Resources - Working with Innovate Thames Valley

Innovate Thames Valley works with Business Link to help our members achieve their full potential. Business Link provides an extensive range of advice, information and support to businesses from start-up to running and growing an established company.

Diamond Light Source is the UK's new national synchrotron facility, opened in 2007.As the largest science facility to be built in the UK for 40 years, Diamond is set to play a major role in facilitating ground breaking science over the coming decades.

Finance South East helps ambitious companies to grow through direct investment and associatedsupport.It offers an integrated range of services for businesses to help them, prepare for investment, secure the right funding package,maximise the potential of that funding.

The National Physical Loboratories (NPL) is the UK’s National Measurement Institute and is a world leading centre for developing and applying the most accurate measurement standards, science and technology.

Thames Valley Enterprise Hub aims to help technology and knowledge based companies with pioneering ideas become thriving commercial businesses.

The Thames Valley Investment Network (TVIN) acts as a bridge between investors seeking good investment opportunities and companies seeking outside equity investment from individual business angels, venture capital companies and investment funds.

Thames Valley Life Sciences Network provides support and relationship building to create new alliances, accelerate knowledge transfer and further strengthen the region’s lead in this industry sector.

Thames Valley University is one of the largest institutes in Europe, with almost 60,000 students. It is the largest single source of skilled and qualified people for employers in the ThamesValley.

The University of Reading is acknowledged as one of the top 200 universities in the world and is in the top 10 for winning UK funding for research.