Business

North Ayrshire has a highly skilled workforce and excellent research, development and training facilities including a number of industry-led training centres.

These include:

• The Ayrshire Management Centre
• Call centre training at James Watt and Kilmarnock Colleges
• The Scottish Textile Technology Training Centre
• The Hannah Research Institute for international scientific research

The regions main exports are:

• Electronics
• Chemicals
• Engineering
• Textiles

An impressive range of international companies have already been attracted to North Ayrshire, including GlaxoSmithKline, Wilson Sporting Goods and Finnish paper giants, UPM-Keymmene.

• North Ayrshire Council Business Development Services
  Comprehensive information for people thinking about locating a business in the area

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