Basildon is a superbly well-connected and cost-effective location for international business.
Basildon is only 40 minutes from London Stansted Airport and both Heathrow and Gatwick Airports are within easy reach. More local is London Southend Airport, which is only 25 minutes away and currently offers direct flights to a number of European destinations such as Paris, Amsterdam, Faro, Malaga and Lapland.
The City of London is only 30 minutes away by train and the journey time by car is approximately 45 minutes depending upon the time of day. The Dartford River Crossing is only 25 minutes from Basildon and the M25 is just 15 minutes away. With the Euro Tunnel so close you can be in Paris within 3 hours.
Both Harwich and Felixstowe ports are less than 60 miles away and the Port of Tilbury is just off the A13 approximately 11 miles (or 20 minutes) away, where there also is a cruise terminal. DP World’s London Gateway Port is 8 miles and is the UK’s newest deep sea port and also the site of what will be Europe’s largest logistics park.
Broadband and mobile communication technologies must be treated as the fourth utility, with everyone benefiting from improved connectivity. This will play a crucial role in ensuring that everyone, wherever they live and however they connect, can make full use of digital services and benefit from participation in the digital economy. Improved connectivity also increases innovation and productivity across the economy, bringing significant economic rewards.
Basildon aspires to achieve a 100% coverage of superfast broadband across the borough. As of July 2023, 98.89% of premises within Basildon borough have access to superfast (>=30Mbps) broadband. This compares to 98.36% across Essex County and 97.92% across England. The Superfast Essex Programme has leveraged investment from suppliers such as Openreach and Virgin Media, into ultrafast broadband (>=100Mbps) across the borough, whilst the ASELA Digital Connectivity Programmes has installed over 200km of full fibre across South Essex, connecting more than 200 public and community sites to the capacity for next generation high speed full fibre broadband and attracted over £50m of private sector digital infrastructure investment into South Essex.
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