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"We began working with Gateway to London two years ago, and their continuing help and perseverance throughout that time has been invaluable. We look forward to carrying on being a landmark employer in the area for many years to come." Roger Newton, Company Secretary, Dairy Crest:
London's economy is larger than that of Finland, Portugal and Ireland and offers unrestricted access to 456,000,000 consumers in the EU making it one of the World's largest trading hubs.
London Thames Gateway is one of the UK's most productive manufacturing locations, offering a sophisticated environment for innovation and design-led advanced manufacturers, along with good availability of high quality, competitively priced industrial, warehousing and R&D facilities. With access to a wide range of financial assistance from capital grants to training and recruitment initiatives, and corporation tax among the lowest in the EU, the region is also extremley cost competitive.
London Thames Gateway offers:
Leading Location - Over 4,500 manufacturing firms are located in London Thames Gateway, contributing to the capital's manufacturing GVA, which is 28% higher than the rest of the UK, and productivity, 47% higher.
Access to Innovation - London Thames Gateway has access to 28 Universities across the capital educating over 300,000 students including over 900 graduate engineers each year. The region also includes a number of globally significant research and development clusters with leading companies such as Ford basing R&D centres in the region and 46 of the world's top pharmaceutical businesses including Astra Zeneca and Sanofi Aventis.
Business Connections - With over 20,000 manufactures located in the UK's capital and the fastest improving transport infrastructure in the UK, London Thames Gateway is ideally placed for access to customers and suppliers as well as new products and industry leaders. London itself is one of the best-wired global cities and was recently ranked the best city in Europe for the quality of its telecoms. The capital also has five major airports, rail links to Paris, Brussels and mainland Europe and the most comprehensive public transport system of any city in Europe - 570 railway stations, 292 Tube & light rail stations and 649 bus routes.
Cost Effective Location - A London location at a Leeds price. London Thames Gateway offers a broad range of affordable sites and premises with high amenity, both ready for occupation and being made market ready. Many sites have been reserved for Manufacturing only uses. Rental prices are typically 20-30% less than West London, with all the benefits of a London location.
Dairy Crest
Dairy Crest is a household name and the UK's premier chilled dairy foods company. In November 2001 Dairy Crest completed a �15million investment in Dairy Crest London creating the UK's first 'super dairy'. This investment doubled the capacity of the dairies division located in Chadwell Heath, creating a state of-the-art facility capable of processing 400 million litres of milk a year. The company's production and distribution for London and the South East is managed at the site, which also serves a national market.
Gateway to London has recently helped Dairy Crest in their dialogue with the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham to ensure that a nearby residential development would not impact on their operations. By ensuring Dairy Crest's inclusion in the planning process, Gateway to London has helped to secure the future employment of the 382 staff currently working at the Chadwell Heath site and enabled further investment and the continued development of Dairy Crest's East London operations.
Further Details
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