Smart Connections: Transport

Around the world, countries, states, cities and regions are fighting a Smart Connectionsfierce battle for investment spend and this report examines the role that transport plays in this fight. Written by Professor Austin Smyth, Head of the Department of Transport Studies at the Westminster University, the findings are supported by the opinions of over 300 senior international business people, surveyed by YouGov. Click here to download a free PDF copy of the Smart Connections Transport Report

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Medway - Isle Of Grain

The 700 acre site, on the Isle of Grain on the Hoo Peninsula is a former BP landholding. The site will be used by energy and power generation related organisations and large dock side-based manufacturing/assembly operation for the environmental technologies sector.

MedwayMedway is in Thames Gateway Kent and consists of Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham, Rochester and Strood. The Medway Innovation Centre is a new and exciting business led venture which is a partnership between BAE Systems, Medway Council, the Universities of Kent and Greenwich and the Royal Bank of Scotland. An incubator for high-tech small businesses and start-ups, it aims to assist companies through the difficult start up phase and turn innovative technology solutions into thriving businesses.

Why come to Medway?

  • Medway is conveniently located and benefits from comprehensive transport links with Europe and the UK
  • Medway benefits from easy access to the A2/M2, M20 and M25 and fast domestic rail services from 2009 and two major ports
  • Medway is the largest urban area in the south-east outside London with a population set to increase to 300,000 by 2021
  • The Medway economy is worth around £2.8billion per year and has more than 13,000 businesses