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Location, location, location
The Thames Valley is the fastest-growing region outside of London, comprising of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Swindon. Companies from all around the world are represented across a wide range of sectors and are part of a connected and robust business community. The Thames Valley also boasts an exceptional talent pool with an abundance of academic centres of excellence, pioneering organisations, and world-class research and development programmes.
The Thames Valley is home to an abundance of Innovation Hubs and Centres of Excellence…
The Thames Valley holds a unique position in the global innovation market as scientific developments and technological innovation, fostered here in the region, have helped shape the places of tomorrow.
Benefitting from access to a number of world renowned Innovation Hubs and Centres of Excellence, including the University of Oxford, Harwell Campus, Westcott Innovation Centre, Bayer LifeHub and Oxford Science Park, pioneers and experts are able to work side-by-side to deliver innovation at speed.
The region is no stranger to ground-breaking discoveries, including the world’s first transistorised computer, Europe’s first nuclear reactor and more recently, COVID-19 vaccines.
Harwell Campus
Harwell Campus is one of the UK’s leading innovation hubs, with outstanding science and technology personnel and world-leading facilities. The 700-acre campus provides approximately 6,000 employees with over £2 billion in research infrastructure. Harwell Campus lies at the heart of the science, space, and health tech sector, an established beacon of global science and discovery and one of the leading science and innovation campuses in Europe.
The University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is full of world-leading experts, covering a wide and diverse range of topics, with an appetite to explore and find solutions. With state-of-the-art facilities, the University of Oxford provides organisations with a variety of spaces, resources, equipment, and facilities to support and facilitate the growth of small businesses. Research at the university has made a significant impact across the world, from culture, business, and policy to environment and health.
Westcott Innovation Centre
Westcott Innovation Centre is at the heart of Westcott Venture Park with prominent existing space and aviation companies. Located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, within the Westcott Space Cluster, the centre is planned to be a 1,200m2 flexible facility. The Centre is home to a growing nucleus of companies developing new innovative technologies and services in space and aviation-related industries, alongside the Westcott Business Incubation Centre and 5G Step-Out Centre.
Talent and Innovation
The Thames Valley has access to a large number of academic centres of excellence, global businesses, and pioneering organisations, each with specialist areas in research, development, and industry collaboration. This provides incoming companies with direct access to a comprehensive talent pool, with some of the strongest commercial and technical skills needed to drive entrepreneurship, innovation, and business growth.
And several major business and industrial parks…
Green Park
Just 8 minutes from Reading Station, Green Park offers a high-quality business environment in an established 195 acres of green and pleasant landscape. The park hosts over 7,000 people across 1.5 million sq ft of workspace.
Thames Valley Science Park (TVSP)
The innovative and collaborative campus currently hosts around 80 companies located at the park, ranging from early start-ups to global R&D centres, representing a diverse range of technologies and sectors, from digital media to pioneering medical diagnostics.
Culham Science Centre
Culham Science Centre combines world-class publicly funded research into fusion power; commercial technology organisations and Culham Innovation Centre, to create a powerhouse of high technology innovation and enterprise in South Oxfordshire.
Silverstone Park
Silverstone Park is at the heart of the Silverstone Technology cluster and at the forefront of global technological innovation, business development and engineering, with a wealth of high-tech engineering companies of all sizes.
Slough Trading Estate
SEGRO’s, Slough Trading Estate, is home to many of the world’s most successful companies, developing a reputation as a world-class location for business across a range of sectors.
With exceptional transport links…
The Thames Valley is an excellent place for businesses to set up in the UK. Not only is the region well-placed in terms of its proximity to London, but the Thames Valley also boasts an extensive transport network, with several major established infrastructure projects ensuring outstanding regional, national and international connectivity. Additionally, there are numerous infrastructure projects in the pipeline which will continue to build upon the already established connectivity of the Thames Valley region.
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Connectivity to global markets and to the rest of the UK is a critical factor in Thames Valley’s position as a vibrant, growing, global economy and a vital contributor to UK plc. To maintain our 
competitive advantage we need continued investment in rail, air and road infrastructure.
Ruth Bagley, Director at Ardynt Consulting Ltd
Life in the Thames Valley
The Thames Valley is one of the few regions in the UK where it really is possible to live and work in a picturesque setting. Almost half of the region is made up of areas of outstanding natural beauty, tucked away from the noise and environmental pollution of a big city.
The diversity of arts, cultural and culinary delights make the region well placed to meet the needs of its expatriate residents.
State schools perform consistently well and there is a selection of esteemed international and private schools in the region. Thames Valley Universities also provide an extensive range of academic and commercial courses at some very prestigious establishments, catering for all interests and skills.
Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Inward Investment Services
Thames Valley Chamber of commerce provides a comprehensive ‘soft-landing support’ service for Foreign-Owned Companies (FOCs) wishing to set up or expand in the region. This includes free introductions to academic institutions, solicitors, accountants and recruitment agencies, as well as property advisors and agents, including owners of some of the region’s large commercial estates, to enable new investors to find the most appropriate and suitable site for their individual needs. For more information, please contact the Policy and Inward Investment Team here.