Wokingham Borough Connect
 Spotlight: A new look at Thames Valley Park
This week's Business Spotlight falls on HERE + NOW which offers a fresh approach for rejuvenating legacy grade-A office space.
HERE + NOW has delivered new levels of sustainability across two buildings with 145,650 sq. ft of space in Thames Valley Park (TVP) for an ultimate wellness and community experience.
The bright and contemporary office space is now home to a community of like-minded people, where well-being is boosted by an abundance of amenities, such as an outdoor cinema, gym, treatment room and leisure equipment room.
A diverse mix of work and social spaces encourages users to connect with both people and nature. Situated in a 70-acre nature park, tenants often go for walking meetings, lunch breaks on the river, or take equipment out of the leisure equipment room to enjoy outdoors.
There is a real community feel at TVP. HERE + NOW has held park-wide events like an art exhibition, and hosted neighbours on the park at pub quizzes. Coming up in the festive months, there will be a Christmas Bingo night.
If you would like to know more, contact Lottie Kirby, Lifestyle Manager of HERE + NOW.
 University internship scheme
The 2022/23 Reading Internship Scheme ‘Breakfast Launch’ will be held on 2 November (Wednesday) at 7.30am in the University of Reading's Whiteknights Campus.
This is an informal event when participants will hear about the new internship programme, the changes that the University has made, and how you can get involved in the 2022/23 programme.
There are still a few spaces left. If you want to attend, fill out this short registration form now.
If you’re not able to join this time, the University would still welcome you getting in touch. Send a request by emailing Reading Internship Scheme.
 Starting, running and growing your business
The Berkshire Growth Hub delivers the government funded business advice service and supports small and medium sized enterprises in Berkshire to achieve sustainable business growth.
The Berkshire Growth Hub is part of The Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), a government funded, business led body, working to maintain the status of Berkshire as the engine of the UK economy.
To find out the range of support opportunities it offers, visit the Berkshire Growth Hub website.
 Give your views on 'Multiply'
There is less than one week left to give your views on the 'Multiply' programme.
Since August, local authorities across the UK have been receiving funding from the government for helping adults in their areas improve numeracy skills.
The programme, named 'Multiply', enables employers who could benefit from boosting their workforce’s skills in numeracy to work with their local authorities and training providers (e.g. Further Education Colleges) to design and deliver bespoke adult numeracy programmes for their employees, at no cost to them.
We want to hear views from employers in Berkshire on what they think about the new 'Multiply' programme and how it will work for them.
Please take a short survey by 31 October. It only needs five to ten minutes to complete.
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