Wandsworth BUSINESS GUIDE & DIRECTORY 2017/18 Building an even stronger Wandsworth LIFE AT THE WATER’S EDGE Battersea Reach is an award-winning development situated on the banks of the River Thames. With excellent transport links into the City and a host of on-site facilities and amenities, this thriving community is the perfect place to enjoy London riverside living. A selection of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments and penthouses available at Battersea Reach. 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CURRENT PROJECTS IN EUROPE SAILMAKERS, LONDON: 327 units CHAPTER, LONDON: 4,509 units GREENFORD, LONDON: 1,965 units AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: 1,776 units ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: 612 units HOLENDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: 1,566 units www.wandsworth.gov.uk/business 5 OTHER LONDON SQUARE DEVELOPMENTS BUILDING LANDMARK London Square is delighted to be building 4 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LONDON in Wandsworth, with our award-winning development, London Square Putney, a BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH contemporary scheme of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments and penthouses designed by leading architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. With a £2 billion development pipeline, we are on target to dominate the London market, building 1,000 homes a year, ranging from homes for first-time buyers, to cool city apartments, smart family homes, grand restorations and conversions. Each scheme is bespoke, combining inspiring architecture, clever design and specification, and the highest standards of energy efficiency. For more information on our portfolio or to join our award-winning team, please contact us. CALL 01895 627333 OR VISIT PUTNEY, SW15 WWW.LONDONSQUARE.CO.UK CALEDONIAN ROAD, N7 THE STAR AND GARTER, TW10 CANADA WATER, SE16 www.londonsquare.co.uk www.wandsworth.gov.uk/businessPhotography depicts London Square Putney and is indicative only. Computer generated images depict The Star and Garter, London Square Canada Water and London Square Caledonian Road and are indicative only. Details are correct at time of going to press. June 2017. 5 PUBLISHED BY: BURROWS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED Cantium House, 2nd Floor, Railway Approach, Wallington SM6 0DZ t: 020 8773 3000 f: 020 8669 0301 e: [email protected] www.burrows.co.uk PLEASE NOTE: This publication is wholly or partially OUR ADVERTISERS: funded by the We gratefully acknowledge the support of all the firms whose advertisements appear in these advertisers herein pages. Without their help we would not be able to produce this business guide. As a reciprocal and the publisher. gesture we have pleasure in drawing the attention of our readers to their announcements, but It is provided at no wish to make it clear that Wandsworth Council can accept no responsibility for their charge to the council. products or services advertised. www.wandsworth.gov.uk/business 6 Contents 7 Foreword ................................................. 9 Powering up ......................................... 22 Handy council business contacts ...............................36 Wandsworth ..........................................10 Building a thriving business community .........................24 Picking premises ................................ 37 Our thriving town centres ................ 12 External business The brighter borough ........................ 18 support services .................................29 See inside back cover for information Nine Elms ..............................................20 Meeting & events venues ................ 32 on Wandsworth it’slocal www.wandsworth.gov.uk/business Foreword Welcome to Wandsworth Council’s Business Guide 9 We have set up two Business We also are doing everything we can to Improvements Districts in Wandsworth make Wandsworth a great place to invest – Positively Putney and Wandsworth and this is borne out by the announcements Town – which have been incredibly that Apple will be moving to Nine Elms successful in raising money to help in the next few years and that the Royal fund important local investments. College of Art is building its new south London student campus in Battersea. Local businesses working together with Wandsworth Council to improve their These high profile digital and technology area – it’s a great partnership approach. institutions coming to Wandsworth will We are now looking to extend this model to Clapham Junction and in open up real opportunities for our time to Balham and Tooting. residents and have a definite knock-on effect in encouraging complementary Another factor for our success is the companies to make a similar move. Welcome to the latest edition of combination of a highly skilled workforce Wandsworth Council’s Business Guide and Wandsworth’s central location with This Brighter Borough’s future is set to and Directory. excellent transport links. be brighter still. During my six years as council leader, We’ve seen these links strengthen further I hope you enjoy reading this guide and Wandsworth has established itself recently with the opening of a new pier learning about how Wandsworth can as one of the most forward thinking at Battersea Power Station’s Circus West support your business and help drive it boroughs in London when it comes Village. This now links us, through the to success. to working with, supporting and River Bus service operated by MBNA nurturing local businesses. Thames Clippers, to Embankment, Blackfriars and Canary Wharf via a We believe that our businesses are the network of piers along the Thames. lifeblood of the local economy and that ethos has led to Wandsworth being recognised as the ‘Best All-Round Small And this will be followed by the opening of Business Friendly Borough’ in London. the Northern line extension in 2020 which will add further connectivity to Battersea This guide is important as it demonstrates and London’s newest neighbourhood - why Wandsworth is such a great place to Nine Elms - where we are creating an Cllr Ravi Govindia do business and all that we have to offer. exciting new destination. Leader of Wandsworth Council www.wandsworth.gov.uk/business Wandsworth: 10 A vibrant small business economy with big ambitions Wandsworth is one 19 of the largest inner 11th 11th /20 London boroughs, Wandsworth is one of the businesses starting in and is home to more most competitive business Wandsworth survive the locations, ranked 11th in the difficult first year… than 320,000 residents whole country. and 18,000 businesses. compared to 9 for London as a 10 The borough is cited as whole. / Wandsworth has one one of the country’s of the highest qualified 4th most entrepreneurial resident populations and dynamic small in the country, ranked fourth of all local business economies. authority areas by level of those with Here’s why: have a NVQ Level 1 4 qualification Year or above. 8 4 months months 93.8% Wandsworth has the country’s fifth highest level of 8th micro-enterprise, with 93.8% of businesses having nine employees Wandsworth has one or less. of the lowest levels of insolvencies in the country, ranking 8th lowest. www.wandsworth.gov.uk/business Work continues at a pace on the Junction – sits in the heart of Battersea, Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms complementing District Line underground redevelopment areas – the biggest services in the west of the borough and redevelopment project in London and London Overground trains cutting east to one of the biggest in Europe. When west. In total there are seven overground complete, this will provide a brand-new and five underground stations in the 11 destination in central London, providing: borough. The new Northern Line 6.5 million sq.ft. of new commercial extension is currently under construction, space; 2.8 million sq.ft. of retail and and will create new stations at Battersea leisure space; over 3 million sq.ft. of Power Station and Nine Elms, set to be new office space; 20,000 new homes; operational by 2020. New bus routes are approximately 25,000 jobs (post also being introduced to the area. construction) and more than £1bn in new infrastructure. Two new passenger piers will connect Nine Elms on the South Bank to London The area will also see two major new town Riverbus services and a new MBNA centres at Vauxhall and Battersea Power Thames Clippers pier at Battersea Power Station. Two-thirds of the new commercial Station has recently opened. A new space will be delivered by 2020. pedestrian and cycle bridge connecting Nine Elms on the South Bank with Pimlico Transport is essential to business success. embankment is also in its design phase. Fortunately Wandsworth is extremely If these connections aren’t enough, the well-connected through public transport. London Heliport – London’s only licensed “Europe’s busiest station” – Clapham heliport – is located in Battersea. .XƶWSǽGMEP Wandsworth is the most business friendly borough A supportive business environment is key to business success and Wandsworth is recognised as a leader in this field. In March 2017, the London Borough of Wandsworth beat five other shortlisted London Boroughs to take the coveted “All Round Small Business Friendly Borough” at the 4th Small Business Friendly Borough Awards. This award commends councils for successfully implementing wide-ranging policies to support and develop the local micro and small business community.