Sutton

Overview of borough

Resident population: 184,400
Working age population: 117,500
Key town centres: Sutton, Worcester Park, Cheam, North Cheam, Carshalton, Wallington and Rosehill.

Skills & Labour Force

Qualifications:
33.1% of the workforce is educated to degree level (NVQ4+) compared with London at 34.6%

International Schools / Universities

Ming Tak Chinese School, Belmont. They offer a full range of language classes in both Cantonese and Mandarin from nursery through to adult. Classes are held on Saturdays during term-time.
Web: www.mingtak.org

Colleges / Universities

The Institute of Cancer Research, a college of the University of London.
Provides postgraduate higher education in advanced scientific and medical training at the leading edge of cancer research, care and treatment.
Web: www.icr.ac.uk

Carshalton College of Further Education
Web: www.carshalton.ac.uk

Sutton College of Learning for Adults (SCOLA)
Web: www.scola.ac.uk

Business Base

There are 5,305 VAT registered businesses in the borough (2006)

Strong focus on the business services, wholesale & retail, and construction sectors.

Beddington Zero Energy Development project (BedZED) in Sutton, the UK's largest home-ecology development. BedZED is a joint project of BioRegional and The Peabody Trust, which includes up to 100 homes and work space for up to 20 businesses.

A range of specialist hospitals including The Royal Marsden and the world class Institute of Cancer Research.

Key companies include: Reed Business Information, UCB Home Loans, Crown Agents, Homebase, Securicor, First Assist Group, M J Gleeson Group-builders, Phoenix Photonics – fibre optics manufacturer, Kumho Tyres, and RTT Group – electrical contractors.

Model based unemployed: 4.8 % (Apr 2006-Mar 2007)

Transport

9 railway stations connecting to Epsom, West Croydon, Blackfriars, Kings Cross Thameslink, Victoria, London Bridge, Luton and Bedford.

Trams linking borough of Sutton to Wimbledon, Croydon and Beckenham.
 
Gatwick Airport is a 30 minute drive and Heathrow Airport is a 40 minute drive.

A217, providing direct link to M25. A232 connecting Sutton to the boroughs of Epsom and Bromley. A24 connecting Sutton to Epsom, Morden and Central London.

Quality of life

Top 5 attractions:
Nonsuch Mansion
Whitehall – Tudor house
The Oaks Park
Shopping – St Nicholas Shopping Centre and Times Square Shopping Centre
Honeywood House Heritage Centre

Business Support

Sutton Chamber of Commerce
16th Floor, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS
Tel: 020 8642 9661
Web: www.suttonchamber.biz

London Borough of Sutton
Civic Offices, St. Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA
Tel: 020 8770 5000
Web: www.sutton.gov.uk