Chelmsford is the principle commercial centre serving the County of Essex situated approximately 30 miles East of London with a thriving business community with occupiers including, MS Amlin, Gallagher Insurance, AON, Grant Thornton, Birkett Long, Benefit Cosmetics, Tees Law, RSA and QBE. The City is a served by a mainline railway station with a fastest journey time to London Liverpool Street of 35 minutes. The A12 runs to the South of the city which provides intersects with the M25 at J.28, approx. 12 miles to the West and the North Essex towns of Witham and Colchester together with the East Coast Ports of Felixstowe and Harwich to the East.