Businesses in Aylesbury are successful at regional and international level. This success is, in part, a result of location.
AVA recognises the strengths of the regional economy and the role Aylesbury has within that strong economy by working to deliver key inward investment opportunities to attract businesses to share in what our local businesses already know: that Aylesbury Vale is a great place to grow!
Existing businesses now have the potential for sustainable expansion with new business parks e.g. Aston Clinton Business Park. The longer term economic development of Aylesbury is managed via the Local Development Framework which will provide detail on the land to be set aside for employment purposes.
This expansion opportunity enables local businesses to embrace the opportunities which the Oxford to Cambridge Arc project is developing in the international and national market place.
In addition, the three main educational establishments of the area – Aylesbury College, Buckinghamshire New University and the University of Buckingham are increasingly engaging with employers and businesses as part of the partnership approach to the delivery of economic development to ensure their curricula deliver appropriate business learning to provide employers with a potential stream of well qualified students to fulfil their recruitment requirements.
The recent creation of the University Centre for Aylesbury Vale supports this educational and skill expansion plan.
Aylesbury has only a one per cent unemployment rate however, its designation as a major growth area means that there will be a planned increase in the availability of skilled employees arising from the delivery of 21200 homes over the next 20 years.
Our dedicated sub-site Nurturing Business contains further information about how we are working with our regional and sub-regional players partners to facilitate the complimentary expansion of Aylesbury Vale’s economic base.
