Corporate Location
Choosing the optimum location is vital to the success of any business. The ability or otherwise to access a high quality workforce, customers, markets and suppliers can mean the difference between success and failure.
Whitefield International provides a range of services to assist companies expand, relocate or consolidate their office, manufacturing, assembly, distribution and R& D operations within the UK and overseas. We cover all phases of the location process from strategic planning, project feasibility to location and site selection. We focus on identifying a number of suitable locations, then developing comparative data on each of the preferred options.
Given that each project and each client has fundamentally different requirements, our comprehensive range of services can be applied flexibly at one or more or all of the stages of the location and site selection process.
Our services
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Strategic review of clients’ existing facilities/locations
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Identification and evaluation of available property and sites
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Comparison of Government welcome and support
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Analysis of goods transportation and logistics
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Development of location strategy
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Demographic studies/profiles
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Identification of suppliers
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Organisation of site visits
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Comparative analysis of labour availability, skills and costs
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Mapping of local educational infrastructure, including training support
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Analysis of telecommunications and utility (water, gas, electricity) supply
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Comparison of local, regional, national and pan-national grants and incentives
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Comparison of ease and speed of access to different locations for visiting company directors and principal staff
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Identification of appropriate housing, schools and other social amenities for expatriate staff
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Cost of living and quality of life comparisons
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Assessment of the local business climate
Comparison of taxation policies and rates
Securing Optimal Locations with Confidential Expertise
We are happy to work closely with our clients at the relevant stages of the corporate location process. We are equally as happy to negotiate directly and in confidence with third parties on our clients’ behalf. In either case, our aim is to secure the optimum operational location for our clients.
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