The Skills and Business Hub
Government or public body · Reading, United Kingdom
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Website: skillsandbusinesshub.org. Independent not-for-profit that began in 2011 as the Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (Thames Valley Berkshire LEP); runs the Berkshire Growth Hub, Growth Academy, Skills Bootcamps and the Berkshire Careers Hub, and funds the Thames Valley Berkshire Funding Escalator.
Recent activity confirmed, checked October 18, 2026.
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In context
The Skills and Business Hub is one of 5 government and public bodies in Reading listed in the Innovative EcoSystems registry, and one of 463 across the United Kingdom.
The registry lists 106 innovation ecosystem organizations in Reading in all.
Government and public bodies set policy, fund programs and run the economic development work that shapes a regional innovation ecosystem.
The United Kingdom scores 67.4 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 24 of 117 economies.
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College or training provider - Reading Hackspace
Fab lab or makerspace - Prospect Park Hospital
Health research - Ortus Innovation Incubation Centre Ltd
Incubator - Henley Entrepreneurship Hub
Innovation hub - LDC
Investor or fund
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Glasgow - Staffordshire County Council
Stafford - Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority
Pembroke Dock - What Works Network
London - Equality and Human Rights Commission
Manchester - Government Communications Headquarters
Cheltenham - Capital Enterprise Network
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