Strategic Employment Sectors

Our Borough is home to a number of advanced manufacturing and engineering firms that employ a significant number of people and boasts the highest concentration of transport and logistics firms and employment in Northern Ireland. With ease of access to Belfast Port, the Port of Larne and Belfast International Airport, our high quality transport and communications infrastructure make Antrim and Newtownabbey a natural location for this sector. Life and health sciences is also a key employment sector, with a concentration of anchor institutions, such as Randox, contributing significantly to the local economy and generating export revenue.