Digital infrastructure
Digital infrastructure and connectivity are critical to ensure fintech businesses can thrive. The North East is well poised to deliver on these trends, ensuring businesses located here can deliver digital projects effectively, with a flexible workforce, working on business premises or remotely.
Our excellent ICT infrastructure hosts the third fastest Broadband speed within the UK, and the fastest in England (18.96 mb/s – June 2020), ensuring businesses who locate here, have superior connectivity.
In North Tyneside, Stellium Data Centre is the UK’s largest data centre campus providing global connectivity via The North Atlantic Loop to transatlantic cable routes from the USA to Northern Europe connecting North East England to New York City in 66 milliseconds.
Physical infrastructure
The North East has an excellent transport network and a unique landscape that make it the ideal place to live and work.
We are served by an international airport, three ports, and fantastic rail and road networks. You can be in London, Paris or Amsterdam in around an hour by air, or reach the capital in under three hours by train. The region also has a daily flight to Dubai, connecting us to the Middle and Far East.
Workers can enjoy low commute times and some of the least congested roads in the UK. We are also home to the Tyne and Wear Metro, the largest rapid transport system outside of London, whose 60 stations provide speedy access to Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland and to our beautiful coastline.
Major business parks such as Quorum Park, Cobalt Park, Doxford International Park and Spectrum Business Park are all well connected via direct bus services to local residential areas, city centres and transport hubs. Many business parks and city centres have cycle storage facilities and local authorities have committed to increasing cycling provision, offering green and healthy commuting options to our workforce.
There are few places in the world where you can go for a surf in the morning and still be in a bustling city centre for a 9am meeting. Our stunning coastline spans from Durham to Northumberland and boasts some of the most picturesque beaches in the country. We have woodlands, forests and open countryside as well as bustling city centres in Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland. Our quality of life is simply second to none.