The Investment Team now has a dedicated Invest in Gloucestershire website, which also holds the commercial property database for the county.
The Investment Team can offer support services for companies relocating to Gloucestershire. These can range from hosting site visits, arranging for businesses to speak to local suppliers of products and services, providing economic and demographic information and optimising the links between the public and private sectors on issues such as planning, transport, sector development initiatives, recruitment etc.
Invest in Gloucestershire Annual Report 2008/9
2009 Inward Investment News:
Brooks Inspection Solutions, a US robotics engineering firm, has based its UK subsidiary at Barnwood in Gloucester, with the aim of creating up to 80 new jobs.
BAM UK, the Student Union Marketing Agency, has relocated to Cheltenham, creating 30 jobs for the local area.
London General Insurance, part of the Chicago-based Warranty Group has expanded its operation at Vantage Point Business Village, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, by taking on 10 new apprentices in 2009.
The move signifies the latest success for the former Xerox Distribution site, which has gone from strength to strength by attracting major investors, and as part of a sustained campaign by Gloucestershire First in partnership with the Forest of Dean District Council to facilitate the relocation in 2007/8