The Midlands is the UK’s manufacturing heartland & Leicestershire is its most exciting growth hotspot

With almost 500 manufacturing companies and more than 14,000 jobs, our engineering credentials are strong. And growing. Since 2013, the number of manufacturing businesses in Leicester and Leicestershire has risen by 28%. That’s significantly higher than most competitor locations and is a testament to the strong supply-chains from transport technologies to food production that are attracting international companies and local start-ups.

Europe’s largest transport technology R&D cluster - MIRA Technology Park

Purpose built AME facilities including the new National Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal Technology

Home to one of the UK’s largest engineering universities and over 50,000 engineering students