Welcome to the Innovation Corridor, a pioneering region where cutting-edge ideas shape the future.

With dynamic fast-growing clusters connecting London to Cambridge, this is advanced technology and bioscience at its finest. Where worldclass businesses, universities and R&D centres converge and stand firmly on a heritage of ground-breaking discovery and invention.

This vibrant polycentric region provides a unique ecosystem of talent and business – Tech City, GSK, Google, Cambridge University, UCL, Raytheon, Wellcome and Microsoft - world leaders powered by the brightest thinking to turbocharge the new knowledge economy.

Stanstead Airport

London City Airport

Queen Elizabeth Park

GSK

The University of Cambridge

Anglia Ruskin Medtech Campus

Cambridge Science Park

Wellcome Genome Campus

The Francis Crick Institute

AstraZeneca

Arm Holdings

Google

University College London (UCL)

Here East

Royal Docks Enterprise Zone

Meridian Water

Broxbourne Park Plaza

Alconbury Enterprise Zone

Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst

Harlow Enterprise Zone

Liverpool Street Station

King's Cross St Pancras Station

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The Innovation Corridor in numbers

Economic

£152bn

Gross Value Added per annum

(10% of UK total economic output)

Population

16.4%

2006–2016

(double UK average)

Economic GVA

35%

faster than UK average

(over past 5 years)

Entrepreneurship

24,700

startups in 2015

(32.1% higher than UK average)

Patents

More patents

in Cambridge per Capita than Silicon Valley

Skills & Qualifications

1 in 5

Professionals in the Corridor work in the knowledge economy

Productivity

12.5%

greater productivity than UK average

(in 2015)

Skills & Qualifications

52.7%

qualified with degree or higher

(UK average 32.5%)

Skills & Qualifications

2.1m

Over 2.1 million jobs in the Corridor and fosters high-skilled roles

Events

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