Just like The Pinnacle, Milton Keynes is built for business.
Its location and transport links have already made it a magnet for businesses from all over the world, including the highest percentage of Japanese companies in the UK outside London.
Businesses of all kinds are attracted here for all kinds of reasons. It may be the low cost per square foot, which makes it an ideal location for back-office staff to be relocated out of London. It may be the opportunities for tailor-made development of second phase research and manufacturing facilities, situated midway between the two intellectual and research resources of Oxford and Cambridge.
But whatever the reasons, they are enough to encourage an average of five new businesses a month to move to Milton Keynes, to join the near 10,000 already here.
Here’s a brief list to give you some idea of the breadth and scale of the businesses located here:
- Retail: Asda Wal-Mart opened its biggest European store here in 2005
- Medical: The Spinal Injuries Association for spinal cord injured people has its £1.8m national headquarters here
- Leisure: Luminar Leisure – the largest operator of licensed late-night venues in the UK – has its new headquarters here
- Property: Rightmove – the company behind the UK’s leading property website – is based here, and has increased staff numbers by 50% in three months
- Tools and equipment: A leading global supplier of tools and equipment – Valley Industries Corp. from Paramount, California – has its European distribution centre here.
- Abbey, Argos, BP, Coca Cola Enterprises, Coutts Bank, DaimlerChrysler, Homebase, IKEA, KPMG, Suzuki GB, and VW Audi are just some of the blue chip companies with a major presence in Milton Keynes.