Breadcrumb Home Inclusive growth Inclusive growth Opportunity for everyone We're working with local communities, businesses, schools and employers to help ensure the benefits of growth are felt by everyone. From creating skills and job pathways to supporting local businesses and community-led projects, our focus is on helping people access new opportunities and realise their potential. We want Old Oak and Park Royal to be a place where residents can build careers, businesses can thrive, and communities can grow together. Our work Our work includes: Creating skills and employment opportunities. Supporting local businesses and entrepreneurs. Backing community projects through grants and affordable loans. Opening spaces for communities to test ideas and grow. Working with local people to help shape the future of the area. These priorities are at the heart of our Economic Vision, which aims to bring together talent, innovation and enterprise to create long-term prosperity and opportunity across Old Oak and Park Royal. Our Economic Vision Old Oak and Park Royal is a place where ideas can grow into opportunities.Building on the area's strengths in industry, innovation and creativity, our Economic Vision sets out how we will support investment, nurture talent and help businesses of all sizes succeed making Old Oak and Park Royal a global centre for business by 2040. By connecting research, technology, skills and enterprise, we're creating an environment where people and businesses can innovate, collaborate and thrive. Download the Economic Vision Working in partnership with Imperial To accelerate innovation, entrepreneurship and investment in the local area, we have partnered with Imperial College London to help us establish Old Oak as a leading destination for knowledge-intensive industries and inclusive economic growth. Under our collaboration agreement, together with Imperial, we will grow a knowledge-economy cluster at Old Oak, develop and upskill the talent pipeline needed for the industries of today and the future and strengthen collaboration across West London’s universities. Find out more Explore our work Supporting local talent At OPDC we firmly believe that people make places. Therefore, delivering tangible long-term benefits for the communities and businesses (both existing and new) that OPDC serves will rightly be a key measure of success for our work in Old Oak and Park Royal. Read more Backing our businesses Old Oak and Park Royal are working closely with their partners to back the local businesses that drive growth in the community and promote prosperity for people in the area. Read more Young people and education OPDC is supporting the delivery of this programme to ensure local young people can benefit directly from the large-scale regeneration and investment taking place across Old Oak and Park Royal. Read more Loans for small businesses If you’re a small business or workspace provider in Park Royal, we an affordable loans scheme available to those looking to expand their operations. Read more Acton and Park Royal Creative Enterprise Zone Accreditation for Acton and Park Royal’s Creative Enterprise Zone unlocks funding and strategic support for creative people and organisations working in the area. Read more Working in partnership Find out more about the ways we're working closely with partners across local, regional and central government to deliver a shared vision for the OPDC area. Read more
Supporting local talent At OPDC we firmly believe that people make places. Therefore, delivering tangible long-term benefits for the communities and businesses (both existing and new) that OPDC serves will rightly be a key measure of success for our work in Old Oak and Park Royal. Read more
Backing our businesses Old Oak and Park Royal are working closely with their partners to back the local businesses that drive growth in the community and promote prosperity for people in the area. Read more
Young people and education OPDC is supporting the delivery of this programme to ensure local young people can benefit directly from the large-scale regeneration and investment taking place across Old Oak and Park Royal. Read more
Loans for small businesses If you’re a small business or workspace provider in Park Royal, we an affordable loans scheme available to those looking to expand their operations. Read more
Acton and Park Royal Creative Enterprise Zone Accreditation for Acton and Park Royal’s Creative Enterprise Zone unlocks funding and strategic support for creative people and organisations working in the area. Read more
Working in partnership Find out more about the ways we're working closely with partners across local, regional and central government to deliver a shared vision for the OPDC area. Read more