photo: Charlie Hedley.

Business

Carlisle is an excellent business location.  The City Council and its partners will work with you to make your assessment of Carlisle as straightforward as possible.  We want you to come to Carlisle for the right reason - because your business will be successful here.

• Carlisle is the principal commercial, administrative, retail and cultural centre for much of Cumbria and large parts of South and West Scotland.
• Carlisle's businesses include Pirelli, Carr's of Carlisle, Eddie Stobart, Cavaghan & Gray (part of Northern Foods) and Nestle.  Major employers also include Cumbria County Council, Carlisle City Council, the National Health Service and the Tourism sector.
• Carlisle is a regional shopping centre with over half a million square feet of space.
• Carlisle has a district population of just over 100,000, a workforce of about 50,000 and serves a catchment area of almost half a million people.
• Carlisle is an ideal location for northern England and southern and central Scotland.  Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh and Leeds are all two hours away by road.  Newcastle is only an hour away.
• Carlisle is surrounded by world class landscapes - the Lake District, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borderlands, the Eden Valley, the Solway Firth and the Northern Pennines.  All have national or international recognition for their cultural, scenic or scientific importance.