Aylesbury's Local Economy

‘Locate your company in the heart of the local business community’

The town's economy has grown in strength during recent years and reflects a particularly robust entrepreneurial spirit offering a great deal to new businesses or those considering relocation. The county is projected to be in the UK's top four areas for growth to 2010, with employment growing at 1.3% per annum and a gross domestic product (GDP) at 3.3% per annum.

Aylesbury is the major commercial hub and administrative centre for both the District and County Councils. Employment is provided for 31,775 people within the town centre (2003 statistic). Aylesbury is regarded as a particularly suitable base for knowledge-based firms.

By 2011 nearly 5000 new homes will be built in the District with the majority in and around Aylesbury. In addition two major development areas have been allocated in Aylesbury Town to accommodate future industrial and commercial growth.

Aylesbury for Business

Aylesbury has a thriving business community, Aylesbury Vale District Council highlight the following statistics:

7,000 businesses are located within Aylesbury Vale from large head offices to SMEs.
The District has one of the greatest rates of growth for business start-ups in S.E. England.
Aylesbury Vale’s resident labour force is amongst the most highly educated in the Country (23.5% of the population has a degree level or higher).
An above average proportion of residents (than the south-east average) occupy a managerial/senior management position.
The District has a greater than average level of home ownership relative to the UK average.
The economically active population is 85.3% as opposed to a national average of 78.3%
12.8% of the workforce is self-employed as opposed to the UK norm of 9%.

Aylesbury Waterside

Kingfisher Exchange Business Centre is located at Aylesbury Waterside.

Aylesbury Waterside is a planned £100 million development, providing new retail, residential, leisure and public facilities for the town centre. The retail element will include a department store and more than 35 new shops and restaurants which are being developed by Warner Estates, owner of the Hale Leys Shopping Centre.

Aylesbury: Quality of Life

The Bucks Herald has recently covered the Halifax Home Insurance ‘Quality of Life Survey’. The paper highlights that in 2006 Aylesbury Vale was ranked eight in the table out of 408 UK authorities, and achieved 15th place in the 2007 rankings.

Halifax commented on the great value for money which was measured based upon several quality of life indicators including: health, crime and education.

Kingfisher Exchange

Kingfisher Exchange is located in the natural business centre of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and is ideally positioned to take advantage of planned, large-scale investment.

The Business Centre is located on Walton Street next-door to the headquarters of ESRI (UK) Limited which was include in the 2006 Sunday Times Profit Track 100.

Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBoS) also has offices in several neighbouring buildings.

Kingfisher Exchange is also ideally suited for public sector and quasi-government projects with its proximity to the offices of Buckinghamshire County Council and Aylesbury Vale District Council.