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This
section contains links to Business, Councils, Government Organisations
and Travel in the Region
If your site is not listed here please use the Contact
Us page .
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For
information of Hotels and Leisure in the region click
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other useful links click here or use the main
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Organisations
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Brief
description
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Link
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Business
Organisations
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| Berkshire
and Buckinghamshire Enterprise Agency |
Provides
Free Confidential Business Advice and support to small business across
the region from 13 offices. |
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Business
Link
(Split
into 3 areas; Berkshire and Wiltshire. Bucks, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes.
Heart of England)
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Business
Link provides a range of services to business, is Government backed
and administers some business grants. |
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Chambers
of Commerce
Abingdon |
Abingdon,
West Oxfordshire |
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| Oxfordshire
Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
Based
in Oxford and part of the Thames and Chiltern Chambers |
Oxford
Chamber of Commerce
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| Thames
and Chiltern Chamber of Commerce |
Practical
support for businesses and represents the interests of over 4,000 member
companies. |
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| Federation
of Small Businesses |
National
organisation comprised of smaller businesses - a strong political lobby
group. |
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| Learning
and Skills Council |
Replacing
the TEC (Training and Enterprise Councils) there are two offices covering
the region. Berkshire is covered by one web site and Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire
and Milton Keynes by another. |
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| Shell
Livewire |
Has
helped hundreds of thousands of 16-30 year olds start and develop their
businesses |
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| South
East England Development Agency SEEDA |
Regional
Development Agency. Work programme and initiatives to deliver the regained
Economic strategy (RES) |
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| South-East
England Innovation Relay Centre |
Helps
SMEs in South-East to find partners throughout Europe, and assistance
for European funding. |
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| The
West Berkshire Education Business Partnership |
The
West Berkshire Education Business Partnership aims to promote effective
and lasting links between local education and business. |
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| Councils |
There
are three types of council which hold real
powers and responsibilities. The Town in which each is located is also shown
below. They are very useful points of contact for information on the services
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County
Councils
are
responsible for Education, Libraries, Highways, Transport, Social Services,
Youth Services, Strategic Planning, Minerals and Waste Planning, Waste
Disposal, Trading Standards and Economic
Development.
District Councils
have responsibility for Local Planning, Housing,
Environmental Health, Waste collection, Rates collection, and other local
services.
Unitary Authorities
combine the responsibilities and functions
of both County and District Councils in a single multi-purpose unit of
local government.
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Has
no County Council, but has 6 Unitary Authorities listed below. |
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| Bracknell
Forest Borough Council |
Bracknell
- Unitary |
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| Reading
Borough Council |
Reading
- Unitary |
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| Slough
Council |
Slough
- Unitary |
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| West
Berkshire Council |
Newbury
- Unitary |
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| Windsor
and Maidenhead Royal Borough Council |
Part based in Windsor and part in Maidenhead - Unitary |
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| Wokingham
District Council |
Wokingham
- Unitary |
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
COUNTY COUNCIL
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Aylesbury
- County Council
District and Unitary Councils listed below. |
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| Milton
Keynes |
Milton
Keynes - Unitary |
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| Aylesbury
Vale District Council |
Aylesbury
- District Council |
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| Chiltern
District Council |
Amersham
- District Council |
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| South
Bucks District Council |
Slough
- District Council |
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| Wycombe
District Council |
High
Wycombe - District Council |
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OXFORDHIRE
County Council
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Oxford
- County Council
District Councils listed below. |
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| Cherwell
District Council |
Banbury
- District Council |
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| Oxford
City Council |
Oxford
- City Council |
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| South
Oxfordshire District Council |
Wallingford
- District Council |
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| Vale
of White Horse District Council |
Abingdon
- District Council |
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| West
Oxfordshire District Council |
Witney
- District Council |
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| Government
Organisations |
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| Government
Office of the South East |
Regional
Office representing most Government Departments |
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| Customs
and Excise VAT |
HM
Customs and Excise Information web site |
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| Inland
Revenue |
Inland
Revenue information web site |
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Travel
information
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| Train
timetables |
Check
train times, journey planning including changes and time. |
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| British
Airports Authority |
Airports
all over the UK, Flight and Airport Information as well as flight timetables
and arrivals information |
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| London
Transport |
London
Underground and bus times |
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| London
Underground Map |
Maps
of the Underground, Bus, River and for Tourists in London |
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| National
Express Coaches |
National
Coach timetable and airport services |
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| MultiMap.co.uk |
Online
Maps - search by postcode, or address, scaleable and can be printed
out. |
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