A natural home for Government
The public sector has a significant presence in Sheffield, being home to Government bodies including:
- DWP
- DCSF
- Home Office (incorporating Borders Agency)
- Natural England
- Environment Agency
- BIS
- HMRC
The city boasts a large pool of highly skilled and trained staff, employing over 266,000 people in public sector administration. This represents over 29% of employees within an hours commute.
Quality of life
The quality of life available in Sheffield is second to none. Sheffield is England's greenest city, surrounded by some of the most breathtaking countryside in the UK. On the doorstep of the Peak District national park, activities such as hiking, climbing, horse riding and nature spotting are extremely popular. Chatsworth House, Bakewell and Castleton are just some of the attractions within a short distance from the city.
Sheffield is one of England's safest cities. It is the UK's first national city of sport and has the largest theatre complex outside of London. There is a wealth of shopping, leisure and sporting amenities ranging from the changing face and development of the city centre to the Meadowhall shopping complex.
"For my family, the move to Sheffield was entirely positive. We have easy access to a wide range of cultural activities and beautiful countryside is on our doorstep."
John Lambert, Senior Civil Servant
Connectivity
Sheffield's position within the UK enables easy access to other major cities, via its close proximity to major road networks such as the M1, M18 and A1. St Pancras International is only 2 hours away on a direct train route from the city.
Cost effectiveness
Sheffield's property portfolio offers a wide choice of office accommodation including high specification grade A offices, quirky and characteristic buildings and accommodation from the city centre across the fringe to the outskirts of the city region. Occupancy costs are on average 40% lower than those in London.
Sheffield offers highly cost effective salary rates against the regional and national averages with one of the lowest turnover rates in the UK.
Sheffield is a successful location for government to settle. We believe that there are excellent opportunities in Sheffield for growth and long term prosperity, offering your organisation the balance of quality, cost and low risk in a proven location.
2 St Paul's Place is...
"An inspiring, modern, energy-efficient office which, as well as improving their working environment, will reduce running costs."
David Bell, Permanent Secretary, DCSF.
"The move into the new accommodation will save money on running costs. It illustrates our long-term commitment to Sheffield and our staff there, who do the key policy work on some of our most important issues."
Simon Fraser, Permanent Secretary, BIS.
"Capital for Enterprise is a new Non-Departmental Public Body, created in April 2008 to manage the Government's £1billion SME finance support portfolio. The decision to operate out of Sheffield was based on a number of considerations, but the assistance provided by Creativesheffield, who have been supporting us all the way, was a key factor. We've had excellent professional advice from the JOBMatch service with recruitment and we're having no trouble attracting high calibre, professionally qualified candidates for senior investment roles. Creativesheffield have also assisted with finding us a suitable property. The efficient, effective support we have received from Creativesheffield has been first-class and has made the whole process much more manageable!"
Rob Earley, Chief Executive, Capital for Enterprise Ltd
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