Colchester is a great place to work, benefiting from both an attractive environment and excellent communication links.
The City of London (Liverpool Street railway station), London Stansted Airport, Harwich International Port, Felixstowe Port and the neighbouring towns of Chelmsford and Ipswich can all be reached within 50 minutes.
Colchester benefits from a broad-based economy without an over-dependence on any specific industries. However, the majority of jobs fall within the service sector, including health, defence and the public sector generally.
The local economy also benefits from a broad range of educational centres, from the finest selective state schools, through leading language schools to the University of Essex and the Colchester Institute.
It also makes it the perfect place for running your business.
Colchester´s regeneration areas
Ensuring that Colchester becomes the prestige town in the East of England
Colchester has exciting and ambitious plans for the future with four major regeneration projects underway. Through continued close working with key partners and a proactive approach, these regeneration projects will help deliver the Council´s strategic vision which is to ensure that Colchester becomes the prestige town in the East of England.
Collectively, these four projects will bring the following benefits & opportunities to local people and visitors to the area:
· 6000 new homes
· 6000 new and 5000 retained jobs
· 0.5m extra visitors a year
· Up to 350,000 sq ft of new retail space
· A population increase from 160,000 to 173,000 by 2010
· Help to realise Regional, County and Haven Gateway Partnership objectives
· An unrivalled opportunity to change and improve Colchester
Improve the quality of life for local people and visitors
In addition there are opportunities to improve the quality of life for local people and visitors including:
· Affordable housing
· Better accommodation for students and soldiers
· Less employment `leakage´
· Social and community facilities
· More cultural opportunities
· New transport infrastructure
· Improved health
