There’s more to Essex than fake tans and market traders. But the cheap digs may reflect something of the county’s aspirational, enterprising qualities - qualities that have helped shape a vibrant manufacturing ecosystem.
Essex is home to the second largest advanced manufacturing cluster in the UK, with almost 4,000 companies and more than 40,000 people employed in the sector. Taken as a whole, the county of grafters has an economy the size of Croatia – and some might say, the beaches to match. But what is Essex? The…
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