Herefordshire Enterprise Zone will have Eastern Access Across the River Wye
It’s looking increasingly certain the Hereford Enterprise Zone at Rotherwas will have an Eastern river crossing as well as the planned Hereford Western bypass bringing the number of Wye crossing points to 5 within four miles of the City.
Wye Enterprise Bridge
While there may be concerns from green campaigners, the access brought by a road on columns across the valley floor leading from Rotherwas will take as much as 45 minutes off the journey time to the M5 Worcester South Junction 7. Minimal damage will occur to wildlife as due to the flood plain the road will be a magnificent structure sitting around 5 metres off the vally floor well away from plants and animals including livestock in the fields below.
It will also give access out to Gloucester via the B4224 and serve for quick routes for local traffic on the under used lanes and B roads on the East of the City of Hereford.
This development could be delivered in as little as 3 years and should be seen as a serious development in infrastructure connectivity between the Herefordshire Enterprise Zone and the Midlands.
Hereford Enterprise Zone makes Herefordshire “the most investable place in Britain”
Our research this week shows Herefordshire with its planned and approved Enterprise Zone is among the most investable places in Britain.
Only Manchester and the traditional financial heartlands of the South East challenge rural Herefordshire for the opportunity to invest.
Cllr Jarvis Leader of Herefordshire Council with a single seat majority
Conservative pressure has had a tremendous effect in Herefordshire since Jesse Norman took the seat from the Lib Dems at the last election. In addition Herefordshire Council is also tory controlled but with only a single seat majority.
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News -Support for Businesses interested in re-locating to Hereford Enterprise Zone
Great news for businesses looking to re-locate to Herefordshire. The Hereford Enterprise Zone – Rotherwas, Herefordshire will be available for construction during 2012.
There is flood mitigation to be completed and planning to be completed but with landlords offering land on lease and purchase there is a real opportunity to relocate to Hereford.
A team of qualified advisors are available to help investors and business boards to maximise this opportunity.
If you need help before 2012 there are sites available NOW in Hereford and Herefordshire suitable for a range of planning opportunities. Please get in touch to find out more. Hereford has an Enterprise Zone and Herefordshire is an Enterprising Zone. Contact by repling to this post with contact details. Your reply will not be published.
Hereford Enterprise Zone, Rotherwas Herefordshire – what’s the offer
Rotherwas Enterprise Zone – in Hereford led by the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership proposes:
- Size: three sites covering 61.5 hectares;
- Sector focus: defence, advanced engineering, green technologies and food processing;
- Tax break: Save business £4 million in forgone business rates;
- Job creation: Local Enterprise Partnership estimates at least 55 businesses and 1,800 jobs will be created by 2015;
- Planning: Simplified regime to provide certainty for business wanting to build;
- Broadband: Wireless service 20MB line speeds but can deliver 100MB speeds. A fibre optic option available through the Hereford BDUK Superfast Broadband project (up to 100MB) by 2013;
- Investment: Expecting at least £90m from the private sector by 2015.
Hereford Enterprise Zone Announced
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a second wave of Enterprise Zones designed to kick-start Britain’s economy.
External site: Department for Communities and Local Government – Enterprise Zones
External site: Transcript of the PM’s speech in Daresbury
Mr Cameron said the sites, which aim to boost local growth and create over 30,000 new jobs by 2015, would be “trailblazers” for prosperity throughout the country.
The second wave of Enterprise Zone will be located in:
- Humber Estuary Renewable Energy Super Cluster;
- Daresbury Science Campus in Warrington;
- Newquay AeroHub in Cornwall;
- The Solent Enterprise Zone at Daedalus Airfield in Gosport;
- MIRA Technology Park in Hinckley Leicestershire;
- Rotherwas Enterprise Zone in Hereford;
- Discovery Park in Sandwich, Kent and Enterprise West Essex in Harlow;
- Science Vale UK in Oxfordshire;
- Northampton Waterside;
- Alconbury Airfield, near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire; and
- Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, and Lowestoft in Suffolk.
The Government named the first 11 zones in the Spring, in cities including Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle.
This brings the total to 22 across the country. The Zones will attract hundreds of new start up firms, with simplified planning rules, super-fast broadband and over £150 million tax breaks for new businesses over the next 4 years.
The PM said:
“We are determined to do everything we can to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business.
“Enterprise zones are a major step towards delivering this, cutting business taxes, easing planning restrictions and giving business the tools they need to invest and expand.
“These new enterprise zones will be trailblazers for growth, jobs and prosperity throughout the country.”
Alongside the new Zones, the Government is also announcing today that it will make enhanced capital allowances available for plant and machinery investment to a limited number of Enterprise Zones in Assisted Areas, including the Tees Valley and North East.
With effect from 2012, companies setting up in these areas will be eligible to claim enhanced first year allowances for plant and machinery, giving them an upfront cash flow benefit.
The introduction of Enterprise Zones is just one of over 100 reforms being taken forward as part of the Government’s Plan for Growth, announced in the Chancellor’s Budget 2011, to create the conditions for strong, sustainable and balanced growth.
Hereford Enterprise Zone 