Modern slavery

Modern slavery

  Modern slavery is a global problem affecting an estimated 40.3 million people around the world, including thousands in the UK. Men, women and children of all ages and backgrounds are ...… Read More


Premier Park - Parking that works for you

Premier Park - Parking that works for you

  Premier Park, one of our fantastic members, are making a huge impact in the world of retail property and placemaking, successfully managing parking within our community. So we set out to learn more about the team, what drives their passion and their rapid growth in the retail environment. As a fast-growing business, the range of parking services offered and their passion to understand client needs is integral to the Premier Park offer. Here’s what the team had to say: Currently we manage in excess of 1,000 parking areas and we’ve used that experience to understand the requirements of the retail environment whether a shopping centre, retail park or a high street ...… Read More


MY JOURNEY

MY JOURNEY

By Paul Ogden, Westgrove’s first Mental Health First-Aider As a company, we take mental health extremely seriously so we are very proud to be one of the first facilities management ...… Read More


Waste presents an amazing opportunity

Waste presents an amazing opportunity

Retail is making decisions based on social responsibility and impact, and Waste is a key factor to consider.By Michael Foreman, Managing Director, Don’t Waste UK Sustainability is about the capacity to endure. In terms of the natural world, it’s about the continued capacity of the biosphere to sustain diverse (including human) biological life over time. Environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist and author Paul Hawken wrote, “Sustainability is about stabilizing the currently disruptive relationship between earth’s two most complex systems—human culture and the living world”. Business of course is a major role player in terms of either contributing ...… Read More


The Stranger on the Bridge and The Bridge Pilot.

The Stranger on the Bridge and The Bridge Pilot.

On a cold January morning in 2008, 21 year old Jonny Benjamin went to Waterloo Bridge to take his life. Balanced on the edge of the railings, a stranger stopped and talked him out of jumping in an ...… Read More


One Chelmsford deploys new technology to engage BID members

One Chelmsford deploys new technology to engage BID members

Business Improvement District (BID) One Chelmsford, has deployed a new technology for managing communications across its whole BID community of 500 members. The One Chelmsford app is powered by Mallcomm - an award winning technology by Toolbox Group being used in 250 locations across Europe and the USA. It was launched in February and is a mobile and desktop platform through which businesses, the local council, police and other organisations are now communicating and receiving important information to help run a more efficient, safer and better place. Michael Wray, BID Manager, says: “As one of the UK’s larger BIDS, we need to communicate with as many as 10,000 people. ...… Read More


Suicide Awareness and Prevention Resources

Suicide Awareness and Prevention Resources

Protecting vulnerable people (people at risk) is a complex issue that has been discussed across a number of our committees. Earlier this year we held a workshop with a number of our members at ...… Read More


Recommendations to halt business rates rises

Recommendations to halt business rates rises

  Revo, which represents all stakeholders in the £360 billion retail property sector, has warned that Government must reform business rates to reflect economic conditions and to make the UK internationally competitive, as changes effective from 1 April, take the tax above 50% of Rateable Value for the first time. Business rates are pegged to a commercial property’s value and calculated using a multiplier which increases annually by inflation. Retailers expect to face a collective increase of over £180 million as a result of the latest 2.4% inflation (CPI at 1 September 2018) despite reported reliefs. Revo, in its response to the Treasury Select Committee inquiry ...… Read More


Small Talk Saves Lives

Small Talk Saves Lives

For every life lost on the railways, six are saved by the people around them. You might not realise it, but you already have the experience you need to help save a life on a train platform. If ...… Read More


London Retail: An Industry In Flux

London Retail: An Industry In Flux

We have partnered with Bisnow who bring you this event on 18 April which will look at the city’s retail resurgence. What you'll learn: 1. How will Brexit affect the sector and investments in 2019? 2. How will logistics and residential development further affect the development of retail destinations around the city? 3. With reducing portfolios, where and what type of retail will be successful in the coming years? 4. With an increased focus on experiential retail, are we getting the basics right? What are the most effective ways to incorporate online, smart data and tech solution within your existing portfolio? 5. Artificial Intelligence, virtual reality, and ...… Read More


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