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Quintiles is one of the largest employers in Bracknell
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Quintiles picks Reading for HQ

By Mike Pyle
August 09, 2010

One of the largest employers in Bracknell has found a new home in Reading.

getbracknell first broke the news that pharmaceutical giant Quintiles was looking to leave town in June.

Drugs giant Quintiles to move out of Bracknell

Now, the company has announced it has found its new HQ in Reading’s Green Park and is taking its 500 employees with it.

The firm operates from sites in High Street, Ringside and Market Street but will consolidate its staff into a single, five-storey building when it moves next year.

Dr Dennis Gillings, Quintiles chief executive and chairman, said: “Our customers are facing an increasingly complex set of challenges.

“To help our customers succeed in this new landscape we are constantly looking at how we can raise our game.

“This move to a technologically advanced single site is a big step forward for our highly talented team and the customers they serve.”

The 120,000 sq ft Green Park site will also become the company’s new European headquarters.

It will be named 500 Brook Drive and is more technologically advanced than its Bracknell sites.

The building has also been given several design awards and has been shortlisted for the British Council for Offices Commercial Workplace of the Year Award.

Sir Andrew Cahn, Quintiles’ UK trade and investment chief

executive, said: “Quintiles’ decision to consolidate their 500 Thames Valley employees at Green Park, and its continued investment in operations in Edinburgh and London, demonstrates the company’s commitment to the UK.

“We greatly value the benefits these investments bring at a local, regional and national level.”

Bracknell Regeneration Partnership is looking for tenants to take on the sites Quintiles is leaving, including Station House above the train station, one of the town’s most prominent landmarks.

Quintiles has sponsored the Bracknell Half Marathon for the last four years. Negotiations have yet to start to find a sponsor for next year’s event.

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