Key Employment Sites

One of the  many amazing areas across Leicestershire to work in is the East Midlands Enterprise Gateway, with multiple employers and a wide range of careers. See the video below to find out more!  

Researching Careers at EMEG

• What is EMEG summary Nov 2021 young people
• GXO Case studies, Ed Gould, Hayley O’Nions and  Max Cowlishaw
• EMEG logistics resources (Nov 2021)
• Talent-in-Logistics-Myth-Busters
• SEGRO East Midlands Gateway
• East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington
• Pallex, Coalville
• Road Haulage Association
• Icould
• generationlogistics.org/case-studies

Other key sites of employment

There is a lot of construction and development happening across the LLEP area, and some fantastic key areas where there will be growing numbers of jobs across sites.

These include the East Midlands Enterprise Gateway, five sites in North West Leicestershire, see a short film on this above.

There are also booming sites like Mercia Park, at junction 11 of the M42, a new global logistics site for Jaguar Land Rover and DSV (https://merciaparkconstruction.co.uk/), and Magna Park in Lutterworth is also expanding. There is food manufacturing expertise and a food manufacturing zone in Melton.

Other areas with lots of opportunities include our two Enterprise Zones, which support many sectors! MIRA Technology Park and the Loughborough and Leicester Science and Innovation Zone (three sites) offer excellent careers in areas such as life sciences, space, sport, low carbon, manufacturing and engineering, see more here: https://llep.org.uk/enterprise-zones/.

We have a blend of many strong sectors of employment across the area, see: https://llep.org.uk/our-economy/sector-profiles/