Grow, Connect, Flourish.

Welcome to Invest in Huntingdonshire. Our district is an exceptionally well-connected location, with a diverse talent pool, offering a superior quality of life in bustling market towns and lots of viable growth space to choose from. Discover what our region can offer your growing business.

Skills and Employment
Grow, Connect, Flourish
Grow, Connect, Flourish

Key Sectors

These are the areas that we at Huntingdonshire focus on for the best local development.

Defence

Huntingdonshire offers strategic access to RAF sites and major transport routes together with a skilled workforce, a growing tech cluster and affordable business parks meaning there's sufficient support for secure, high-tech defence operations. The district is also backed by regional funding and strong infrastructure, it's ideal for defence growth.

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Advance Manufacturing

Advance manufacturing is Huntingdonshire's heritage and foundation sector. It has a mixture of long-established businesses that have been innovating for decades. This cluster boasts an enviable mix of strong traditional craft and skilled engineering labour pool that has attracted a new wave of R&D.

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Digital and Technologies

Huntingdonshire is a flourishing technology hub on the northern edge of the silicon fen – the high-tech hotspot around Cambridge. High tech businesses are well represented with a variety of sectors including high value manufacturing, bio/life sciences, clean tech and ICT at the forefront.

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Life Sciences

Huntingdonshire-based businesses are perfectly supported by the existing cluster of logistics and distribution companies. The transport infrastructure is second to none, being the key intersection of the north-south and east-west axis of road and rail links, including the A1(M), A14, M11, and the East Coast Mainline.

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News

Local Business Spotlight: Beacon Wealth Management - Opening a new rural community hub

Posted: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:00

With a 20-year history in the town of Kimbolton, Beacon Wealth Management is keen to expand and enhance their services to their clients in the...

Building Skills: Government Announces New Apprenticeships Amid Wider Funding Questions

Posted: Fri, 30 May 2025 15:31

Building Skills: Government Announces New Apprenticeships Amid Wider Funding Questions

Local Business Spotlight: Holmewood Estate - Self-storage Success

Posted: Mon, 19 May 2025 09:00

Holmewood Estate successfully secured a £47,000 grant from the Rural England Prosperity Fund – part of the government's UK Shared...

Sheffield Hallam Researchers Seek Huntingdonshire Workers for Health Study on Smoking, Alcohol, and Wellbeing

Posted: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:22

Researchers from the Centre for Behavioural Science and Applied Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University are undertaking research on behalf...

Events

Chambers Summer Drinks Reception

Thu, 17th Jul 2025 15:00 - 17:30

Join Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce for an afternoon of networking with canapes and fizz at our annual Summer Drinks Reception.

Hosted on...

Peterborough Business Forum

Tue, 22nd Jul 2025 08:30 - 10:30

Join Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce for the Peterborough Business Forum kindly hosted by Young Technicians Academy.

Network and collaborate...

Magpas Air Ambulance summer open days

Thu, 31st Jul 2025 09:30 - 13:30

Whether you're curious about the lifesaving work we do or just looking for a fun outing, this is your chance to see behind the scenes.