The Royal Docks is developing into one of London’s most enabling business ecosystems, offering the right blend of workspace and support to attract business and talent, while stimulating jobs and ensuring better retention of wealth locally.
Urban tech and green tech are sectors directly linked to improving city life, with a heightened focus on responding to the challenges of climate change.
Attracting talent and enterprise from around the world, the creative sector covers activity from advertising to architecture, and fashion to visual arts.
Reflecting London’s strengths as an international hub of innovation, with digitally enhanced customers, deep talent pools and a welcoming ecosystem.
In one of the capital’s biggest construction sites for a decade, the need for local supply chains and construction labour is significant.
The combination of ExCeL London and London City Airport makes business tourism, hospitality and events necessarily a large part of the Royal Docks economy now, and increasingly for the future, noting ExCeL’s current expansion project. The RDT is pioneering an events programme that has potential to be a defining feature of the area, and a significant aspect of the local economy, delivering on the ambitions of the Cultural Placemaking Strategy.
As development activity at the Royal Docks intensifies, a new economy is emerging which will respond to London’s areas of growth and local priorities. Over the next two decades, the Royal Docks will become established as a nationally significant hub of enterprise, employment and culture. It will be recognised as a testbed for environmental, social and technological innovation, and harness the potential of Newham’s diverse community.
