Richmond
Overview of borough
Resident population: 179,500
Working age population: 117,700
Key town centres: Richmond, Twickenham, Teddington, East Sheen and Whitton.
American and German community clusters. Richmond-Upon-Thames, in south London, is the most popular outer London borough for Americans with over 2,000 residents, and has become increasingly attractive to US companies as a London base. The German community is fairly even spread across many London boroughs, one of the most popular residential areas in South London is the borough of Richmond-Upon-Thames.
Skills and Labour Force
Qualifications:
Richmond has 52.6% of the workforce qualified to degree level (NVQ4+) compared with London at 34.6%. 
International Schools / Universities
American International University
based in Richmond. They offer dual American/ English accredited degrees.
Web: www.richmond.ac.uk
German School
Web: www.dslondon.org.uk
Swedish School
Web: www.swedishschool.org.uk
Colleges / Universities
A sixth form college in Twickenham.
The Richmond Adult Community College - vocational courses, 2 campuses.
Web: www.racc.ac.uk
Richmond-upon-Thames College
Web: www.richmond-utcoll.ac.uk
St Mary’s College,
part of the University of Surrey. Degrees tend to be focused on the arts and humanities, human sciences, and teacher training.
Web: www.smuc.ac.uk
Business Base
There are 105,400 economically active workers employed in the borough.
There are 9,645 VAT registered businesses within the borough.
In addition to a number of key multinational companies in the borough, there is strong small business activity particularly in the business & personal service, and wholesale & retail sectors. Other niche sectors in the area include: creative industries – Teddington and Twickenham studios, and Haymarket Publishing; energy sector – AES, Wellington Holdings, Gazprom, and Wingas; and information technology – Neolane, and Truition.
Key companies include: Gazprom, Anheuser-Busch Europe Ltd – Brewing, Haymarket – consumer Media, Wingas UK, Pepsico Holdings - Food and Beverages, Reed Exhibitions UK – Event organizers, Serco, National Physical Laboratory, Wellington Holdings – Manufacturer and distributor of specialist seals, Ebay, Hy-ten Group and William Grant International.
Unemployment rate model based unemployed 3.8% (Apr 2006-Mar 2007).
Transport
14 railway stations connecting to Clapham Junction, Wimbledon, North Woolwich, Waterloo, and Reading.
District Line Underground available from Richmond and Kew Gardens
London Heathrow Airport is only a 20 minute drive
Gatwick airport is a 50 minute drive
The A3 links Richmond to the South Circular and the M25. The proximity of the M3, M4 and M25 provide excellent communication to the South West, West and the Midlands, as well as the rest of London and the South East.
Quality of life
Hampton Court Palace
www.guidetorichmond.co.uk/hampton.html
Richmond Park
www.guidetorichmond.co.uk/park.html
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
www.rbgkew.org.uk
Richmond Theatre
www.guidetorichmond.co.uk/theatre.html
The RFU Stadium At Twickenham
(England Rugby Football Union)
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
First floor, 1-3 Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AB
020 8891 7457
Web: www.richmondchamberofcommerce.co.uk/
Richmond Upon Thames Council
Civic Centre, York Street, Twickenham TW1 3BZ
020 8891 1411
www.richmond.gov.uk
