5 Reasons to Choose Birmingham as the Home for your New Business

Birmingham has a strong claim to be the
United Kingdom’s “second city”; it is, after all, the country’s
second-largest city, and this West Midlands hub has attracted a flurry of
ambitious businesses.

Should you follow their lead by
establishing your own company in Birmingham? There are doubtless strong reasons
to do so; here are just a few incentives to join the many start-ups there
already.

The
local economy has kept growing and growing

Brexit? What Brexit? While the UK’s looming
uncoupling from the European Union might have dampened the country’s economic
prospects, we would bet on Birmingham weathering the storm well in the years
ahead. That’s on account of the impressive economic growth the city has
achieved.

Since 2010, Birmingham’s economy has grown by £32.9bn, notes Real Business – and, in that time, 428,000 more people entered employment locally, hinting at a buoyant jobs market.

Birmingham
has a strong community spirit

In 2017, Catherine Warrilow, the then-head
of brand for the family attractions
website Day Out With The Kids, enthused to Real Business about many benefits of
working in Birmingham.

For example, she observed that, while
Birmingham “may be smaller in size than London, it … means that everyone
has the chance to be really connected to
all parts of the city.” She hailed the “real sense of pride in
Birmingham business” in comparison to the “more diluted” such
pride in London.

Birmingham
is well-connected by public transport

This can bode well for when you want to attract both workers and
customers from beyond the city’s borders. Warrilow has observed how her company
succeeded in recruiting “exceptional people in the area, all of which
commute from within a short radius.”

You might not have realised that, as Startups.co.uk points out, Birmingham is just an hour-and-a-half away by train from London Euston railway station. This allows you to easily arrange face-to-face meetings with London clients.

There
is an impressive wealth of educational resources

These don’t just include the city’s four
universities – the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, Ashton
University and Newman University – from which you could appreciate recruiting
new staff as your business grows.

Adam Gore, who launched his company Barberology in Birmingham, has pointed out that “Google recently opened a Digital Garage on the high street, offering free digital training for individuals and businesses looking to become more visible and effective online.”

You
shouldn’t struggle to find suitable office space

Finding the right office space for a new
business can be tricky. After all, that space often has to be sufficiently
stripped-down to fall within a tight budget, but also flexible enough to
account for potential growth in the business. Fortunately, Birmingham has a
plentiful supply of office space.

This includes serviced offices in Birmingham, allowing you to move your business straight into well-supplied premises without having to spend too much time setting up infrastructure before you and your staff can actually get to work. BE Offices is one example provider of such space in this flourishing cosmopolitan city.

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