Five key points you need to know about Barking & Dagenham

1. London is moving east!

Barking & Dagenham is the place to be. With the 2012 Olympics around the corner, East London is the capital city’s new focus for development and opportunity.

People and businesses in Barking & Dagenham are profiting from a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, such is the scale of leisure, residential and retail development and new job opportunities.

2. This is a great place to live and work

Want fast, easy transport connections by road and rail to the motorway network, all London’s airports, rail termini and the Channel Tunnel? Plus first-rate public transport to and from where you live and work? Then Barking & Dagenham is the place for you.

New development sites are coming on the market all the time, and the local economy is to benefit still further by the development of another 10,800 houses and the additional spending power they create.

The potential for all types of new enterprise in Barking & Dagenham is huge. A welcome awaits, and so do business support and encouragement services: see Barking & Dagenham Enterprise services for details.

3. Bold, Dynamic and Enterprising

Barking & Dagenham Enterprise projects are grouped under the ‘Bold and Dynamic’ brand.

Bold because BDE goes out into the community to foster a sense of possibility and the can-do attitude.

Dynamic, because BDE connects individuals and businesses with the possibilities so both can benefit from a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity.

4. Business-minded, business-friendly

Barking & Dagenham Enterprise is managed by a private sector-led board and works with the borough to create the conditions and environment in which people and businesses can thrive.

5. Space to grow, place to succeed

Barking & Dagenham Enterprise is building high quality managed and flexible workspace to help new and existing businesses to grow, fast.