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Why Mayo

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Mayo has the infrastructure required by scalable businesses. As well as efficient transport links, the county has seen significant private investment in gas, electricity, broadband, international connectivity and renewable energy.

Mayo is an established pharmaceutical manufacturing hub. This, with its proximity to Galway’s globally-recognised medical devices cluster, provides new businesses with a skilled talent pool not just in life sciences but in ancillary areas such as logistics and supply chain management.

Mayo ranks highly in water treatment facilities making quality water readily available to large enterprise users.

Well-resourced for business

Mayo is rich in natural resources. Its vast coastline offers marine and gas exploration opportunities. County Mayo has extensive renewable energy resources from wind, wave and biomass as well as, to a lesser extent, from tides. Mayo County Council is committed the development of renewable energy sources.

Development land is available and property – industrial, commercial and residential – is competitively priced.

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