“You've got a heart as loud as lions

So why let your voice be tamed?”

Emile Sandé

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There are lots of great

reasons to do business

in the North East

Here are some of them…

More than 65,000 people

work in the oil and gas sector…

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…and more than 70% of the oil and gas platforms

operating in the North Sea were built here

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The North East is home to the largest integrated

chemicals plant in the UK at Wilton in Teesside…

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…over 1400 companies operate in the sector

exporting £12bn of goods a year

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The Ports of Tees and Hartlepool are home to one

of the UK’s deepest river mouths…

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…and one of their dry docks is the

largest in the world

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Hitachi’s investment in the region will

create huge opportunities for companies in

the supply chain

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£38m National Biologics Manufacturing Centre

will be based in Darlington, keeping the UK ahead

in the global race for biologics

With 5 Universities offering world class teaching

& research, the region has innovation at its heart

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Middlesbrough College’s new £20m STEM Centre

will ensure excellence in training in respect of

science, technology, engineering and maths

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Durham Tees Valley Airport provides access to

over 70 worldwide destinations

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The Tees Valley is home to a multi-modal,

bio-freight fuel terminal...

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…bringing extra investment to increase our

industrial freight handling capacity

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Teesport is the second largest UK port

and offers close proximity to mainland Europe…

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…handling over 40 million tonnes

of cargo every year

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GREAT PEOPLE

A skilled, loyal and

flexible workforce

Our people are known for their passion

and friendliness

GREAT PEOPLE

A skilled, loyal and

flexible workforce

North East accents are regularly among the

top three favourite accents in the UK

James Arthur put Saltburn and the North East on

the map when he won X-Factor in 2012

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The North East is the only region in the UK with a

trade surplus, which stands at around £3bn

Exports to Australasia have

grown exponentially

Emirates Airline has now upgraded to a new

aircraft with 45% more capacity

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Regional businesses continue to succeed in

securing Regional Growth Fund support, including

the recent awarding of support to JDR Cables

Office costs are 50% lower than London

and 20% lower than Leeds & Manchester

Average house prices are

30% lower than the UK average

The Five Quarter Group is pioneering world

leading new techniques to burn and gasify coal

under the North Sea...

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…while capturing the carbon and processing

by-products such as synthetic gas

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Our location gives the shortest access to two

of the UK’s biggest planned offshore wind farms

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Energi Coast - A consortium of North East

businesses, has invested over £400m in the

offshore renewable energy market

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With space to grow and land to develop…

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…and the most beautiful and remote

countryside in England

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A £4bn visitor economy with attractions such as

World Heritage sites in Hadrian’s Wall

& Durham Cathedral

World famous, open-air museum Beamish has

been consistently recognised as one of the UK’s

top visitor attractions

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The region hosts Europe’s largest

half marathon…

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The region hosts Europe’s largest

half marathon…

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Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium hosted the

only public warm up match for Team GB before

the 2012 Olympic Games against Brazil

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Durham County Cricket Club’s involvement in the

international cricket programme, including the

Ashes, has put the region on the world map…

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carrying an economic impact approaching £20m

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The 12 concerts held at the Stadium of Light have

brought £42m to the North East economy…

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with an estimated 650,000 people

attending the concerts

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This year, 300,000 visitors came to Sunderland's

International Airshow as the biggest free annual

airshow in Europe reached its 25th

anniversary

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Spennymoor Town FC lift silverware at Wembley

on the biggest day in the Northern League club’s

history – winning the 2013 FA Vase

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Best of luck to our Tees

Valley members…

representing the North

East in the National

Chamber Awards in

November

There are lots of great

reasons to do business

in the North East

necc.co.uk/greatreasons

“You've got a heart as loud as lions

So why let your voice be tamed?”