Greenwich

Overview of borough

Resident population: 222,600
Working age population: 145,700
Key town centres:. Eltham, Greenwich, Woolwich

Skills & Labour Force

Qualifications:
31.9% of the workforce is educated to degree level (NVQ4+) compared with 34.6% in London

Colleges /Universities Greenwich Community College

University of Greenwich
Web: http://www.gre.ac.uk

Greenwich Community College
Web: http://www.gcc.ac.uk/

Trinity Laban
Web: http://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk

Business Base

Economically active: 111,700
Number of VAT registered businesses: 4,660
Strong focus on the personal & business service activities, and the wholesale & retail trade.

Key companies include: Cory Environmental Municipal Services, Greenwich Leisure, Action for Employment, Wackenhut UK / Securicor - Security Service Company, Alcatel-Lucent Telecom, CSB Logistics, AEG (Anshutz Entertainment Group) and The O2, O’Keefe Construction, TFW Printers, Jongerius International - manufacturer of slicing and food packaging machinery, G. English Electronics (GELEC) - Importer and Distributor of High Quality Far-Eastern Manufactured Components, and WF Electrical (Hagemeyer).

Model based unemployment rate: 8.2%

Transport

By train from Greenwich, London Bridge can be reached in 10 minutes, Charing Cross in 25-30 and Cannon Street in 32 minutes. Whilst Dartford is approx 30 minutes away.

The Jubilee Underground line from North Greenwich connects to Stratford, Canary Wharf, Waterloo and London Bridge.

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) serves Lewisham, Greenwich and Stratford.

Quality of Life

Some of the main attractions: National Maritime Museum
Greenwich market
- offers antiques and collectibles, arts and crafts, and on Fridays, a farmer's market.
Eltham Palace
National Maritime Museum & Old Royal Naval College
O2 Arena – state of the art entertainment venue.
Royal Observatory

Business Support

Greenwich Business Support Service
Peggy Middleton House, 50 Woolwich New Road, Woolwich SE18 6HQ
020 8858 8850
info@businessgreenwich.co.uk
www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/Business/
SupportAndAdvice

London Borough of Greenwich
Town Hall
Wellington Street
Woolwich
London SE18 6PW
020 8854 8888
www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich

South-East London Chamber of Commerce
Unit 4, Harrington Way
Warspite Road
London
SE18 5NR
Tel: 020 8317 3365
Fax:020 8854 8273
office@selondonchamber.org
www.selondonchamber.org