This district hosts one of the city’s largest industrial areas and has vibrant manufacturing and logistics sectors

10 key facts about business and life in the north of the city.

• Excellent transport links: the world’s largest transport and logistics operators are based here. London’s Stansted and Luton airports are nearby hubs for low-cost flight operators, offering cost-effective travel throughout Europe. Numerous underground lines and a large selection of overground railway stations and three motorways providing swift access to the rest of the UK.
• Major investment: Brent Cross & Cricklewood is a 240 hectare, £40 billion scheme which will produce a new mixed-use urban centre, new homes, offices and a revamped shopping centre  Tottenham Hale and Blackhorse Road will both see major mixed use developments to revitalize those areas.
• Skilled labour: some 83% of North London's workforce have professional or academic qualifications with many commuting to the City and West End.
• Competitive property rates: for a full range of properties including industrial and warehouse space, serviced and leased offices and large development sites.
• Groundbreaking retail: Brent Cross Shopping Centre was the UK’s first out of town US-style shopping mall and attracts 20 million shoppers each year. Spending power exceeds the West End with visitors spending an average of $178 per visit.
• SME hub: the area’s economy is dominated by micro businesses and SMEs in wholesale, retail, distribution, and food and drink processing.
• Booming manufacturing base: Coca Cola Enterprises, Visteon, Aesica Pharmaceuticals and both Warburtons and Allied Bakeries manufacture here.
• Best boroughs for your sector:
  • Barnet (HQs, professional services, retail, Jewish and Chinese communities)
  • Enfield (production industries including a large concentration of food and drink processing, logistics and distribution, Turkish & Greek communities)
  • Haringey (creative industries, light manufacturing, Turkish and Afro-Caribbean communities)
  • Waltham Forest (production industries).
• Foreign student magnet: Middlesex University has more foreign undergraduates than any UK university — a quarter of its intake. The university’s strengths lie in business, computing and the arts. It has six campuses in the area and one in Dubai.
• Greek and Turkish communities: this area is truly cosmopolitan; numerous communities from overseas include the UK’s largest Turkish and Greek populations.

Contact our north London experts to discuss whether this area of London can meet your business needs.