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Welcome to Eastbourne
Derek Godfrey SELEP East Sussex - Vice Chair
Eastbourne & District Chamber of Commerce Exec Board Director with Portfolio for Economic Development
Eastbourne – Perception
• Award-winning seaside town• Beachy Head• Tourism• Old people• The odd conference
True
• 4.9 million visitors• Worth £346 million to
local business economy• Second fastest growing
UK seaside resort• Sunniest place in the UK
Demographics• Average age = national average age• High numbers of young people• Working age population of 54,000• 43% employed public sector• High proportion work force qualified to Level 4+• (GVA) growth 2000-2010
higher than regional & national
averages
Eastbourne - position in East Sussex and SELEP
• Largest ‘single town’ economy in East Sussex
• Eastbourne seen as the economic driver for East Sussex
• Identified as strategic growth location by LEP
Eastbourne Eastbourne has a clutch of highly has a clutch of highly successful businessessuccessful businesses
GardnersBooks
VeritekGlobal
Teva Pharmaceuticals
HMD Kontro
& Alfa
Laval Pumps
West End
Studios
• Excellent work life balance• Geographical proximity• Skills and first class
education facilities• Growing Enterprise culture
Eastbourne has components to facilitate successful business
Investment in Eastbourne business
• Investment to improve our commercial property offer
• Support of Government• Better roads• Eastbourne will deal with the rest!
Eastbourne ideally placed to grow business. We just need:
This is where we are:
will you join us?
Eastbourne
is open for business