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Wokingham Borough Business Guide 2023

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WELCOME

A message from Cllr Clive Jones, Leader –Wokingham Borough Council

Since becoming leader of Wokingham Borough Council, one of my priorities has been to improve the way we work with local businesses.

Businesses – small, medium and large – are the cornerstone of our communities and the foundations on which the borough’s success is built on. The businesses you run and manage provide the jobs and prosperity we need and so the first thing I want to do it thank you all for your incredible hard work.

I’ve been fortunate enough to meet quite a few of the borough’s businesses and I want to meet more and so build up my understanding of how we can support you.

As you will see in this guide, we have great transport links, highly educated residents, good quality office space and a wide mix of housing options. The borough also boasts a great quality of life with parks, playing fields, sport, leisure and cultural centres, as well as some lovely shopping opportunities.

As we continue to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and face the current financial difficulties, we want to find ways to work with and support businesses to thrive. There are things we can do and groups we can point you to for more support.

So, thank you and I hope you find this guide useful.

WOKINGHAM’S ECONOMY

Wokingham Borough is a popular location for business thanks to its close proximity to Heathrow and London, and excellent road and rail links.

The borough is home to leading service sector and high-tech companies including Huawei, Oracle, Microsoft, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson. There are great opportunities for smaller knowledgebased entrepreneurs to start up and grow through connections with the University of Reading at their Whiteknights Campus. Using data from Companies House, there are 11,000+ registered businesses in the Borough.

The Science and Technology Park, developed by the University of Reading at Shinfield, plays a key role in driving forward the region’s knowledge economy, targeting technology-led companies seeking both a strategic location and access to high-quality research and graduate support. The Shinfield site has also seen significant investment in attracting both the British Museum (archive warehouse) and the creation of a film studio.

In addition to the Science Park, the Borough has three major international business parks. Winnersh Triangle, owned by Frasers Property, is home to a number of multi-national companies including Jacobs, Collins Aerospace and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The development has a dedicated railway station on the Reading to Waterloo line.

Thames Valley Business Park is a premier business park next to a country park and nature reserve and runs parallel to the River Thames. In addition to the UK headquarters of Microsoft and Oracle, the park also hosts Sanofi, Hewlett Packard Inc. and the serviced offices from Regus. A park and ride scheme operates into Reading town centre.

The longest established business park in the Borough is located in Earley. Suttons Business Park operates both office and light industrial space. The largest occupier by space is the Brakes Distribution Warehouse.

TRANSPORT LINKS

With its proximity to Heathrow and London and its position at the heart of the Thames Valley, Wokingham Borough has benefited from infrastructure investment to provide greater access.

Roads: The borough can be reached from the M4 and M3. There is easy access to London and Heathrow Airport and the M25. To the west, the M4 services Swindon and South Wales. The borough also has easy access to the M40 and the Midlands. The A329(M) runs through the borough from Reading to Bracknell town centres and conveniently connects three of Wokingham’s business parks to these centres and the motorway network. The A33 dual carriageway is a north/south link to the M3 and south coast ports.

The Council has delivered several new roads, including traffic relief for Shinfield and Arborfield. A reworking of a single track give way junction in

Barkham has resulted in 2-way traffic flow. Road improvements in and around Winnersh are delivering crossborough routes, avoiding the town centre. Further road improvements are scheduled to provide both local infrastructure support and encourage green energy travel.

Rail: There are frequent rail services from areas including Reading, Earley, Bracknell, Winnersh, Guildford, Crowthorne, London Waterloo and Gatwick Airport. Train services are operated by South West Trains and First Great Western Link. Trains run from Earley, Winnersh, Winnersh Triangle and Wokingham into London Waterloo and take just over an hour. Twyford is already on the main line to London Paddington and its access to the capital will improve further with the delivery of the Crossrail project.

Air: Wokingham Borough is easily accessible from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

TOWN CENTRE REGENERATION

Over recent years, Wokingham town centre has undergone a complete transformation following a multi-million pound regeneration by Wokingham Borough Council.

The ambitious project was aimed at creating a vibrant town centre which could adapt to modern visitor needs, placing an emphasis on aspirational retail, leisure and the community, and which could cater for the growth brought by over 4,000 new homes being built in the town.

The regeneration has seen 9,000m2 of prime commercial floorspace created with a range of flexible retail units framing new public spaces including the Peach Place public square and the Elms Field park and play area. The regeneration has also brought 214 new homes, an Everyman Cinema, bowling alley, Premier Inn hotel, Aldi Foodstore and 529-space multi-storey car park to the town centre.

The town’s historic Market Place has also received a major facelift to give the space the ‘wow factor’, as well as improving the pedestrian experience and creating more room for regular town markets and large community events.

Construction of the final phase of the Carnival Hub was completed in summer 2022. This iconic landmark includes a leisure centre, cultural space and central library.

Since the completion of Elms Field and Peach Place, the regeneration has won multiple awards for placemaking, commercial development and creating an economically successful future from bodies including the RTPI, SPACES, APSE, the Business Magazines Thames Valley Property Awards and The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Europe Award for excellence in mixed-use development.

BUSINESS AREAS IN WOKINGHAM BOROUGH

Thames Valley Business Park

The well-established Thames Valley Business Park sits on an attractive 47-hectare site overlooking the River Thames in north Earley. It has direct access from the A329M via a flyover across the A4. An adjoining 33-hectare country park, including a nature reserve, complements the parkland setting of the ultra-modern offices. Existing facilities at the business park include a day nursery and a health and fitness club. Occupiers include Oracle Corporation, Sanofi, HP Inc. and Microsoft.

Suttons Business Park

Aberdeen Standard Investments has developed more than 71,500 square metres of employment space at a prime location east of Reading at the junction of the A4 and the A329M in north Earley. It consists of a mix of modern, mostly office premises in landscaped grounds fronting the A4 at its entrance and older industrial and warehousing units, typically of around 400 square metres at its western end. Occupiers include Brakes, SAS International and Royal Mail.

Wokingham Town Centre

The town centre provides a mix of employment uses, including shopping, office buildings, local government and leisure. Occupiers include Waitrose, Nuffield Health, Everyman Cinema and Premier Inn.

Molly Millar’s Lane

A traditional industrial area with a mix of older units, modern premises in a variety of sizes and two business parks, Mulberry and Oaklands. Covering 38 hectares in total, it is ten minutes’ walk south of the town centre, a five-minute walk from the railway station and a tenminute drive from the A329M. Further development is possible for a mix of warehousing, light or general industrial use at Ashville Way. Key occupiers include Cox Wokingham Plastics, Intersurgical Ltd, Hummingbird and CEMAS.

Toutley Industrial Estate - Wokingham

This estate consists of small premises for industry on the north-western edge of Wokingham. Occupiers include Welfaux Limited and Brayborne Facilities Services.

Headley Road, Woodley

A 17-hectare industrial estate was developed on the site of the former Woodley Airfield, and includes several large manufacturing units, as well as some small modern industrial and warehousing units. Premises range from 90 to 550 square metres in a convenient location, a five-minute drive time from the A329M.

Winnersh Triangle Business Park

Owned by Frasers Property, this modern 41-hectare site is strategically located next to the A329M, between Reading and Wokingham, and has excellent motorway links to Heathrow Airport along the M4. The development has its own railway station on the Reading/Waterloo line. The site has a mix of business and warehousing use and the structure of the buildings provides flexible, multi-purpose accommodation. Winnersh Triangle has established both advance units and purpose-built complexes to tenants’ own requirements. It has proved attractive to international companies seeking to test the UK market, including high technology, computer and electronic industries. World-leading companies such as Collins Aerospace, Jacobs and HP Enterprise have chosen to locate their UK headquarters at Winnersh Triangle.

Thames Valley Science Park, Shinfield

A wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Reading, the Science Park is host to some 80 companies. Ranging from early stage start-ups to global R&D centres, they represent a diverse range of technologies and sectors, from

digital media to pioneering medical diagnostics.

The Park has been boosted by the addition of a film studio and two archive buildings for the British Museum.

Ruscombe Business Park – Twyford

The Pavillions, Ruscombe Business Park, is located on the edge of Twyford Village in a highly accessible location, a short drive to the A4 between Maidenhead and Reading. Comprising two-storey office buildings and one light industrial unit, set within a landscaped business park benefiting from excellent car parking.

Green Park – Reading

A number of buildings at Green Park are located within the boundary of Wokingham Borough. These are occupied by Bayer, Pepsico, Huawei and Costco.

Borough Council Premises

Wokingham Borough Council owns and manages three employment sites. A site at Hogwood Lane, Finchampstead, provides small and medium-sized factory units in a rural location. Groveland’s Avenue, Winnersh, offers small light industrial units with further small office/hightech units at Station Road in Twyford. The Council offers short term tenancies, usually two to three years. These premises are suitable for startup and developing businesses.

For information on property managed by the Borough Council please contact the Property Section at propestatesunit@wokingham.gov.uk

FINDING BUSINESS PREMISES

Demand for business premises in Wokingham Borough is high. More than 80% of companies are small businesses, an indication of the opportunities for start-ups and growth that exist in the Borough.

The following property agents should be able to help (please note this list is not exhaustive):

Vail Williams

Thames Valley Office

Vail Williams LLP

550 Thames Valley Park

Reading Berkshire RG6 1PT

(0118) 909 7400

www.vailwilliams.com

Campbell Gordon (Reading)

9th Floor, Reading Bridge House

George Street, Reading Berkshire RG1 8LS (0118) 959 7555

www.campbellgordon.co.uk

Romans Commercial Crowthorne House

Nine Mile Ride

Crowthorne RG40 3GZ

01344 753 401

www.romans.co.uk/commercial

Network Rail Property

1 Eversholt Street London NW1 2DN 0800 916 8895

www.property.networkrail.co.uk

Hicks Baker

29 Castle Street Reading Berkshire RG1 7SB (0118) 959 6144 www.hicksbaker.co.uk

Lambert Smith Hampton Central Point

25-31 London Street Reading RG1 4PS (0118) 959 8855 www.lsh.co.uk

Haslams (Reading) County House

17 Friar Street

Reading RG1 1DB

(0118) 921 1501

www.haslams.co.uk

Page Hardy Harris

Premier Gate

Easthampstead Road

Bracknell RG12 1JS

www.pagehardyharris.co.uk

The Wokingham Business Centre Evolution House

2-6 Easthampstead Road

Wokingham RG40 2EG (0118) 989 4800

www.thewokinghambusinesscentre. co.uk

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

The Council’s economic development strategy will support the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (TVB LEP) in delivering the Strategic Economic Plan for the area. This will help secure a more prosperous and productive future for the borough’s businesses and residents.

We recognise that if we are to enable our economy to continue to grow, we need the homes and associated infrastructure, including new roads, to support this. Our strategy is therefore centred on planned growth and sustainable house building so that we can continue to attract the highly skilled, professional workforce needed to maximise our economic potential.

The key objectives set out in the strategy are:

• Creating a place where businesses thrive by offering good quality housing and infrastructure, supported by the updated Local Plan

• Facilitating growth through business support and inward investment

• Ensuring people have the skills that businesses need and can support themselves into employment

• Encouraging innovation and technology to build a competitive business environment

THAMES VALLEY BERKSHIRE LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP

Wokingham Borough Council is a member of the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The partnership, made up of business and public sector organisations, ensures that the economic priorities of the region are best represented. The LEP also aims to utilise the international strength of the Thames Valley brand and ensure the borough has the capacity to compete on the world stage and continue to attract high quality investment. The LEPs Recovery and Renewal Plan for Berkshire is available at tvberks LEP recovery plan.

CLIMATE EMERGENCY

WBC – STRIVING TO BE A CARBON NEUTRAL BOROUGH

Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) is working towards being a carbon neutral borough by 2030.

As a council, we are actively encouraging and supporting businesses to join us in reaching net zero by 2030, and have already enacted several measures ourselves on this overall journey. These include:

• Renovating the local Dinton Activity Centre (pictured below) to be the first carbon positive building in the area, along with Woodley Library, to be carbon neutral, both demonstrating the viability of solutions, along with our clear commitment to leading the way.

• Running a series of Climate Conversation discussions, which explore the many opportunities available for businesses to reduce their overall emissions and enable you to ask your questions directly to expert guest speakers on the chosen subjects. Our first session covered

carbon footprinting and reporting as important first steps.

• Supporting our many partner organisations, including the Low Carbon Workspaces programme, which delivers funding and advice for energy efficiency projects and more across the borough, with over £150,000 of funding awarded so far. There remain many other sources of additional information and funding on a range of topics, including the Race to Zero site.

• Running a series of articles around COP26 and what it means, along with regular climate emergency related updates on aspects like waste collection, biodiversity and heating improvements through our newsletter.

• Installing 72 electric vehicle chargers, with a further 211 planned, to improve the local electric vehicle infrastructure and support their transition for all resident and business users.

• Delivering the first of a set of connected green pathways to encourage more sustainable and active travel.

To find out more and stay updated on more upcoming actions and events you can participate in, why not follow our free business matters and climate emergency newsletters? Or you can email any questions to our focused inbox at climate.emergency@ wokingham.gov.uk at any time.

SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES

Berkshire Growth Hub

The Thames Valley Berkshire Business Growth Hub offers free, impartial business support services to small and medium-sized businesses in Berkshire. Businesses can contact the Growth Hub for one-to-one advice via email, telephone or video call as well as access to the latest information, support and resources for SMEs via the website. From start-ups to scaleups, the team can support SMEs at all stages of their growth journey and advise on a range of issues, from business planning, finance and export to sales and marketing. Support includes:

• impartial one-to-one advice from an experienced business adviser

• a wealth of online information and resources

• connections to relevant private and public sector support

• updates on the latest business news, events and schemes.

T: 0118 209 0000

E: info@berkshirebusinesshub.co.uk

W: www.berkshirebusinesshub.co.uk

Federation of Small Businesses

Helping smaller businesses achieve their ambitions through network support, trusted suppliers and our voice.

Our collective voice allows us to interact with local MPs and governments to ensure the voice of smaller businesses is heard.

Together we are stronger

James Anderson is the Thames Valley Development Manager and will help with any questions.

E: James.Anderson@fsb.org.uk

W: www.fsb.org.uk

Chamber of Commerce

Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group is the voice of business in the Thames Valley. On behalf of micro to multinational organisations, we aim to drive better economic conditions and

new opportunities for members and the wider community. Through our recognised centre of excellence for global trade and inward investment, we provide services that promote and create opportunities for the Thames Valley business community. We do this whilst protecting trade and the local/national economic environment.

We offer local engagement, regional representation and global opportunity.

T: (01753) 870 500

E: customerservices@tvchamber.co.uk

W: www.thamesvalleychamber.co.uk

The Real Business Club

The Real Business Club provides practical, up-to-date information and advice for business owners and start-up businesses. This includes through interactive action-focused workshops and 1-2-1 business coaching. All our services enable start-ups and businesses to make good decisions and grow.

The Real Business Club also provides pro-active and client-focused finance advice, support and services for business owners. This is a wraparound service that integrates tax planning with bookkeeping and accountancy.

For more information contact Isabel King on 07759 074864

E: admin@therealbusinessclub.co.uk

W: www.therealbusinessclub.co.uk

Bracknell and Wokingham College

The college, part of Activate Learning, provides a wide range of education and training opportunities for the local community, from study programmes and apprenticeships, to leisure courses and university-level qualifications.

T: 0800 612 6008

E: enquiries@activatelearning.ac.uk

W: https://bracknell.activatelearning. ac.uk/

The borough has a well-qualified resident workforce. 84.1% of the population are qualified to at least NVQ Level 2, 83,600 residents, and 92.8% are qualified to at least NVQ Level 1. Across all qualification levels, Wokingham fares better than the overall figures for the South East and Great Britain, as well as looking back 10 years to the Borough’s qualification levels in 2012.

Wokingham Borough’s well-qualified and educated workforce supports the flourishing local knowledge economy sector, and when compared with the region and the country overall, the Borough has higher proportions of managers, directors and senior officials, technical workers and professionals. There are a larger proportion of jobs in education, scientific & technical industries, and information & communication, and it is hoped that the expanding creative sector in Wokingham will provide a number of roles for local residents in TV, film, and supporting trades essential to studios and production companies, such as carpentry.

Wokingham’s secondaries include high performing, popular schools which consistently produce results ranked amongst the top in the country, both for attainment and progress.

EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS COUNCIL SERVICES TO BUSINESS

Economic Development

The Economic Development team works closely with both businesses and business support organisations to bring commercial and economic improvement to Wokingham Borough. One of the Council’s priorities is to support the economy through investment in community facilities and infrastructure, combined with appropriate housing development. If you are interested in starting a new business or are looking to relocate to Wokingham Borough, or indeed have any questions concerning business matters in the area, please contact the Council on 0118 974 6000 or email economicdevelopment@ wokingham.gov.uk

Pre-planning advice

If relocating or expanding your business involves an application for change-of-use or adapting your premises, the Council provides a pre-application advice service.

Visit the Planning portal at: https:// www.wokingham.gov.uk/planning/ before-applying-for-planningpermission/pre-application-advice/ where you can download preapplication guidance and complete the online form. A fee will apply for providing this advice.

Building Control

The Council’s Building Control team works with people commissioning construction work and builders to help them comply with regulations ensuring the health and safety of people in and around buildings. These regulations also cover energy conservation and access and facilities for disabled people.

Building Control is a shared service with West Berkshire Council www.bcsolutions.org.uk

Tel: 0300 790 0580

Planning applications can also be submitted through this portal.

Trading Standards, Environmental Health and Licencing

A shared service called The Public Protection Partnership (PPP) across three Local Authorities (Wokingham, West Berkshire and Bracknell Forest). Delivered to over 450,000 people and 10,000 businesses, these services encompass a wide range of areas of responsibility from environmental protection to fair trading, food safety to animal health, housing standards to taxi licensing, and much more.

To contact the team or make a service request, use the form on the website. https://publicprotectionpartnership.org. uk/make-a-service-request/

Tenders

Wokingham Borough Council, through its Contracts and Procurement team, generally advertise tender and contract opportunities according to the value and nature of each requirement. To take part in any of our procurement activities, you must first register on the ProContract website. This can be found through the following link.

https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/ business-and-licensing/business-andgrowth/tender-opportunities/

Commercial Waste

Waste collection and disposal is not included in Business Rates. For more information visit: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/ rubbish-and-recycling/collections/ business-commercial-waste-collection/

Business Rates

The non-domestic rates, or business rates collected by local councils, are the means by which businesses, and others who occupy non-domestic property, contribute towards the cost of local services. The rates are pooled by central government and then redistributed to local councils according to the number of people living in the area.

https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/ business-and-licensing/business-andgrowth/business-rates/

Employment and Skills Plans

A consideration for planning consent is for developments over a certain size (square footage) to submit an employment and skills plan relating to construction skills, training and employment. This is to ensure where possible an opportunity for local employment, apprenticeships, and opportunities such as work experience placements, site visits from young people, and presentations to schools. The schemes will be further enhanced by knowledge of local supply chains. This has been demonstrated with recent successes in the creative media industry where two new film studios are under construction in the Borough.

Domestic and Commercial Rubbish Clearance and Waste Management

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Rubbish Clearance Ltd have been providing domestic and commercial rubbish removal for over 20 years. The company was star ted back in 1996 by Stuart Patterson and has since become a national family-run waste management company, supplying rubbish clearance to the domestic and commercial sectors.

Our coverage stems wide across the UK covering all major counties and cities. No matter where you live in the UK, if you require a junk collection, Rubbish Clearance Limited is the only company you need.

Rubbish Clearance in the UK is a massive industry right now however, there are so many unprofessional, un-licensed and un-insured companies operating rubbish removal vehicles that the market is now saturated with cowboy companies and fly-tippers. Don’t get caught out by these rogue businesses, use a professional company like Rubbish Clearance Ltd. On every clearance we carry out you will receive a receipt for payment and a waste transfer note. These documents are your proof that the rubbish was disposed of correctly and within the law.

Here at Rubbish Clearance Ltd we guarantee to beat any likefor-like quote from a licensed waste carrier company and we guarantee to beat skip hire prices by a minimum of 10%.

We aim to see over 3,500 participants on a weekly basis by developing programmes of work through schools, colleges, youth clubs/services, grassroot teams, sports centres and universities, and by working alongside the football club in delivering player appearances and matchday experiences to young people and families.

Ruchetta is the home of authentic fine Italian cuisine in the

heart of Wokingham. With roots in Calabria in Southern Italy, Chef and Owner Angelo Colao creates mouth-watering dishes, full of flavour, using only the finest seasonal ingredients.

Our restaurant o ers guests the ideal location for a celebration or wonderful meal out with friends and family, with a menu steeped in modern Italian cuisine.

In 2020 the restaurant was awarded the prestigious Trip Advisor® Travellers' Choice award, having previously been appointed to the TripAdvisor® Certificate Of Excellence Hall of Fame. We were also awarded a 5-Star Environmental Health rating by Wokingham Borough Council for the sixth year running.

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IT’S LOCAL W OKINGHAM ONLINE BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Wokingham Borough Council is proud to be part of launching an exciting new service for businesses in Wokingham, connecting local businesses with local customers, free of charge and keeping trade inside the local economy.

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‘It’s Local’ is a business directory for businesses and people who live in, work in and visit Wokingham. There’s no download or install to worry about. The service is dynamic, sending device-appropriate pages to mobiles, tablets, laptops, desktops and Smart TVs.

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