West London Business

Property services

West London Business has an excellent knowledge of the West London region.

We will provide property tours if appropriate, liaising with property agents on your behalf to organise a tour of potential properties at a convenient time for you.  Our local knowledge ensures that you will receive information about the local community, details of local support available, transport links to each location and how you can access outstanding local staff and training, in addition to answering any further questions that you might have about West London and the business community that prospers here.

Offering additional property support:

We assist companies by ensuring that they have the facilities to grow within West London.  Whether it is assistance with finding new properties or supporting you with your planning applications, the team will support you to grow within West London.

As an example, the team can assist with supporting a planning application by communicating our support of your application to the Council and conveying your concerns to senior planners at each relevant Council.

We can access West London Business’ extensive membership to help you cut out the hassle of moving property.  Membership of West London Business includes companies who can help you move, provide furniture, offer security options and take the strain out of moving into your new home – we can facilitate the meetings to make your life easier.

Transport and Access

Are problems with local and regional transport causing problems for your company?  Whether it is a local issue over access to your property or a wider matter that is affecting your business we want to hear about it.  We can offer practical solutions by working with our partners Transport for London and the boroughs of West London, lobby on your behalf to key local and regional decision makers or assist in puting into place a transport plan for your company to help your employees travel to your premises.

If you and your company are new to the area we will be pleased to provide details of local transport routes and details of new transport schemes planned for West London, such as Crossrail and the West London Line.

Recruitment and Employment

Almost 30% of the West London workforce is qualified up to degree level (which is higher than the UK national average of 23%) and West London has a population of approximately 1.4 million people, which is a larger population than that of Birmingham.  Due to the excellent location as an entry point to London and the UK, West London attracts people from around the world, and there is a population of 20 million people within a 150 mile (240 km) radius of West London.

With such a large and diverse population, West London has the right employees for your business and we can help you access them.  In the past we have helped set up recruitment fairs for companies, advised on where best to advertise for new recruits and linked potential employees with business. We work closely with our boroughs and have knowledge of programmes in place to support local businesses recruit the best local talent and understand other regional and national schemes that can help you recruit new staff at all levels.

Our membership also includes several recruitment firms who will assist you in finding the right employees whatever your size or business sector and we will be pleased to facilitate introductions on your behalf.  Local universities are also an excellent provider of local talent and have both undergraduates and postgraduates with excellent training in a variety of skills.  They are available on short term or long term contracts – if you need to set up a website or have an innovative idea that you want to develop they can help you to save money by putting you in touch with highly qualified local students and graduates.

Training and Skills Transfer

WLB has excellent knowledge of local training providers and universities and how they work with local businesses.  We can point you in the right direction, and endeavour to ensure that the training needs of you and your employees are met.

By working closely with organisations such as Brunel University, University of West London, and Uxbridge College we can help you train your staff wherever you are in West London.

Corporate Responsibilities and Green Businesses

Companies within West London understand that operating in a responsible environmental manner is no longer a question of “should we or shouldn’t we?” but a question of “how?” and “how quickly?”.  West London Business actively encourages companies within the region to act responsibly and informs our local businesses how they can take steps to act responsibly.

We want to ensure that you receive the right support and in order to do this we will listen to your needs and concerns and ensure that you receive the right support.  We can work with you and organisations such as Envirowise, who offer free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact and NISP, which brings together companies from all business sectors with the aim of improving cross industry resource efficiency through the commercial trading of materials.

Your Voice on Local and Regional Concerns

WLB understands that each company at some time has to overcome barriers that can hinder their growth.  We work with local partners to support with these local issues and ensure that your voice is actively heard in the local and regional community.

Regular meetings with representatives of the six West London boroughs (Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow) allows us to raise your issues and thoughts with key local decision makers.  Whether it is an issue over transport or planning or even if you would like some information about the future of your borough, we will endeavour to work with you and the Borough to get your question answered.

Our lobbying does not end there.  We feed the views of the West London business community to the Mayor of London and the GLA which means that your opinion counts and influences future strategy for London.