One NorthEast and

the NorthEast of England

Inward Investment and Aftercare

2009
The North East Facts and Figures

• 
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Area 9000 sq.km
Population 2.6m
 Working Population 1.03m
 Commercial Capital - Newcastle-upon-
Tyne
 Cities – Newcastle, Gateshead,
Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Durham
 More than 500 leading global companies
are located in the region
 North East England
Facts & Figures

 Average salaries 14% below national average

 Productivity above national average

 Low staff turnover

 Home to 600 overseas companies

 43% of manufacturing output exported

Key Roles

RDAs have five statutory objectives:

 To further economic development and regeneration
 To promote business efficiency and competitiveness
 To promote employment
 To enhance the development and application of skills relevant to
employment
 To contribute to sustainable development
One Objective

MISSION – “To achieve a sustainable and globally competitive economy for the North East
whilst providing a great environment for people to live and work.”

VISION – “To be recognised as the best economic regeneration agency in the UK with the
most talented people.”

STRATEGY – “In partnership with others, deliver efficient and effective business outcomes,
through quality people working in an inclusive environment where they feel valued and
can give of their best.”
North East Strategy for Success

Physical
Centres
Key Business Sectors
Healthcare & Energy & Processing
Health Science
Leadership
Environment
Regional
Technologies
Leadership
 Automotive
Council Partnership Council  Bioscience
Cels/ICfL NaREC CPI Business services
Chemicals
Digital media
Council
Industry Private
Finance
Science & Engineering/Defence
Cluster Cluster Cluster
Food processing
Centre for
Enabling eBusiness Management
Offshore Technology
Design NStar
Technology
(Cenamps)
(Codeworks) Skills
Pharmaceuticals
Renewable energies/
Universities
Environment
City Regions Software
 Healthcare and Life Sciences

 Worth £4bil in NE England

 Home to 5000 related Businesses
 Employs 172,500 people
 Tees Valley- 33% of UK’s pharmaceutical GDP
 Expertise in:
 Stem cell and regenerative medicine
 Oncology
 Genetics
 Plant Biology
 Infectious diseases
 Systems and Cell biology
 Diagnostic and medical devices
 Ageing and Health
 Biopharmaceutical process development

 North East Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) R&D and commercialisation with Universities of Newcastle and
Durham and the NHS. www.nesci.ac.uk
 Centre of Excellence for Life Science (CELS) at the International Centre for life- the UK’s first biotech
village. www.celsatlife.com
 Home to; Sanofi-Aventis, GSK, Merck Sharp & Dohme
 Automotive and Advanced
Manufacturing

 NE produces 1 in every 5 cars in UK

 Employs 26,000 people
 Sunderland is an established venue for the worldwide industry’s International Automotive Conference
 £10mil Printable Electronics Technology Centre (PETEC)- revolutionary ‘flexible’ plastic electronics
technology.
 The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in the Tees Valley www.uk-cpi.com develops products,
processes, services and businesses in the process and manufacturing sectors.
 £30mil MAS-NEPA Project-transfer of skills
 Investors such as Nissan, Smith Electric Cars and Tanfield Group, Caterpillar, Komatsu, TRW,
Calsonic Kansai, Cummins Diesel UK, Faurecia, Johnson Controls, NSK Bearings
 Institute of Automotive and Manufacturing Advanced Practice Sunderland University w
ww.amap.sunderland.ac.uk
 The Centre for Automotive Research Durham University. Road vehicle aerodynamics, Hybrid
vehicles, Acoustic and stress analysis www.dur.ac.uk/car
 The New and Renewable Energy Group is studying hybrid electric arrangements, particularly on
electrically-aided turbo-chargers www.dur.ac.uk/Engineering/nareg/projects.htm
Energy and Low Carbon Technologies

• Worth £900m in NE England

• Employs 8,000 people
• NE home to leading edge research in wind and solar energy
• New and Renewables Energy Centre (NaREC) in Blyth is a major player in helping the UK achieve it’s
ambitious energy targets www.narec.co.uk
• The North East Subsea industry is a UK centre of excellence and has a combined turnover of over
£500mil per yr
• UK’s biggest biomass power station at Wilton international on Teesside which produces 30MW of
power. www.wiltoninternational.co.uk
• Durham University is currently leading a £6.3mil programme to develop affordable solar panels from
sustainable materials.
• Investment from giants such as:
• Shell
• Yanmar- developing its 100% bio diesel heat and power system
• Clipper Windpower- developing the worlds largest wind turbine
 Chemicals

 Well-established, globally significant cluster

 Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) based in Teesside recognised by the UK Government as
an example of best practice for market-led innovation. www.uk-cpi.com
 20% of UK’s production capacity for process industries is based in the North East
 58% of UK petrochemical industry
 35% of UK pharmaceuticals industry
 Worth £9bil of GDP in region including 33% of UK pharmaceutical GDP.
 North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) represents 500 members across the
pharmaceutical, speciality, biotechnology, Speciality, Fine, Polymer, Rubber, Petrochemical
&Commodity Chemical sectors.
 National Skills Academy for Process Industries in Teesside
 Wilton International has special development status so can be used for heavy industrial
purposes such as chemical processing. www.wiltoninternational.co.uk
 Export- largest UK chemical handing port at Teesport
 Home to 200 chemical, pharmaceutical, speciality and biotechnology companies in the region
employing 34,000 including:
 Sabic, Dow, Petroplus, Sanofi-Aventis, SSL International, Lundbeck, Huntsman
 A Further 450 companies involved in the supply chain including; Baker Petrolite, BASF,
Dupont, Elementis and Invista.
 The companies generate in excess of £10bil sales and employ 40,000 people
 Tees Valley is home to UK’s largest petrochemical complex and Europe’s biggest
hydrogen network.
 Key pipeline infrastructure- BOC received £100mil investment in last 3yrs
 Digital and Media Animation

 The new media, games and interactive software sector has an annual turnover of £256mil
 Centred in Tees Valley and Middlesbrough
 Highest number of new technology sector start ups outside London Teesside University’s institute
of Digital Innovation- 50 new start ups
 £10mil investment
 University of Teesside ranked among top 20 in 3D world’s global animation league.
 Over past year, DigitalCity project on Teesside has helped 44 successful companies to launch,
trade and continue trading, creating over 300 jobs
 North East companies are involved in creating games used on many platforms such as Playstation
and Xbox
 Ground breaking companies based in the region include; Eutechnyx, UK Haptics and Qurios.
 The new BohoZone will foster a thriving digital and creative quarter in the heart of Middlesbrough.
University Expertise-Academic & Industrial

 University of Newcastle -Nanotechnology, cancer research, ageing & health, energy & environment,
engineering, stem cell technology, human genetics

 University of Durham -Engineering, biological sciences, stem cell & regenerative medicine,
infectious diseases, renewable energy

 University of Teesside -Computing, applied science, process innovation, forensics

 University of Northumbria -Design, health & social care, forensic technology, advanced materials,
photovoltaic's, cognitive neuroscience

 University of Sunderland -Automotive & manufacturing, electronics, biological science,

pharmacology
 Financial Assistance

 Grant for Business Investment (GBI)-The GBI funding programme is administered by One NorthEast on
behalf of the UK Government and is available to overseas-owned companies opening a new facility,
expanding or modernising an existing plant in the Assisted Areas of Great Britain – of which the North East
is a primary location. The major industrial and commercial areas of North East England are currently
eligible for SFI.

 Assistance is usually given in the form of a grant. The value of the grant is based on a project's capital
expenditure costs and the number & quality of jobs it is expected to create or safeguard. Grant is
negotiated as the minimum necessary to enable the project to go ahead in the form proposed. Eligible
costs include land purchase; site preparation and buildings; plant and machinery. Other costs such as
patent rights, professional fees, installation and reinstallation of machinery may also qualify.
For further information on One Northeast's GBI programme please visit the following website: http://
www.onenortheast.co.uk/page/gbi.cfm

R&D Grant – Individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may obtain grants towards the
costs associated with the research and development of technologically innovative products and processes.
The R&D grant ranges in scale from micro-projects of £20,000 up to £500,000 for larger scale prototype
projects. Individuals, small or medium-sized businesses that are setting up a business are eligible.
For further information please visit the following website: http://
www.onenortheast.co.uk/page/business/finance/grd.cfm

R&D Tax Credits – Available to companies which are entitled to a deduction from their taxable income of
130% of qualified expenditure on R&D activities when calculating their profit for tax purposes.
For further information please visit the following website: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/randd/intro.htm
Transport

 Airports - There are two international airports in the North East of England - Newcastle
and Durham Tees Valley. Scheduled flights are offered to Heathrow, Gatwick, and
Stansted taking less than one hour, as well as other UK locations. European destinations
served by scheduled services include Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam (Schiphol), Dusseldorf
and Geneva as well as other international locations such as Dubai
 Road - The North East of England is well served with an excellent network of roads,
forming part of the main road network in the UK, which is one of the most comprehensive
in Europe, and is being continuously upgraded and improved. The region is situated on
the main A1 motorway standard carriageway from London to Edinburgh
 Rail - The North East is also connected to the national rail network with regular trains
down to London every 45 minutes.
 Sea - One of only a few deep water tidal facilities in the UK, Teesport is the UK’s second-
largest port, the UK’s largest chemicals and Europe’s second largest petrochemicals port
accommodating ships up to 50,000dwt. Over the last three years, a £20m investment
programme has brought improvements to road, rail and Ro-Ro facilities and cargo
handled includes liquid, oil, gas and unitised traffic. Together with Teesport, the North
East also has deep water port facilities at the Port of Tyne and Port of Blyth.
Quality of Life

 The beauty of North East England is that it has excellent access to city, coast and countryside.
 The region’s beautiful coast and countryside includes: the Northumberland National Park; two World
Heritage Sites (Durham Cathedral and Castle, and Hadrian’s Wall).
 North East England is home to two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (The North Pennines and
Northumberland Coast); two areas of coastline designated as Heritage Coast; and Western Europe’s
largest reservoir – all within easy reach of the region’s urban centres.
 The region boasts a number of fantastic restaurants from bustling city centre brasseries, lively café-
bars and fashionable family-friendly bistros.
 Gateshead's MetroCentre is Europe's largest shopping centre with over 300 stores
 In the south of the region, mima, the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, displays work by
Hockney, Emin, Frink and Epstein.
Investment and Aftercare

 I&A team provides a single point of contact giving access to a network of local knowledge and
expertise, the latest market intelligence and opportunities for funding.

 Team supports three strands of activity:

 New Investment
 Re-investment from existing companies
 Technology Investment

 Types of projects we support are:

 Inward Investment
 R&D Collaborations
 Technology Transfer/Translation
 Joint Ventures
 Mergers & Acquisitions (where appropriate)
 Aftercare/ Investor Development Programme

 Team is geographically focussed representing:

 Europe and UK, North America and Australasia, Japan and India, China, and Korea
Investment and Aftercare Track Record

 Over the last 15 years:

 600 international investment projects
 87,000 jobs created / safeguarded
 $14.4 billion of capital expenditure

 Investors by continent:
 Asia Pacific 108
 North America
Canada 12
USA 195
 Europe 252
International Market Presence
Some Major Companies
 Thanks

 Please look to this link for further in formation

http://www.northeastengland.co.uk/