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Looking to expand or relocate your business to the UK?
Then target the Thames Gateway, the UK's premier inward investment location and London's main growth area. With Invest Thames Gateway's help through its Soft Landing Programme, your move will be smooth, effortless, quick and economic.
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The Bridge, Brunel Way,
Dartford, Kent, DA1 5GA
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Dartford, Kent, DA1 5GA
Banking, Financial and Business Services in the Thames Gateway
The Thames Gateway is at the centre of the UK's Banking, Finance and Business Services Sectors. At its heart, Canary Wharf, is a centre of global importance and home to some of the world most prestigious financial services firms.
Locations such as Southend and Basildon also offer core strengths in financial services, with a successful history of accommodating major financial back office and support functions. The Thames Gateway region offers a unique investment opportunity for firms across the Banking, Finance and Business Services Sectors with its ability to accommodate a diverse variety of business functions across a broad range of closely linked locations. The Thames Gateway's ability to accommodate such a wide set of functions is unparalleled in the UK. It is able to offer investors the opportunity to locate to a region which benefits from the prestige and agglomeration advantages of Canary Wharf and the cost advantages offered by locations such as Southend, Medway and Basildon.
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Business Services
- Business Consultancy Services
- Management Consultancy Services
- Development and Selling of Real Estate
- Legal Services
- High Value and Specialised Labour Recruitment
- Market Research and Public Opinion Polling
- Public Relations and Advertising
- Service Activities (Business Process Outsourcing, Contact Centres, Shared Service Centres)
Banking & Financial Services
- Banking
- Asset Management
- Insurance
- Capital Markets
- Asset-backed Finance (Leasing and Hire Purchase)
Key Locations
In addition to significant commercial floor space, back office facilities and town centre regeneration opportunities, Southend-on-Sea is also a key place to do business within the Thames Gateway.
The prime driver of London’s recent economic success, Canary Wharf has already nearly one third of the employment in the London Thames Gateway. It is the foremost financial districts in Europe and home to many of the world’s most successful financial organisations.
The development of financial skills in the local community is an essential ingredient of regeneration within the Docklands. A key project which opened in 2008 is the new National Skills Academy in Financial Services which meets this goal.
A significant cluster of leading companies in the financial service back office and data processing sector have chosen Basildon in the Thames Gateway as their financial home.
Crossways Business Park in Dartford is a vibrant environment where work and relaxation blend perfectly together. Whether entertaining clients, colleagues or friends, Crossways provides the interest, activities and lifestyle expected from such a prestigious location.
Medway, at the heart of the Thames Gateway, consists of Chatham, Gillingham, Rainham, Rochester and Strood. It is the largest urban area in the South East of England outside London with an economy worth around £2.8 billion per year and is home to than 13,000 businesses, making it an ideal location for financial, data processing and back office organisations.
is currently home to leading companies such as Barclays, Honeywell, Regus, Mazda and Laing O’Rourke and is fast becoming the key location in the Thames Gateway for back office financial services. With excellent transport and rail links, the business park sits on the edge of the M25 giving easy access to London, Docklands, The City and City Airport and Southend Airport.
Who Is In The Region?
processes transaction data of all kinds, harnesses the power of that data.
UK's leading supplier of investor-recordkeeping services and systems.
Back office, card services and customer services including debt recovery.
Since 1935, Morgan Stanley has served as the preeminent financial advisor to investors from around the world.
helps over 41 million people worldwide manage and save for their futures with a range of personal financial products.
a UK based group, is one of the largest financial services providers in the world.
Helps organisations around the world reduce the costs & risks associated with information protection & storage.
provides a comprehensive array of services to manage and service financial assets in more than 100 markets worldwide.
is a global bank operating at a local level.
is a world-leading financial services company, advising clients in all aspects of finance, around the world, around the clock.
provides credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets.
serves nearly 7 million investors worldwide.
is one of the world's leading law firms, with 29 offices* in 20 countries and some 3,200 legal advisers.
is Europe's industry-leading provider of premium network-independent data centres.
Business and Technology Consultancy based in Canary Wharf
For a more detailed list of companies in the Banking, Business and Financial Services sectors who are located in the Thames Gateway, download our brochure ...
Business Support
TheCityUK
TheCityUK is a new, independent organisation which brings together, co-ordinates and leads the promotion of the financial and professional services industry across the UK.
TheCityUK has four objectives
- to promote the UK overseas as a world class centre for financial services
- to act as a source of information and advice and a primary point of contact for overseas businesses
- to encourage greater understanding of the UK financial services industry's role in society and the economy
- to support industry efforts to work with government and regulators to ensure that EU and international regulatory developments foster free and open markets for the financial services industry
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International Financial Services London
International Financial Services London (IFSL) is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation which promotes the UK-based financial services industry throughout the world. IFSL provides three main services – Research (provision of analysis and statistics on UK-based financial services); the International Group (works towards connecting the UK's financial services expertise to international clients and markets) and Trade Policy and International Regulation (works for greater liberalisation of trade in financial services).
The Financial Services Authority
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is the independent body which regulates the financial services industry in the UK.
The FSA has a wide range of rule-making, investigatory and enforcement powers, working against three strategic aims
- Promoting efficient, orderly and fair markets
- Helping retail consumers achieve a fair deal
- Improving our business capability and effectiveness
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The National Skills Academy for Financial Services
The National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS) is based in Tower Hamlets and is leading body for training and development in the financial services industry.
The NSAFS works in partnership with a network of accredited training providers with the aim of developing a workforce with the knowledge and skills to match the best in the world.
NSAFS also works in partnership with employers across the country to ensure that
- employers' needs are reflected
- that employers are involved in the governance of the NSAFS
- that employers help to set training standards
- that employers have an influence on the strategic direction of the NSAFS.
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