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Ellesmere Port lies within minutes of some of Cheshire’s most charming countryside just 8 miles from historic Chester and less than an hour from the bustling cities of Liverpool and Manchester. With a growing economy, the town offers attractive investment opportunities as well as great places to work, shop and visit.

Ellesmere Port has a population of 80,600 and boasts a high density of successful businesses including Shell, Innospec and the Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village – the largest in the UK.

The town is well-known for attracting companies from the industrial and manufacturing sectors as well as distribution and logistics thanks to the town’s connectivity within the North West, large workforce catchment and attractive premises. A number of high specification office and industrial schemes throughout the borough provide quality commercial accommodation in a competitive market and the town boasts a very successful existing business community.

Ellesmere Port businesses benefit from a large pool of skilled workers and, as a result, enjoy productivity levels significantly above the national average.

Excellent motorway access, direct rail links to the Wirral, Liverpool and Manchester as well as its own port where Manchester Ship and Shropshire Union canals meet, makes Ellesmere Port a prime target for national and international companies.