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There are many reasons why Redbridge has become a place of choice for investors and businesses. We have various prime investment opportunities available, with development sites located within our metropolitan and commercial centres.

The Council's Inward Investment & Enterprise Unit (IIU) aims are to promotes these opportunities and work with investors and businesses to help them deliver their plans and aspirations.

Call our dedicated Investor Unit to discuss your specific requirements.

Investment opportunities

Ilford Town Centre, designated in the Mayors London Plan as one of London's 12 Metropolitan Town Centres, offers a thriving business community. Ilford provides excellent opportunities for businesses seeking to relocate or establish a new enterprise.

The IIU launched in summer 2011 a national IT award winning and innovative web site - Ilford Blueprint to promote development opportunities in Ilford, contact the IIU for more information.

Redbridge's commercial centres

Redbridge's commercial centres offer excellent investment opportunities to both developers, investors or businesses The Exchange, Ilford seeking to establish or relocate your business.

Ilford - a metropolitan town centre. Crossrail station designation.
Gants Hill recently benefited from a £7.2m urban development scheme.
South Woodford
Barkingside
Seven Kings. Crossrail station designation.
Hainault - Fullwell Cross precinct and Hainult Business Park(Hainault BID Ltd)

Business improvement districts

Redbridge benefits from two Business Improvement Districts. Both BIDS having successfully delivered improvements that will help to sustain their economic viability.

Hainault Business Park successfully achieved BID status in 2005. Following the successful implementation of a number of improvements on the business park in its first BID term, businesses were re-balloted for a second BID term In March 2011.
Ilford Town Centre - successfully achieved BID status In 2009. The BID company delivers a range of new town centre improvements. For details visit the Ilford Town Centre website.

Location of choice to International organisations

Bombardier, located in Ilford are a global transportation company, present in more than 60 countries, on 5 continents, operating across two sectors; Aerospace and Rail transportation. Bombardier operate from a maintenance depot for rail rolling stock, located in Ilford. A likely location for a future Crossrail depot.
Barnados, the UK's largest children's charity has its head quarters located in Barkingside.

Business advice and support

New or existing businesses can access free advice. Visit the Business advice and support pages
East London Small Business Centre

Jobs & skills

For details about how you can access free workshops, etc., visit our Work Redbridge pages.

Promotion and development of 'enterpriseRedbridge', the economic group of the Redbridge Strategic Partnership.
Developing Apprenticeship schemes within the local business community.
Managing the Work Redbridge project, giving information and support to residents seeking employment, training and volunteering opportunities.
An Employment, Skills and Enterprise Plan (pdf 443kb) has been published.
The IIU's Enterprise team developed a number of schemes in collaboration with its partners, aimed at helping residents access training and employment opportunities, to raise skill levels and to address pockets of long-term unemployment in the borough.

Promoting Redbridge

We work with a number of investment, building design, development and business advice agencies to promote the borough. Ilford High Street looking East

Publication of a Gants Hill development sites prospectus, 'Valentines Triangle' (pdf 7.44 MB).
Launch of our Invest Ilford web site
Redbridge in the spot light - at the New London Architecture's 'Transforming the Borough's'exhibition.
Publishing articles in the New London quarterly's property and design magazine.
North East London Strategic Alliance.
North London Business Ltd.

Visit Redbridge

Why not come and see why Redbridge is such a unique place, with two thirds of the borough consisting of green and open spaces with many parks and forests to explore. View our Visit Redbridge pages to plan your trip.

Redbridge shopping

Search our shopping website for retail and other businesses operating in our commercial centres.
Find out more about the Buy With Confidence campaign which aims to encourage residents to use local shops rather than travel outside of the Borough.
The Redbridge Card covers leisure activities, general purchases and parking.
Find out how to obtain a discount card and search or participating businesses in your area.