About Hereford Enterprise Zone

For the Rotherwas Enterprize Zone from the Marches LEP  please visit the Herefordshire Council website.

Rotherwas itself has recently been awarded an Enterprise Zone status by the government which is expected to boost the economy and bring in thousands of new jobs to Herefordshire.

Hereford Regeneration Status

Hereford City has, for much of the 20th Century remained structurally stagnant with no major investment. Since the council became independent from Worcester in 1998, much has changed in that regard.

Many of the schools in Hereford have been rebuilt and improved, so exam results have improved even in the disadvantaged areas of the city. The Herefordshire College of Technology has also been rebuilt to a 21st century standard.

Current and Future Projects.

A controversial major regeneration project is planned in Hereford city centre, known as the Edgar Street Grid, managed by Hereford Futures. This covers an area of around 100 acres (0.40 km²) just north of the old city walls. Work is expected to start in late 2011^[24], and should take around 15 years to complete the whole project. The regeneration includes the rebuilding of the canal basin at the end of the disused Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal. The £80 million phase 1 will include a supermarket, multiplex cinema, shops, resturaunts, and other facilities.

The Butter Market is due for refurbishment within the next 2 years^,

A proposed bypass has been drawn to circulate the city, which suffers from rush hour traffic, with potential routes either to the east or west of the city. Both routes would connect with the Rotherwas Access Road which was recently completed, connecting the Rotherwas Industrial Estate to the A49.

Hereford is due to receive half of the 20,600 new homes expected to be built in the county by 2026 as part of the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Organisations such as the Federation of Small Business, the Conservative Business Forum, the Hereftord Chamber of Commerce and Trade, and Hereford Council will all work to ensure business is to the benefit of Herefordshire as a whole.