BETTER CONNECTEDIn Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, you’ll be

to your customers, wherever they are. Most major UK cities are within a 3 hour drive and can be reached in legal HGV driver hours. There are also four international airports and the rapidly expanding superport at Liverpool all within an hour’s drive.

DISTRIBUTION HUB

Thanks to the area’s connected location, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is home to a significant number of national and international distribution centres, including JCB, Boots, ASDA, Screwfix, Unilever and Culina Logistics. FedEx has its UK headquarters in Staffordshire, as well as its national parcel sorting centre.

JCB has also created its World Logistics Centre in a 383,000 sq ft warehouse in North Staffordshire to serve UK plants and factories in Germany and Brazil. International parcel delivery company dpd (Geopost) have invested in a major new distribution centre in Stoke as have furnishing retailer Dunelm.

ONLINE RETAIL AND ECOMMERCE

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is fast-becoming a location of choice for online retailers. eCommerce businesses including Argos and Amazon have national fulfilment operations based here.

In Burton-on-Trent, the national fulfilment centre for Superdry owner SuperGroup supports UK and international internet operations.

Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Rugeley employs more than 1,000 people and in 2014 they doubled the capacity of the facility with a major expansion.

LOGISTICS SITES

Having so many logistics-friendly sites (Chatterley Valley, Trentham Lakes, Hadleigh Park, Meaford Business Park, Kingswood Lakeside Employment Park, Bericote Four Ashes, Lichfield Park, Fradley Park/ProLogis Park Lichfield and Centrum 100) near to major roads and motorways including the M6, M6 Toll and the M1 accessed via the M42, A42 and the A50, makes it easy to serve national customers from a base in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

STOKE-ON-TRENT AND STAFFORDSHIRE IS

HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRES

DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire’s central location and excellent transport links make it an ideal distribution and logistics hub, with

optimum road, rail and air connectivity that puts your clients and suppliers in the UK, Europe and around the world within easy reach.

T 00 44 (0)300 111 8005 E enquiries@makeitstokestaffs.co.uk W makeitstokestaffs.co.uk

WHAT THE LOCALS SAYThe UK’s largest independent parcel carrier, APC Overnight, provides a next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its headquarters in Staffordshire and depots nationwide.

Jonathan Smith, CEO at APC Overnight, commented:

“ We have over 115 independent delivery firms feeding into our national sortation centre every night, so the great road links boasted by our central facility mean that we’re not only able to process and dispatch thousands of parcels efficiently, but we’ve also been able to grow our business extremely effectively over the last 21 years.

With simple links to so many of the country’s major motorways and an extremely committed workforce, Staffordshire really is a fantastic location for any logistics-based organisation.”

FLEXIBLE AND SKILLED WORKFORCE

With major logistics operators in the area, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire offers a workforce that has the necessary skills and experience required by the sector.

A large local student population of almost 31,000 provides an additional workforce for unsociable hours and peak periods, providing firms with additional flexibility.

APC Overnight, the UK’s largest independant parcel carrier provides next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its Staffordshire headquaters.

OUR NEW 525,000 SQ FT DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

IN STOKE WILL CREATE OVER 100 NEW JOBS AND

DOUBLE OUR STORAGE CAPACITY. ITS LOCATION,

INFRASTRUCTURE AND TALENT POOL MADE STOKE

A NATURAL CHOICE.

Steve Barton Director of Property Dunelm

BETTER CONNECTEDIn Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, you’ll be

to your customers, wherever they are. Most major UK cities are within a 3 hour drive and can be reached in legal HGV driver hours. There are also four international airports and the rapidly expanding superport at Liverpool all within an hour’s drive.

DISTRIBUTION HUB

Thanks to the area’s connected location, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is home to a significant number of national and international distribution centres, including JCB, Boots, ASDA, Screwfix, Unilever and Culina Logistics. FedEx has its UK headquarters in Staffordshire, as well as its national parcel sorting centre.

JCB has also created its World Logistics Centre in a 383,000 sq ft warehouse in North Staffordshire to serve UK plants and factories in Germany and Brazil. International parcel delivery company dpd (Geopost) have invested in a major new distribution centre in Stoke as have furnishing retailer Dunelm.

ONLINE RETAIL AND ECOMMERCE

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is fast-becoming a location of choice for online retailers. eCommerce businesses including Argos and Amazon have national fulfilment operations based here.

In Burton-on-Trent, the national fulfilment centre for Superdry owner SuperGroup supports UK and international internet operations.

Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Rugeley employs more than 1,000 people and in 2014 they doubled the capacity of the facility with a major expansion.

LOGISTICS SITES

Having so many logistics-friendly sites (Chatterley Valley, Trentham Lakes, Hadleigh Park, Meaford Business Park, Kingswood Lakeside Employment Park, Bericote Four Ashes, Lichfield Park, Fradley Park/ProLogis Park Lichfield and Centrum 100) near to major roads and motorways including the M6, M6 Toll and the M1 accessed via the M42, A42 and the A50, makes it easy to serve national customers from a base in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

STOKE-ON-TRENT AND STAFFORDSHIRE IS

HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRES

DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire’s central location and excellent transport links make it an ideal distribution and logistics hub, with

optimum road, rail and air connectivity that puts your clients and suppliers in the UK, Europe and around the world within easy reach.

T 00 44 (0)300 111 8005 E enquiries@makeitstokestaffs.co.uk W makeitstokestaffs.co.uk

WHAT THE LOCALS SAYThe UK’s largest independent parcel carrier, APC Overnight, provides a next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its headquarters in Staffordshire and depots nationwide.

Jonathan Smith, CEO at APC Overnight, commented:

“ We have over 115 independent delivery firms feeding into our national sortation centre every night, so the great road links boasted by our central facility mean that we’re not only able to process and dispatch thousands of parcels efficiently, but we’ve also been able to grow our business extremely effectively over the last 21 years.

With simple links to so many of the country’s major motorways and an extremely committed workforce, Staffordshire really is a fantastic location for any logistics-based organisation.”

FLEXIBLE AND SKILLED WORKFORCE

With major logistics operators in the area, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire offers a workforce that has the necessary skills and experience required by the sector.

A large local student population of almost 31,000 provides an additional workforce for unsociable hours and peak periods, providing firms with additional flexibility.

APC Overnight, the UK’s largest independant parcel carrier provides next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its Staffordshire headquaters.

OUR NEW 525,000 SQ FT DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

IN STOKE WILL CREATE OVER 100 NEW JOBS AND

DOUBLE OUR STORAGE CAPACITY. ITS LOCATION,

INFRASTRUCTURE AND TALENT POOL MADE STOKE

A NATURAL CHOICE.

Steve Barton Director of Property Dunelm

BETTER CONNECTEDIn Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, you’ll be

to your customers, wherever they are. Most major UK cities are within a 3 hour drive and can be reached in legal HGV driver hours. There are also four international airports and the rapidly expanding superport at Liverpool all within an hour’s drive.

DISTRIBUTION HUB

Thanks to the area’s connected location, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is home to a significant number of national and international distribution centres, including JCB, Boots, ASDA, Screwfix, Unilever and Culina Logistics. FedEx has its UK headquarters in Staffordshire, as well as its national parcel sorting centre.

JCB has also created its World Logistics Centre in a 383,000 sq ft warehouse in North Staffordshire to serve UK plants and factories in Germany and Brazil. International parcel delivery company dpd (Geopost) have invested in a major new distribution centre in Stoke as have furnishing retailer Dunelm.

ONLINE RETAIL AND ECOMMERCE

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is fast-becoming a location of choice for online retailers. eCommerce businesses including Argos and Amazon have national fulfilment operations based here.

In Burton-on-Trent, the national fulfilment centre for Superdry owner SuperGroup supports UK and international internet operations.

Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Rugeley employs more than 1,000 people and in 2014 they doubled the capacity of the facility with a major expansion.

LOGISTICS SITES

Having so many logistics-friendly sites (Chatterley Valley, Trentham Lakes, Hadleigh Park, Meaford Business Park, Kingswood Lakeside Employment Park, Bericote Four Ashes, Lichfield Park, Fradley Park/ProLogis Park Lichfield and Centrum 100) near to major roads and motorways including the M6, M6 Toll and the M1 accessed via the M42, A42 and the A50, makes it easy to serve national customers from a base in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

STOKE-ON-TRENT AND STAFFORDSHIRE IS

HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRES

DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire’s central location and excellent transport links make it an ideal distribution and logistics hub, with

optimum road, rail and air connectivity that puts your clients and suppliers in the UK, Europe and around the world within easy reach.

T 00 44 (0)300 111 8005 E enquiries@makeitstokestaffs.co.uk W makeitstokestaffs.co.uk

WHAT THE LOCALS SAYThe UK’s largest independent parcel carrier, APC Overnight, provides a next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its headquarters in Staffordshire and depots nationwide.

Jonathan Smith, CEO at APC Overnight, commented:

“ We have over 115 independent delivery firms feeding into our national sortation centre every night, so the great road links boasted by our central facility mean that we’re not only able to process and dispatch thousands of parcels efficiently, but we’ve also been able to grow our business extremely effectively over the last 21 years.

With simple links to so many of the country’s major motorways and an extremely committed workforce, Staffordshire really is a fantastic location for any logistics-based organisation.”

FLEXIBLE AND SKILLED WORKFORCE

With major logistics operators in the area, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire offers a workforce that has the necessary skills and experience required by the sector.

A large local student population of almost 31,000 provides an additional workforce for unsociable hours and peak periods, providing firms with additional flexibility.

APC Overnight, the UK’s largest independant parcel carrier provides next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its Staffordshire headquaters.

OUR NEW 525,000 SQ FT DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

IN STOKE WILL CREATE OVER 100 NEW JOBS AND

DOUBLE OUR STORAGE CAPACITY. ITS LOCATION,

INFRASTRUCTURE AND TALENT POOL MADE STOKE

A NATURAL CHOICE.

Steve Barton Director of Property Dunelm

OTHERS WHO CALL STOKE-ON-TRENT AND STAFFORDSHIRE HOME

Amazon | Argos | Dunelm | Marks & Spencer | Screwfix Direct | Unilever | Sainsbury’s | Asda George | Pets at Home FedEx | dpd | Culina Logistics | TK Maxx | New Look | ParcelForce | WWRD | Smyths Toys | APC Overnight | DHL Boots | Superdry | Clipper | Tesco | Hobbycraft

A COST-EFFECTIVE, LOW-RISK LOCATION

AT THE HEART OF THE ACTION

AVAILABLE LOGISTICS SITES AND WAREHOUSES IN PRIME, WELL CONNECTED LOCATIONS WITH EXCELLENT TRANSPORT LINKS, CLOSE TO MOTORWAY JUNCTIONS

MOST MAJOR UK CITIES CAN BE REACHED WITHIN A 3 HOUR DRIVE

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM

ARE ON THE DOORSTEP, LONDON IS

2HRS 15 MINUTES BY ROAD

OUTSTANDING MOTORWAY

LINKS CLOSE TO THE M6,

M6 TOLL, M42, M5 AND M1

CLOSE TO MAJOR

RAIL FREIGHT TERMINALS

LIVERPOOL’S SUPERPORT IS JUST AN

HOUR AWAY

4 AIRPORTS WITHIN AN HOUR’S DRIVE

WORLD FREIGHT TERMINAL

AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT

SOUTH AND EAST

COAST PORTS LESS THAN

4 HOURS AWAY

SOURCE: COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL, ANNUAL POPULATION SURVEY (ONS)

23,800

EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORT &

STORAGE

41,200

EMPLOYED IN SALES AND CUSTOMER

SERVICES

31,000LOCAL STUDENTS TO

BOOST PEAK TIME WORKERS

ENTERPRISE ZONE PROVIDING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND SIMPLIFIED PLANNING

DESIGN & BUILD OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOWER LAND VALUES THAN ADJACENT AREAS SUCH AS MANCHESTER, DERBY, COVENTRY AND BIRMINGHAM

INDUSTRIAL RENT IS OVER 20% CHEAPER, THAN IN OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDING MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM

WAGE RATES ARE UP TO 15% LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE

POPULATION OF OVER 1 MILLION, WITH OVER 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE WITHIN A 45 MINUTE DRIVE

BETTER CONNECTEDIn Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, you’ll be

to your customers, wherever they are. Most major UK cities are within a 3 hour drive and can be reached in legal HGV driver hours. There are also four international airports and the rapidly expanding superport at Liverpool all within an hour’s drive.

DISTRIBUTION HUB

Thanks to the area’s connected location, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is home to a significant number of national and international distribution centres, including JCB, Boots, ASDA, Screwfix, Unilever and Culina Logistics. FedEx has its UK headquarters in Staffordshire, as well as its national parcel sorting centre.

JCB has also created its World Logistics Centre in a 383,000 sq ft warehouse in North Staffordshire to serve UK plants and factories in Germany and Brazil. International parcel delivery company dpd (Geopost) have invested in a major new distribution centre in Stoke as have furnishing retailer Dunelm.

ONLINE RETAIL AND ECOMMERCE

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is fast-becoming a location of choice for online retailers. eCommerce businesses including Argos and Amazon have national fulfilment operations based here.

In Burton-on-Trent, the national fulfilment centre for Superdry owner SuperGroup supports UK and international internet operations.

Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Rugeley employs more than 1,000 people and in 2014 they doubled the capacity of the facility with a major expansion.

LOGISTICS SITES

Having so many logistics-friendly sites (Chatterley Valley, Trentham Lakes, Hadleigh Park, Meaford Business Park, Kingswood Lakeside Employment Park, Bericote Four Ashes, Lichfield Park, Fradley Park/ProLogis Park Lichfield and Centrum 100) near to major roads and motorways including the M6, M6 Toll and the M1 accessed via the M42, A42 and the A50, makes it easy to serve national customers from a base in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

STOKE-ON-TRENT AND STAFFORDSHIRE IS

HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTRES

DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire’s central location and excellent transport links make it an ideal distribution and logistics hub, with

optimum road, rail and air connectivity that puts your clients and suppliers in the UK, Europe and around the world within easy reach.

T 00 44 (0)300 111 8005 E enquiries@makeitstokestaffs.co.uk W makeitstokestaffs.co.uk

WHAT THE LOCALS SAYThe UK’s largest independent parcel carrier, APC Overnight, provides a next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its headquarters in Staffordshire and depots nationwide.

Jonathan Smith, CEO at APC Overnight, commented:

“ We have over 115 independent delivery firms feeding into our national sortation centre every night, so the great road links boasted by our central facility mean that we’re not only able to process and dispatch thousands of parcels efficiently, but we’ve also been able to grow our business extremely effectively over the last 21 years.

With simple links to so many of the country’s major motorways and an extremely committed workforce, Staffordshire really is a fantastic location for any logistics-based organisation.”

FLEXIBLE AND SKILLED WORKFORCE

With major logistics operators in the area, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire offers a workforce that has the necessary skills and experience required by the sector.

A large local student population of almost 31,000 provides an additional workforce for unsociable hours and peak periods, providing firms with additional flexibility.

APC Overnight, the UK’s largest independant parcel carrier provides next day service to customers in every corner of the country from its Staffordshire headquaters.

OUR NEW 525,000 SQ FT DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

IN STOKE WILL CREATE OVER 100 NEW JOBS AND

DOUBLE OUR STORAGE CAPACITY. ITS LOCATION,

INFRASTRUCTURE AND TALENT POOL MADE STOKE

A NATURAL CHOICE.

Steve Barton Director of Property Dunelm