CHAMBER INVOLVE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Riding the wave of new developments


Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, boasts a spectacular waterfront and is in an unbeatable location, sandwiched between coast and countryside. The city is home to exciting development opportunities, making it a great place to live, work and do business. Current projects are driving growth with a number of exciting developments on the horizon. Plymouth has been the driving


force in the upcoming Mayflower 400 commemorations in 2020, which mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims sailing to North America. Plymouth plays a key role in the commemorative year, which will see the opening of The Box, a multi-million pound development, transforming the city’s existing museum buildings into a unique cultural attraction that will highlight Plymouth and its place in the world. British Land’s current £53m


development to create a new leisure destination within Plymouth city centre will also see the only IMAX cinema south of Bristol as the centrepiece of a 12-screen cinema complex with 15 restaurant and leisure units, due to open at the end of 2019.


Rob Watson, Director at the Marine Business Technology Centre, with Cllr Tudor Evans


Plymouth City Council has also


taken the lead and invested to create new space for businesses. The business park at Langage Court has recently been completed,


the country, complete with office and industrial phases. The final phase of the project will


create deep-water access and jetties for business use. Phase 1 of Oceansgate,


completed in 2018, has welcomed a number of businesses including the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Surejust and the new Marine Business Technology Centre (MBTC). A partnership between four


‘Phase 1 of Oceansgate,


welcomed a number of businesses’


with industrial units for up to six businesses and work is ongoing at Oceansgate, a project to transform disused MOD land into the first marine enterprise zone in


organisations, the MBTC offers specialist innovation and technical support to marine organisations and manages an in-sea test range where companies can apply new technologies. More projects are in


completed in 2018, has


the pipeline for Plymouth too, with a long-term plan to renovate the train station, which has been granted approval for a £26m funding package and planned public realm works to improve the connection


between the city centre and the waterfront.


Visit: investplymouth.co.uk


22 Chamber Profile Spring 2019


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