felixstowe

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2hr 47mins

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1hr 25mins

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1hr 30minsto London

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Ipswich

Downham Market

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Cambridge

A47

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Norfolk’s major growth locations

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Other commercial assets

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www.locatenorfolk.com

Call +44 (0)344 800 8020Email info@locatenorfolk.com

Produced by the Norfolk Growth Group

UnitedKingdom

Ireland

Germany

Norway

Denmark

Norfolk

Netherlands

Belgium

France

English Channel

Antwerpen

Rotterdam

Brugge

Zeebrugge

Calais

Amsterdam

Ijmuiden

Lille

South North Sea

France

Netherlands

Belgium

Connections Worldwide from Schiphol Airport,

Amsterdam

108 nautical miles

82 nautical miles

82 nautical miles

Regular flights from Schiphol to Norwich Airport - flight time 40m

ins

A146

A143

A12

A134

A148

A149

A14A14

A14

A140

A140

To Cambridge, the Midlands, Stansted & London

To Ipswich, Colchester & the South

To Ipswich

A47

A10

M11

A11

A11

Felixstowe

Harwich

Stansted

Cromer

SwaffhamRAF Marham

Wells-next-the-Sea

Long Stratton

Dereham

NorwichAirport &Aeropark

Hardwick Employment Park

Fakenham

Egmere

ConstructionIndustryTraining

Board North Walsham

Longwater

Wymondham

Hethel Technology Park

Nar OuseBusiness Park

SaddlebowIndustrial Estate

Bexwell Business Park

Rackheath

Scottow Enterprise Park

City CentreNorwich Research Park GREAT YARMOUTH

Beacon Park EZSouth Bradwell

Lowestoft

South Denes Enterprise ZoneGreat Yarmouth Energy Park

Snetterton

ThetfordEnterprise Park

Lodge Way

London

A17

A47A47

Broadland Business Park & Broadland Gate

To Lincolnshire, & the North

A17

TheHook

To the Midlands

M25

A11A14

A14

A12

A12

A47

A1

A1

M25

Kings Lynn

Norwich

Diss

Great Yarmouth

Stansted

London

Harwich

A11

Felixstowe

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34minsto Cambridge

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Ipswich

Downham Market

NORWICH

KING’S LYNN

Cambridge

A47

M11

Norfolk’s strategic connections

Key Locations Airports PortsTravel times measured to Norwich unless stated otherwise

Map layout for illustrative purposes only

Photographs by kind permission of: Lauren Bailey, Mike Page, The Forum Trust, Kieron Tovell, Hethel Innovation Ltd, Pete Huggins, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich University of the Arts, Seajacks UK, VisitNorfolk, Go Ape, Zenos cars