| West London Business | |
| Type: | Non-profit organisation |
| Hq Location: | London, |
| Area Served: | West London |
West London Business (WLB)[1] is a UK non-profit business leadership forum, founded in 1994. It represents businesses and enterprises with a presence in the seven 'West London Alliance'[2] boroughs:Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, and Hounslow.
The boroughs have a combined population of 2.1 million people, 1.1 million economically active people and 109,000 active businesses.[3]
Now 3 decades on, WLB seeks to represent the interests of 100,000+ businesses, from small to multinational, located in West London, which contribute an estimated (in 2016) £50 billion (GVA) to the economy of the United Kingdom.[4]
The organisation's mission is to ensure West London stays the best place to do business.
WLB has around 200 members, including major corporates and multinationals such as PwC, the Fuller's Brewery, Heathrow Airport, HSBC and Segro, through to SMEs, we well as Further Education and Higher Education institutions. The organisation claims the results is a forum for promotion and networking in West London.
In joining WLB members commit to work together to raise West London’s global economic competitiveness, whilst pursuing social and environmental sustainability.
West London Business is active in:
Under CEO Andrew Dakers[5] they developed more services and partnerships including:
WLB promoted the West London Orbital underground railway scheme.[6] WLB and partners are working on the possibility of converting freight lines into passenger services. This would include linking Brentford to Barnet via the Dudding Hill line.
The organisation emerged from the merger of West London Inward and West London Chamber of Commerce in the early 2000s. Much of the energy from Business in the Community's West London Leadership team folded into WLB in the early 2000s. Recent chief executives:
West London Business has in the past offered: