We provide investment services and practical support for companies across India and Southeast Asia considering the UK.  Home to a strong, commercially minded, and innovative Indian diaspora, we can help you set up, and invest, in the Thames Valley and across the UK. 

We’re alive with opportunity across many sectors where we share strengths, including advanced manufacturing (inc. food and beverage) and engineering (inc. space), creative industries, health and life sciences and technology.

Through our commercial partner network, including JCK’s Southeast Asia business, we can provide access to specialist advice and services with direct relevance and experience of home and UK markets, such as tax, regulations, and banking.

We offer expertise and contacts through our extensive network of specialists in the Thames Valley. We have established links with the British High Commission in New Delhi and deputy High Commissions in locations such as Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune.

Watch this space – new India Desk coming soon.

We provide market entry and support services for Japanese companies seeking to invest in the UK, identify potential partnerships and strategy agreements, invest, or establish a company within Japanese market.

With an established Japanese community across London and the Thames Valley, our strong global links mean we are home to many Japanese-owned firms, including Chamber members Honda Motor Europe and Konami, and unique events such as the UK Ekiden.

The UK has a strong trading relationship with Japan (UK- Japan Comprehensive & Economic Partnership Agreement).  For over 10 years, the Chamber has had a close working partnership with the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI)  in the Kansai Region, the second largest economy in Japan.

We work closely with the British Embassy in Tokyo and the British Consulate General in the Osaka Prefecture.

For more information visit our Japan Desk and News. Visit World Expo 2025 Osaka.

Singapore and the Thames Valley are like-minded, innovative, forward looking and globally focused partners.  

We are a proven destination for several of Singapore’s major real estate companies, and other investment institutions, who own industrial and commercial space across the region and wider investments in land, property, student housing and more across the UK.

We are committed to strengthening the SGUK partnership and delivering the ambitions of the UK-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

We have established links with the investment leads based at the British High Commission in Singapore and supporting them makes the Thames Valley an investment destination of choice to invest and grow. 

As one of the UK’s most competitive, diverse, innovative, and globally focused economies, we have much in common with our Nordic colleagues. 

We have an appetite to discover, and develop alongside the global brands and investors located in the Thames Valley. We have many SMEs and University spinouts growing rapidly – advancing research and innovation in their fields.

Some of the Nordic’s most famous names have a presence here, including Arla Foods, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Ericsson, Groupe SEB, IKEA, H&M Hennes & Mauritz, IKEA, Ole & Steen, Skanska, and Volvo.

Key sectors we have in common include agritech, creative industries, digital technology, energy and advanced engineering (inc. energy storage, fusion, space, and climate change research); and transport (inc. future mobility, intelligent autonomous vehicles, and alternative fuels).

We are world leading in life sciences, where advanced research and strengths in digital technologies, are revolutionary for healthcare solutions. The Thames Valley is at forefront of developing precision and personalised medicine, connected health, and efficient infection control. With an established industry cluster ourselves, we too have our equivalent of the Medicon Valley Alliance (MVA) which affords great opportunities, through collaboration, to unleash the potential of our respective life science hubs.

We have longstanding and very good links with the market and investment advisors across the region and in the respective Embassies, notably those based in Copenhagen and Stockholm.

Building on the very strong, longstanding trade flows between our two regions, the Thames Valley is fast becoming an investment region of great interest for many Middle Eastern investors, including sovereign wealth funds.

Significant investment and collaborative opportunities exist across key sectors – all with a very strong presence here in the Thames Valley, including agritech, defence and security, educational services, energy, health and life sciences, real estate, technology, and infrastructure (including airports) where the focus in on a sustainable, long-term framework for growth.  

With good links with our inward investment trade teams based across the region in the respective British High Commissions.

The Thames Valley has long been an investment destination of choice for US companies based on the east coast.  Driven by an innovative purpose, strong R&D collaboration, and an international business outlook.

Common industry strengths including advanced manufacturing and automotive, defense, digital technology, film, and creative industries, fintech, life sciences and space. 

By example, the Thames Valley has the 2^nd largest concentration of datacentres in the world, behind Ashburn, North Virgina. We also share with Massachusetts, a strength in health and life sciences industry, particularly in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

With one of the largest concentrations of US-owned European HQ’s we have a very strong track record of attracting east coast HQ’d firms investing in the Thames Valley.  These include, Alnylam, CISCO, Cytiva, GE Healthcare, Haas F1, Honeywell, Iron Mountain, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, New England Biolabs, Pepsico, Rapid7 and Thales – all have invested in the Thames Valley.

We offer expertise and access to an extensive network of specialists to support your UK investment.  We have longstanding working relations with investment teams based in the British Embassy in Washington, and the British Consulates General in Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, New York and Boston, including having the opportunity to welcome David Clay, MBE to the Thames Valley, before taking up his post as the UK Consul General to New England.

We invite you to discover the investment opportunities and learn how we can accelerate your business investment in the Thames Valley.

The Thames Valley has long been an investment destination of choice for US companies based on the west coast, including regions such as Silicon Valley – strengthened by access to direct flights between San Jose (SJC) and Heathrow. 

The Thames Valley is not only home to many of the US’s largest companies, especially in the technology sector, having their European HQ’s, we also have some of the largest concentration of engineers, scientists, technology-skills, and entrepreneurs in the UK.   One of the UK’s most productive regions, our IP-rich talent pool, coupled with an innovative, risk-taking mindset of the entrepreneurs, has helped place the Thames Valley at the very top of Europe’s best locations to set-up and grow your business.

In addition to a broad range of technology skills, in common with the Westcoast, the Thames Valley is home to a number of world leading sectors, including advanced manufacturing and automotive, film and high-end TV, health and life sciences (including agritech) and space.

With one of the largest concentrations of US-owned European HQ’s we have a very strong track record of attracting west coast HQ’d firms investing in the Thames Valley.  These include Agilent Technologies, Amazon and Amazon Web Services, Cyrus One, CWAM, Equinix, Microsoft, Oracle, Snap Inc. and Verizon

We offer expertise and access to an extensive network of specialists to support your UK investment.  We have longstanding working relations with investment teams based in the British Embassy in Washington, and the British Consulates General in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

We invite you to discover the investment opportunities and learn how we can accelerate your business investment in the Thames Valley.

The Thames Valley connection with Canada, and Canadian businesses, is based on powerful, collaborative, and historic connections. Established relations with regions are based on common sectoral strengths and collaborative opportunities driving a CAN$50bn+ flow of investment into the UK (in 2023). 

Like the Waterloo-Kitchener region, and Metro Toronto, we too have a thriving hub for health and life sciences, boasting a strong ecosystem of institutions, research, and industry collaboration.   As a long-established location for tech-driven businesses, the Thames Valley digital technology industry continues to innovate with companies across a growing artificial intelligence eco-system, cyber-security, data centres, deep and clean tech, green tech, space, and the creative technology shaping its future here in the region. 

We have industry leading research and development in climate change and energy (including fusion energy), led by institutions such as the University of Reading,  The Thames Valley is a global destination for film and high-end TV production with the world famous iconic Pinewood Studio’s at its heart and investing in their Toronto Studios. 

Several of Canada’s major pension funds and institutional investors have interests in the Thames Valley and they are joined by a number of recent and longstanding companies located in the region, including Intelex, MDA Space, OpenText, Ross Video,  and Stantec.

We offer expertise and access to an extensive network of specialists to support your UK investment.  We have longstanding working relations with investment teams based in the High Commission in Ottawa, and offices across Canada, most notably, Toronto and Vancouver.

We invite you to discover the investment opportunities and learn how we can accelerate your business investment in the Thames Valley.