Key Sectors
The City of Doncaster is undergoing transformational changes to its urban landscape and infrastructure.
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Doncaster's transformational changes are providing fantastic investment and re-location opportunities for office-based services.
The UK combined service industries include the following sectors:
Together they account for 80% of total UK economic output (Gross Value Added) in January – March 2021 (source: House of Commons Library). This gives a measure of how important office-based services are to the national and local economy.
Doncaster’s multi-modal transport connectivity offers excellent access cost benefits of being based in South Yorkshire to major conurbations, coastal ports and other parts of the UK and beyond, linking east to west and north to south.
An average of 67 trains travel every day to and from London, the Azuma trains make the journey in just 87 minutes.
Doncaster is home to two rail freight terminals, Railport and iPort Rail. Both offer state-of-the-art intermodal rail services and these facilities provide direct rail connections to all major UK ports and are. designed to handle a wide variety of cargo.
York | 20 mins |
Sheffield | 22 mins |
Leeds | 30 mins |
Manchester | 80 mins |
Newcastle | 83 mins |
London Kings Cross | 87 mins |
Birmingham | 88 mins |
Edinburgh | 178 mins |
At the heart of the UK’s motorway network with superb connections to the A1, M18 and M180, with links to the M1 and M62; over 6 million people live within a 45-minute drive of Doncaster.
The City of Doncaster Council has signed a 125-year lease that will help to ensure the future of the airport site with an ambition to return planes to the skies from the city.
Seven airports including East Midlands Airport and Manchester Airport are within two hours’ drive of Doncaster.
It embraces the creation of a Central Business District which benefits from direct access to the road network, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, and the East Coast mainline train station (which has just undergone a £7.5 million refurbishment).
The Cultural Quarter is just a stone’s throw away, featuring the new Doncaster Gallery, Library and Art Gallery and Museum, Cast theatre and a seven-screen cinema.
Add to that the recent £20 million investment in the Civic Offices and you will get a snapshot of what a fantastic place the city centre is to invest in locating office-based services.
This diverse choice of office space allows your office to grow with your business needs.
Flexible rentals are available, and with the average office rental price at around £10 per square foot, there is an affordable option to suit all stages of your business development.
There are also freehold and leasehold plots available for businesses that want to be able to create purpose-built office space.
My Pension Expert recently relocated into office premises in Doncaster city centre, see what Director, Andrew Megson, says about their move here.
The Business Doncaster team can provide help and support on which option would work best for you and your situation. Excellent networking opportunities are available for you to meet up with other local businesses to get a real feel for what it is like to be part of the Doncaster business community.
For more information contact Victoria Clark
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