Bayer relocated its UK and Ireland HQ to Green Park in Reading in 2016. The global pharmaceutical giant relocated around 500 employees to their £13m new HQ building on Green Park in Reading. The Bayer Life Sciences building houses the company’s UK & Ireland leadership team and all its life sciences businesses except crop science (based in Cambridge).
Why Bayer relocated to Reading:-
• The ability to recruit the best talent – since the move, Bayer have experienced a 250% increase in applications for jobs with the company in their new HQ
• Further improve innovative working practices through the bespoke new building design
• Connectivity – based close to Heathrow with excellent UK-wide connectivity through the M4, Great Western rail mainline and Crossrail. The soon-to open Green Park station and Western Rail Access to Heathrow will further improve connectivity to London and Heathrow.
• Locate the company within the Life Sciences golden triangle
• Provide excellent local amenities for staff
• Minimise disruption on the travel to work times of Bayer staff - 99% of staff made the move with the company to the new site with a similar 2/3 majority of the workforce travelling by car for 30 minutes or less.
• Create a world leading new science education facility
“Our decision to move to Reading’s Green Park was based on the company’s future needs, the location; access to and from the site for major travel infrastructure including airports and railways; the atmosphere and proximity to other leading blue-chip and International companies – all of which makes this location compatible with Bayer UK’s positioning and reputation”.
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