25 The Fruits Of Our Investments

Blackpool Central - an aerial view of the planned new £300m development

Blackpool Makes It Work

In Blackpool, we know that achievement in business isn’t down to luck. It’s hard won.

Success here comes through grit and determination, from a desire to always find a way forward. It comes with the imagination to innovate and a sense of adventure and the ability to spot a great idea or an opportunity in the market - and to back it. That’s why we’re investing over a billion pounds in a growth and prosperity programme that is transforming Blackpool for business. For example, there’s the Winter Gardens Conference & Exhibition Centre, and the £300m Blackpool Central leisure development, one of the UK’s most important regeneration projects, that is expected to create around 1,000 new jobs, bring in an estimated 600,000 additional visitors each year, and boosting annual spend in the town by £75m.

Then there’s the £200m Talbot Gateway Central Business District, a major mixeduse regeneration scheme and extension of the tramway network transforming the heart of Blackpool town centre. Or the redevelopment projects at the Houndshill Shopping Centre and Abingdon Street Market. We’re building tram extensions and a rejuvenated Blackpool North Network Rail Station. Plus, new projects at the Enterprise Zones at Blackpool Airport and Hillhouse, new hotel developments, investments in new attractions for the Promenade, and multiple schemes using Blackpool’s £40.5m Town Deal Fund.

We’ll help you recruit the right talent for your business - perhaps from the 18,000 professionals working in science, research, engineering, and technology locally. You’ll benefit from Blackpool being connected to a new generation subsea fibre optic cable network, joining the UK to North America and Northern Europe, and delivering some of the world’s fastest and most resilient Internet speeds. And our Growth and Prosperity team are ready to o er you all the help and assistance you need as you land in your new home.

Here in Blackpool, we work hard for our rewards and as the world knows, we do it with a smile on our faces. Discover for yourself how Blackpool makes it work.