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.

We work closely with the regional agency for north London, North London Business, to provide our clients with the detailed area specific advice and information they need.

Contact our north London expert, Adrian Tipper, to discuss whether this area of London can meet your business needs.