Blackpool's over £1 billion Growth and Prosperity Programme aims to transform the local economy through major investments in infrastructure, development projects, and attracting new businesses. Recent investments include over £570 million in the past decade for projects like the Talbot Gateway CBD, promenade upgrades, and hotels. Planned projects under the programme include further phases of the Talbot Gateway, a new conference center, developing the airport as an enterprise zone with over £300 million of investment, and a transformative £300 million investment in Blackpool Central. The goal is to attract over 5,000 new jobs, provide new infrastructure, and encourage 140 new businesses to the area.
3. Major recent investments
• Over £570m of investment in the past decade
• Phase 1 of Talbot Gateway CBD - £80m
• Promenade and sea defences & 17km new tramway - £285m
• Blackpool Tower and Winter Gardens - £50m
• Houndshill Shopping Centre - £150m
• Public spaces - £12m
• Electrification of the Preston to Blackpool trainline
• Hampton by Hilton 3 star hotel £12M
• Boulevard 4* Hotel £12M
4. • Phase 2 Talbot Gateway (tram/transport interchange)
• Phase 3 Talbot Gateway - office development
• Winter Gardens Conference Centre - £25m
• Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone - £300m investment
• Blackpool Central - transformative £300m investment
• Blackpool Museum - £13m
• Quality Corridors - £7m
• 5 / 4 / 3 star hotels
• £200m Blackpool Business Loans Fund
Investments underway / in pipeline
25. Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone
“To make Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zon
a premier business location in the North
West”
26. Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone
• Attract over £300m private investment
• Generate up to 5,000 new jobs
• Provide new enabling infrastructure c.£70m
• Encourage up to 140 new businesses to the
area
• Build, convert or re-purpose 260,000 sq m of
employment space
27. Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone
Achievements to date
• 73 new companies to the EZ
• 1,520 new/safeguarded jobs
• 8 new developments
• 1 under construction, 1 approved,
• 2 in planning, 2 pending
31. Blackpool Airport - Current Operations
• Babcock Offshore Mission Critical Services Offshore Ltd
• The North West Air Ambulance
• Fixed wing & helicopter flying schools
• Handling agents, executive private jets & bespoke aviation
• Various fixed wing and rotary maintenance organisations
• General aviation services: circuits, instrument training
night flying, aircraft parking, refuelling, a lounge bar
& flight briefing facility
• Fire training services
• Military training flights & medevac flights
35. Blackpool’s Full Fibre Plan
• Blackpool is the newest stop on the North Atlantic Loop
• New York – Ireland – Blackpool – Newcastle - Denmark
• Internet speeds from Blackpool Airport to New York <60 milliseconds
• Potentially will carry 1/3 of the internet traffic between USA & Europe
• Multi-million pound investment by Aquacomms
• Cable station situated on EZ
• Connection anticipated Spring 2020
• Capable of supporting needs of
• hyperscale providers ;global carriers ;Cloud-based networks;
• data centres ;IT companies and global media
36. Business Investment Marketing
• We are ambitious
• We are growing
• So much more to Blackpool than meets the eye
• We need to change people’s perceptions with facts
37. A Value Proposition –
• 12 month Place & Investment marketing campaign
• Online social media led
• Changing perceptions and raising awareness
• Blackpool is a serious place for business
• Businessinblackpool.com
38. Business, Professional &
Financial Services
Advanced Materials
Technologies
Aerospace & Advanced
Engineering
Food ManufacturingEnergy
Key Industry Sectors