Overview of Mid Wales

Skills, access to markets, good communications and business support – these are the four vital criteria for any company looking to expand or set up a new project. Mid Wales meets all these needs and something extra: quality of life.

Mid Wales is no longer just wonderful scenery. This is a region where quality business space is readily available – usually at a cost substantially lower than you would pay elsewhere. And, moreover, business overheads are as competitive as anywhere in the UK.

Ask any of the scores of national and international companies now based here and they’ll tell you: business really works in Mid Wales.
 
Mid Wales is populated by thriving market towns offering a wealth of well educated, motivated and loyal people to help take your business forward. The quality of the Welsh education system is renowned and there is a close affinity between the high schools in Mid Wales and the local employers: they are there for each other. Wales is also home to the second largest university in Britain – with graduates and post-graduates keen to stay and make their future here in Wales’s new, knowledge-driven economy.

Modern communications mean you are only ever a mouse click away from customers and suppliers anywhere in the world. Mid Wales offers good physical access too. Nowhere is more than three hours away from one of four international airports on our doorstep. And while much of the UK regularly grinds to a halt with ever increasing congestion, our open roads stay fast and jam-free, helping connect you directly to the major population centres of the UK and beyond.

Mid Wales has a proven reputation for providing expanding companies with the quality accommodation they need – when they want it and on highly attractive terms. A choice of units from 70 sq m (750 sq ft) to 4646 sq m (50,000 sq ft) is available now, ready to occupy. Larger or bespoke premises can be built to your specification on one of Mid Wales’s modern business parks, each set in an inspiring environment. Units can be built from around 465 sq m (5,000 sq ft) up to 12,080 sq m (130,000 sq ft).

Setting up a new operation in a new environment is a challenge for any company. But here in Mid Wales the WDA has a proven track record of providing the right solutions.