When looking to recruit skilled staff, Yorkshire and Humber has a long-standing tradition of globally-renowned engineering excellence and offers a solid supply of skilled and flexible labour.

The region provides a highly skilled and flexible workforce of over 2 million people. Along with more than 117,000 employees in 5,800 businesses, our industrial and manufacturing heritage means potential investors benefit from an extensive engineering skills base.

Over 5,000 people are employed in the region's aerospace industry, with most companies supplying components to major assemblers.

Yorkshire & the Humber is an important area, in both UK and European terms, for the automotive component sector, where over 500 automotive suppliers employ over 13,500 staff. It also has one of the largest concentrations of medical device companies in the UK, with 3,000 people involved in their manufacture.

The region's universities produce over 11,000 engineering graduates and postgraduates each year, that's 12% of the UK total.