Welcome to Furness, a strong Manufacturing Area
Here in Furness you will find some of the world's finest advanced engineering skills undertaking systems integration and delivering products for the nuclear industry, warship building, oil and gas, electronics and electrical, telecommunications sectors.
Barrow and Furness is one of the few remaining UK Assisted Areas. Generous discretionary grants are on offer to large firms who can claim up to 15% of eligible capital costs.Smaller firms with less than 250 people can apply for grants of up to 20% of costs, whilst those with under 50 employees can seek 35% of eligible costs.
Barrow has one of the UK's largest shipyards. Household names such as Asda, Tesco source detergents locally from Robert McBride. Kleenex and Andrex are produced by Kimberly-Clark.
International companies such as Kimberly-Clark(USA) Glaxosmithkline,
Trelleborg(Sweden), Oil States MCS(USA), Expro(UK), BAE LandSystems, Blyth Industries(USA), Bender UK(Germany), Acrastyle(India) are complemented by energy companies
such as Stag Energy(UK), Dong(Denmark), Centrica Energy(UK), International Nuclear Services.
Financial services is also represented by Agilisys, Coop Travel, Furness Building Society and Liberata.
The digital and creative industries sector is starting to expand. It embraces sophisticated software development, cad/cam design, photonics and other high value jobs in manufacturing companies as well as the more traditional arts, media and marketing elements of the sector.
Furness is surrounded by beautiful countryside and coast, it has a great community spirit and great people and you can buy many of the famous brands of clothing, cars and other goods that you can find in larger cities. It is a profitable place to build your business and Furness Enterprise can help you do so.
Being only around 20 minutes from the Lake District, Barrow and Furness have been referred to as a 'gateway to the lakes', a status which could be enhanced by The Waterfront - it is one of the biggest regeneration schemes in north Lancashie and Cumbria and aims to create a new 450 berth marina, housing leisure and businerss park space. You can find out more about what is going on down at The Waterfront in Barrow, including what jobs are there, by looking at www.waterfrontbarrowbp.com
Barrow itself has several tourist attractions, including the Dock Museum which tells the history of Barrow's shipbuilding, as well as offering gallery space to local artists and schoolchildren. It is built upon and around the old graving dock. Barrow also has a popular indoor market, which features a food hall as well as stalls selling clothes and other goods. Barrow has been described as the Lake District's premier shopping town with big name shops mingling in with small local ones as well as Portland Walk Dalton Road Shopping Centre. Hollywood Park is an edge of town centre a leisure facility with restaurants and shops and Cumbria's largest cinema. The town also features several other retail parks -
the Park Leisure Centre is a fitness suite with a pool set in the 45 acre Barrow Park.
Our sister site www.barrow.furness.co.uk helps you to "Discover Barrow and Furness".
It tells you all about what it is like to live and work in Furness including details about the towns and villages that make up the area, its schooling, healthcare, shopping and leisure opportunites.
Download the Barrow-In-Furness Brochure here
