The Sheffield city region is home to a number of nationally recognized brand contact centres, shared service centres, and business process outsourcers with employment at the sites estimated as being in the region of 38,000. These operations range in size from small centres to larger employers with around 4,000 employees.
If you are looking for a location for your project, take advantage of the commercial benefits of operating from a City Region which has one of the highest rates of economic growth in the UK.
Sheffield offers a highly competitive operating cost base, with occupancy costs up to 40% lower than equivalent London costs, providing you with the opportunity to compete profitably with alternative UK and offshore alternatives.
Shared Services - Why Sheffield?
“Sheffield is combining a cost-effective location with high quality, making it one of the most interesting locations for Shared Service Centre operations within the United Kingdom and Europe.”
- Rene Buck, Buck Consultants International, 2006.
For the Buck Report on Implementing Shared Service Centres click here.
International independent research by European location experts Buck Consultants International in 2006 confirmed that Sheffield offers:
- A large pool of highly skilled multilingual employees, with reasonable salary levels
- First class office accomodation offering excellent value for money
- Good international transport accessibility
- Well connected telecoms infrastructure
- A flexible, well established business environment
- World leading investment team support
Key skills in the City Region have made it a location of choice for companies establishing finance, IT, legal and human resources Shared Service Centres. You can also download our Shared Service Centre Brochure.
World leading business investment professionals are on hand to support you:
- A dedicated JOBMatch HR business consultant; a unique, specialist and totally free service aimed at providing prospective inward investors with access to a trained and prepared workforce.
- A comprehensive service covering identification of property and planning assistance.
- Advice in identifying and securing financial support.
- A tailored relocation service via our partner Relocate 2 Sheffield, because we understand the significance of providing comprehensive domestic relocation support for those key individuals already with your business or for those you wish to recruit.
For further information and tailored support for your project please contact: