Everything you need for growth
Unrivalled connectivity, exceptional talent and a range of properties to choose from make Woking a great place to scale-up a business.
Scale-up in Woking
Talent
From grass roots talent to experienced professionals, Woking is jam-packed with exceptional people.
School and further education leavers come from some of the UK’s best schools, with the University of Surrey just moments away.
Our professional community is highly skilled and highly economically active.
Growth
Woking is a great place to grow a business, with over a third more large scale-ups than the UK average. (Source: Data City, October 23).
We’re super connected to the rest of the UK, with hundreds of direct trains to London, the south-west and the south coast daily.
We’re on the doorstep of Heathrow, and just 10-15 minutes from the M25 and M3.
Premises
From Woking town centre to its surrounding areas, you’ll find a diverse range of premises—from compact spaces to high-specification Grade A+ properties.
Whatever your business needs, Woking offers the ideal setting to launch or scale-up in one of the UK’s most dynamic and desirable business hubs.
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Woking strikes the perfect balance between the convenience of a compact town and the energy of a vibrant city.
With comfortable living from desirable town centre pied-à-terre’s to family homes in idyllic villages surrounded by beautiful countryside, and plenty to keep people of all ages and interests happy in their spare time. Which they’ll have so much more of without that commute.
Woking is blessed with a vibrant arts and culture scene, from West End shows to grassroots arts, and a healthy outdoors environment that promotes well-being for all.
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Woking has much to offer businesses thinking about relocation.
- Plenty of office space at attractive rents in a vibrant town within walking distance of a major rail hub.
- Work/life balance for employees with a shorter commute and exceptional arts, culture and leisure activities for all.
- A thriving business location and community that allows people to put down roots in a place with career opportunities.
We have an abundance of top tier professional talent across human resources, legal, sales, marketing, finance, project management and procurement, as well as a cluster of green energy, motorsport, aviation and technology specialists.
Business community
Independent and dynamic business network with a strong presence across the borough, furthering the interests of local businesses and the ongoing development of a successful business community.
Formed to promote, encourage and support the development of Asian-owned businesses in Woking and surrounding areas, offering networking events and training.
The county’s largest independent not-for-profit business support and networking organisation, connecting over 5,000 business people every year.
Brings together senior business leaders from major employers, aiming to identify and prioritise economic and infrastructure needs and influence the direction of public sector funding.
ESG in Woking
To safeguard its precious green space for the health and wellbeing of current and future generations, Woking has favoured regeneration of its urban centres and supported developments that positively enhance the borough’s natural environment. The town is now home to two of the largest living walls outside of London and many new wildlife habitats created.
Measures to protect and conserve natural resources from rainwater gardens to wildflower meadows, can be seen throughout the borough.
When it comes to sustainability, Woking is known for being an early adopter, embracing new technologies to support its journey towards net zero carbon emissions.
The town’s energy company, Thameswey, operates from the eye-catching, state of the art, Poole Road energy centre. The combined heat and power energy centre produces enough low-carbon heat and power to supply the equivalent of 2,500 homes and the town’s Victoria Square development.