The City and District of St Albans is situated in central Hertfordshire, 20 miles from central London. Major road routes include the M1, M10, and M25 motorways, the A414 and A1081. The Thameslink rail service operates between St Albans and Bedford and central London and Brighton. These excellent communications, link the District to London and the rest of the country including Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Gatwick airports. St Albans and Harpenden also have direct rail routes to the Eurostar rail service to Paris and Brussels via St Pancras International. The Abbey Line branch line railway service which connects St Albans and Watford.
The local economy is made up of employment in research and development, office (including headquarters and financial and business services industries) and retail sector. There is also a large proportion of small enterprises including freelance and consultancy. Tourism is a key local economic driver.
Business Partners
The City and District of St Albans has a reputation of being an affluent, prosperous and has a highly skilled and educated resident population for the business community.
Local employers include: The Building Research Establishment (BRE), AECOM, Premier Foods, Rothamsted Research, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, to name a few.
Economic Sustainability Partnership
St Albans & District Council is focused on working in partnership, through the Economic Sustainability Partnership with key local agencies to help the business community develop and prosper and attract inward investment.
Business partners include:
• St Albans Enterprise Agency (STANTA) – which provides one - to- one business counselling sessions plus low cost office and workshop premises. www.stanta.co.uk
• Business Link - Government funded service to promote and support enterprise www.businesslink.gov.uk/east
• St Albans District Chamber of Commerce. This aims to further the interest of businesses in the area ensuring positive growth and development. www.stalbans-chamber.co.uk
An online local business directory website has been initiated by; St Albans City & District Council, St Albans Enterprise Agency (STANTA), St Albans District Chamber of Commerce and St Albans Centre for Voluntary Service (CVS) and funded from the St Albans and District Local Strategic Partnership(LSP): www.stalbansdistrictbusinessdirectory.co.uk
If you are a business based in St Albans District make sure you have a FREE listing and your listing is accurate. This will help promote your business and help ensure a sustainable local economy.
Hertfordshire Works
This is a key county wide economic partnership made up of experts from the public, private and volunatry sectors.
Its key aim is to create a long term vision for the continued prosperity for the county of Hertfordshire www.hertslink.org/hertfordshireforward/15communitystrategy/HertfordshireWorks/
An inward investment website has been established for those business wanting to locate to the area www.hertsdirect.org/investhertfordshire