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A 56.7-hectare (140-acre) business district at the heart of Wales’ capital city, Cardiff - the closest capital city to London but with significantly lower overheads.
Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone is a 140-acre (56.7-hectare) business district at the heart of the closest capital city to London, with considerably lower overheads.
- Closest capital to London, but with significantly lower Grade A office rental and salary costs.
- Low-cost, fast broadband via the UK’s fastest growing internet exchange.
- Large population base within commuting distance.
- An integrated public transport hub in the heart of the Zone.
- Supportive, devolved Government and proactive local authority.
- Locate alongside leading UK and International businesses such as Legal & General, SKY, RBS, Deloitte, and the BBC.
- Resilient utilities infrastructure.
- Local, secure data centres including a Tier 3 Data Centre.
- Three universities; three business schools, three law schools.
- Key sectors: Financial & Professional Services, ICT, Creative Industries.
Central Cardiff’s Enterprise Zone designation is testament to our ambition of confirming Cardiff as the UK’s premier business location after London.
It’s a sizeable ambition and we understand our role in realising it, through investment in and co-ordination of infrastructure and property development.
Thinking big has served Cardiff well. It’s a progressive city which has undergone an impressive physical transformation and spectacular economic growth over recent years:
- it has become home to world-class venues such as the Principality Stadium and Wales Millennium Centre, confirming it as a favourite city destination for tourists
- it offers a wide range of high-quality business space to meet the needs of modern business at very competitive occupational costs
- it offers the chance for inward investors to locate alongside leading UK and International businesses and institutions, including Legal & General, SKY, RBS, Deloitte, and the BBC
- it provides opportunities for new mixed-use investment and development to further enhance the Zone’s existing vibrancy, vitality, and sense of place
The area and sites in Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone
- Callaghan Square/Canal Parade.
- Capital Quarter.
- Cardiff Central Station.
- Central Square.
- Cardiff Interchange.
- Central Quay.
- John Street.
- Dumballs Road Sites.
Companies already located in Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone
- Legal & General.
- SKY.
- RBS.
- Deloitte.
- BBC.
Other strategic sites within or local to Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone
- Cardiff Waterside.
- Porth Teigr.
- Bute Avenue.
- Atlantic Wharf.
- Cardiff Docks.