Axis

Superb transport links

Newbridge is well served by all modes of transport, with fast links into the city centre, central Scotland through the motorway network; and with Edinburgh International Airport on the doorstep the rest of the UK and the world are also highly accessible.

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Population

Axis Business Park benefits from having a catchment population of just over one million people within a 30 minute drive.

Between 1991 and 2006 the population of Edinburgh and the Lothians expanded quicker than the Scottish and UK averages, meaning that the labour force has also increased by approximately 8.4% (almost double the Scottish rate of 4.3%).

Fife also boasts a growing population with many in the younger age bands, meaning that Fife has a working population of around 350,000 (of which 80% live within a 20 minute drive of the Forth Road Bridge).
Edinburgh and the Lothian's are also above both the Scottish and UK average employment rates of 75.7% and 74.3% respectively (standing at 78.1%).

Amenities

Edinburgh is the principal financial centre of Scotland and is only second to London in the UK, there is currently £330 billion funds under management.
Eight out of twenty of Scotland's top companies have their headquarters in the city. Financial Institutions based in Edinburgh include, The Royal Bank of Scotland, HBOS, Standard Life, Scottish Widows and Scottish Equitable. Between 1999 and 2006 the Edinburgh and Lothian economy grew by an average annual rate of 8.8% well above the UK average of 6.1%.