Invest Staffordshire - Providing The Perfect Conditions For Growth
Facts & figures
Numbers tell a story, and ours speak for themselves:

A cost effective place to live, learn and thrive; we offer potential salary savings of 11.3% against the national average

4m working age adults within a 45 minute drive of Staffordshire

Home to global brands such as Michelin, JCB, BET365, JLR, Lucideon, Bass, Portmeirion, Hitachi

15 universities with 3 world-class research institutions within a 45 minute drive of Staffordshire
Welcome to Staffordshire
A region with a can-do attitude, rich industrial heritage, and perfect conditions for growth.
Home to pioneering businesses, dynamic universities, and world-class connectivity – both digitally and logistically – Staffordshire offers the ideal environment for your business and your people to succeed.
Located at the heart of the UK, our unrivalled transport links and 80% green spaces give you the best of both worlds – stunning landscapes and easy access to major cities.

Strategic Sites
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Town Centre
A key regeneration site, Newcastle-Under-Lyme Town Centre is the focus of major investment to…
Keele Innovation District
Keele Innovation and Science Park provides a specialist workspace, lab space, R&D facilities, an…
Branston Locks
A high quality mixed use development which will deliver 2,500 homes, up to 1 million sq ft of…
Burton High Street Regeneration
The £23.8m High Street project will reconnect the town centre and riverside through regeneration.
Eastgate
A 2.9 hectare, £40m transformational residential-led regeneration scheme utilising underused land in…
Stafford Station Gateway
A £500m scheme to convert 28 hectares of brownfield land to create a new community with high quality…
Guildhall Shopping Centre
A 1.2 hectare project to redevelop existing real estate on the foot of the newly-refurbished Market…
Rugeley Power Station
Transforming a former coal-fired power station into a sustainable and innovative mixed-use…
Cannock Town Regeneration
An opportunity to transform Cannock town centre with leisure and culture spaces, improved travel…
Gungate
2.7 hectare, £90m project to redevelop underutilised land and improve Tamworth's town centre.
i54 South Staffordshire
A new Western Extension that takes the overall size of this internationally recognised manufacturing…
West Midlands Interchange
The UK's largest and most environmentally-conscious rail-served logistics site.
Staffordshire Moorlands
Alongside the £17m Leek town centre project there are a number of opportunities for housing…
Key Sectors
Advanced Manufacturing
Staffordshire is proven manufacturing cluster with supply-chains across many industries from aerospace and defence, automotive and rail, to medical devices.
Defence
Staffordshire is a proud supporter of the defence and security sector with Ministry of Defence organisations headquartered in the county and dynamic supply-chains
Logistics
Staffordshire is firmly inside the UK's 'golden logistics triangle'.
Automotive
Perfectly located in the middle of the UK’s automotive cluster, Staffordshire has deep expertise in engine manufacturing and advanced engineering.
Meet The Team
Anthony Hodge
Assistant Director for Business and Enterprise
Nicola Kent
Head of Funding, Business and Enterprise
Charlotte Cain
Staffordshire Investment Agency Manager
Sean Phillips
Account Relationship Manager
Case studies
Instarmac
Jason Reid on how forward thinking Invest Staffordshire has worked with Instarmac to develop their growth plans over the next 3 to 5 years.
TopCashback
TopCashback employ over 200 people and being located in Staffordshire has made it easy to attract a high quality of talent. The location of Staffordshire has made it incredibly practical for national and international operations whilst being a highly cost-effective location.
Woolcool
Managing Director, Josie Morris, highlights how the people, connectivity and investment opportunity in Staffordshire has forged the path for international success in innovation and sustainable logistics.
Lesniak Swann
Lesniak Swann Managing Director, Alex Swann, explains how Staffordshire's connectivity and competitive living costs provide them with an environment to thrive.
News and Events
UKREiiF 2025
UKREiiF connects people, places and businesses, attended by regional combined authorities, local councils, and government departments as well as the largest investors, developers, and end-users from across the UK and internationally.
Staffordshire Ambassador Welcome
Sign-up to our Ambassador Welcome & Onboarding meeting where we’ll explain all about the Ambassador Network, the many benefits you and your business can get out of the Network and the various roles and activities we hope you can support us with.
‘The Central Edge’ Wolverhampton-South Staffordshire Economic Growth Zone announced at UKREiiF
Plans for a new economic growth zone in Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire to further boost innovation and employment have been laid out at UKREiiF 2025.