Your Back-Office Location
London is Europe's leading business centre with 108 of the continent's leading companies served by a highly skilled labour pool. London Thames Gateway's labour pool tops 3.6 million, with a further 4 million commuting from the South East.
An established back office location with many leading UK and international companies located in the region's numerous town centres, London Thames Gateway offers low cost high quality space, excellent transport connections and a flexible local workforce.
London Thames Gateway offers:
Cost Effective Location - A London location at a Leeds price. London Thames Gateway provides cost effective solutions, with flagship sites such as Canary Wharf offering ready to occupy premises alongside design and build options in the Royal Docks. A recent survey has identified that companies can make savings of 20% by locating in London Thames Gateway, when compared to West London, with the lowest overall employment costs of anywhere in London and one of the lowest in Southern England.
Local, High Skilled and Dynamic Workforce - With a local labour pool of 3.6 million, over a third of which have a degree qualification, and 300 languages spoken, London Thames Gateway readily meets the advanced skills requirements for quality back office functions. London Thames Gateway is home to 2.5 million people between the ages of 20 and 39 and London has 28 Universities educating 300,000 students.
Excellent Connections - London Thames Gateway has the fastest growing transport infrastructure in the UK. Our locations benefit from fast connections to the capital, particularly via the extensive rail network, providing high accessibility for the region's major labour catchments. It also benefits from London's five major airports, rail links to Paris, Brussels and mainland Europe and is part of the most comprehensive public transport system of any city in Europe - 570 railway stations, 292 Tube & light rail stations and 649 bus routes.
Further Details
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