Business parks

Cards (4)

  • Business parks specialise in creating an area where businesses can work together on cheap land
  • Colbert Business Park in Newcastle employs 14,000 people in 29 different industries including IBM and Seimens
  • It is next to the A1 motorway and near Newcastle airport
  • Both types of parks have grown as the UK has changed from an industrial economy to a post-industrial that focuses on research and development industries