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About Bury St. Edmunds

 
Bury CathedralBury St. Edmunds, the third largest in Suffolk, is part of the prosperous Cambridge sub-region and has also benefited enormously from being part of the A14 corridor linking the Port of Felixstowe with the Midlands. This major route also means Bury St Edmunds is well connected to the other Haven Ports and London and is literally at the heart of East Anglia, one of the fastest growing regions in the country.
Bury St. Edmunds is an historic market town which also offers a first class quality of life. It has a lively town centre with a cathedral, the newly-restored Georgian Theatre Royal, the award wining Abbey Gardens and an annual festival of arts and music. It is surrounded by unspoilt Suffolk countryside and attractive villages with ancient churches and timber-framed houses.
 
Economically, the town continues to thrive. The shopping area is about to expand with the opening next spring of a new development on the Cattle Market site, currently rising rapidly from the ground. It will include a series of small shops in timber-clad buildings and a Debenhams store in a striking metal-clad shell-like building. Above the shops will be apartments and below them an underground car park. The new development is being sensitively linked to the existing shopping centre and several adjoining streets have been improved with new surfacing and street furniture.
 
Business
The town’s businesses vary hugely in size and sector. Traditional agriculture-related businesses sit side by side with hi-tech enterprises. Bury St Edmunds has a proud tradition of local independent business starting here, such as Greene King, founded in 1799, and still the town’s largest commercial employer; printers Denny Brothers; Glasswells’ furniture store and Sealey power products. Other major commercial employers include EDF Energy, CML Innovative Technologies and Vinten. However, most businesses in Bury St Edmunds are small which adds to the town’s economic strength and diversity. 
 
The A14 is crucial for Bury St Edmunds’ businesses. To the west of the town lies the Saxham Business Park where Cheshire-based Gladman Developments is creating two warehouses in a development worth £18 million and bringing 200 jobs. To the east of the town, the Suffolk Business Park occupies a prime site beside the A14 and is home to several important local businesses. A proposed 68-hectare extension to the business park means that eventually it will stretch out to the Rookery Crossroads at Rougham and provide enough space for business expansion for the foreseeable future. 
 
Education
Bury St Edmunds also has West Suffolk College, which has a strong focus on employers and works closely with local businesses to offer high-quality training and provide students with the skills businesses need. The College recently became part of University Campus Suffolk and is offering a wide range of higher education courses. 
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