Slough Business Guide & Directory 2018

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Working in Partnership
Chinese Weekly
Slough works closely with Chinese Weekly and the Huawen
Group to promote Slough as an inward investment destination
for Chinese owned businesses.
Slough Borough Council is committed to working with
Chinese businesses and has already welcomed Chinese
corporations Hytera and ZTE, who relocated their UK
headquarters to the borough in 2014 and 2015.
Slough Business Community Partnership
Slough Business Community Partnership (SBCP) is working
with businesses to encourage them to adopt and promote
responsible business practices through the development of
their corporate responsibility strategy. They encourage
community involvement activity by developing strategic and
innovative ways for businesses to provide support to help
meet the needs of the community and make a real difference.
Through their collaborative partnerships with the private,
public and voluntary sectors they are tackling key issues
affecting people who live, learn and work in Slough.
A unique organisation, they promote the use of business
skills to support the development of community organisations
by creating beneficial and meaningful relationships.
For more information on the Slough Business Community
Partnership, contact 01753 696958 or email
Centre For Cities
Slough is attracting new business at a faster rate than
anywhere else in the UK, according to the latest research
by Centre for Cities.
Figures released by the think tank in January 2016,
which compare the UK’s 63 largest urban areas, show the
borough grew its corporate presence by 29 percent in the
five years to 2014.
The report also ranked Slough as sixth for the number of
business start-ups, with 64.32 per 10,000 population, and
said Slough has the third highest average weekly earnings,
behind only London and Crawley. Slough also ranked in the
top three cities for productivity, as well as the fastest growing
in terms of population.
The borough’s schools also came out top, with 70.2 percent
of pupils achieving five A*- C grades in Maths and English.
We have the highest concentration of headquarters in the
UK, the biggest cluster of data centres outside the USA,
and in 2015 alone we welcomed at least another nine major
corporations, including food manufacturer KP Snacks and
Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE.
Businesses benefit hugely from what’s on offer here -
our fantastic connectivity via road, rail, air and fibre,
and our proximity to London and other big businesses.
That, coupled with fantastic schools and a skilled, vibrant
population, help maintain Slough’s standing as a world class
place to do business.