Business

Leicester has a thriving business community.

One of the most famous businesses from Leicester is Walkers Crisps.Walker Crisps come from Leicester. Created by Henry Walker, a successful pork butcher who moved from Mansfield to Leicester in the 1880s .The first Walker's production line was in the empty upper storey of Walker's Oxford Street factory in Leicester. In 1971 the Walker's crisps business was sold to Standard Brands, an American firm, who sold on the company to Frito-Lay. Walker's crisps currently has two factories in Beaumont Leys.

The main large industries in Leicestershire are the National Space Centre, the Great Central Railway and the Abbey Pumping Station.

Engineering is a big part of Leicester's economy. Local engineering companies include Richards Engineering, Jones & Shipman, Trelleborg and Transmon Engineering. Local universities, Leicester University, De Montfort University, and Loughborough University, all offer engineering apprenticeship schemes with local companies.

Leicester has its own annual business awards to acknowledge the achievements of local businesses. These awards have been going for 18 years now and have become respected in the Leicester area as a recognized business achievement. The awards are designed to reward small business, medium businesses and large organizations. The awards fall into different categories listed below

Sales and Marketing Award
Customer Service Excellence Award
Success Through People Award
Creative Business Award
Investing in Leicestershire
Entrepreneur of the Year Award
New Business Award
Leicestershire Business of the Year Award

These are some trade organisations that have their head offices in Leicester and the Leicestershire area.

Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation
Institute of Diagnostic Engineers
Pre-cast Flooring Federation
Ergonomics Society
European Construction Institute
Concrete Pipe Association
National Association of Wood Shaving & Sawdust Merchants & Contractors


Some local businesses in he Leicester and Midlands area

Go Smile - Teeth whitening Specialists in Derby - 63 Jubilee Road, Shelton Lock, Derby
07793 160 801


Frost Grab Tipper Hire, covering the Derby and Nottingham area, 1 Calderdale Drive, Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire
07885 326 423

DSD Grab Tiper Hire in Derby and Burton, Every Arms Farm Bungalow, Burton Road, Egginton, Derby
07971 800 968

EDM Garage Services - MOT, Service, repairs, car recovery and motorhome specialist - Derby, Burton Findern areas,Findern Halt Service Station, Burton Road, Findern, Derby DE65 6BE
07971 800 968

Mitchell Storage and Distribution, UK, European and world courier, parcels, pallets, and storage. UNITS 47 & 48, The Warren, East Goscote Ind Estate, East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 3XA TEL 0116 260 4080