Shine as a sponsor at Havering Business Awards 2015
The Havering Business Awards 2015 are an ideal opportunity to get your company in front of Havering's business community as part of a high profile, five-month publicity campaign including a glittering, gala awards finale.
The campaign will include local press and radio, Living in Havering Business Focus magazine (which reaches more than 100,000 households across the Borough), email newsletters and J C Decaux outdoor poster sites across Havering.
A range of sponsorship packages are available starting at
£100 for the award certificates through to a package for the main event
sponsor – the aim of each package is to give your business the maximum
return on your investment.
For more details of all the benefits and packages available email Joanne Yeomans.
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Workplace Health Week bring cycling benefits
Employers and employees across Havering are invited to show their
commitment to workplace health and wellbeing by supporting Workplace Health
Week.
Join this week-long celebration from Monday 18 May to
Friday 22 May and pledge
your commitment to workplace health.
Businesses can make a practical step towards increasing
the physical activity of employees by registering with TfL Cycling Workplaces,
to receive free cycle training for employees, as well as cycle stands, bike
checks and a cycle safety seminar.
Registering takes two minutes –
visit the Cycling
Workplaces website and use invite code BET5.
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Food
courses to
boost business
Staff
in food businesses across Havering can gain new qualifications and help their business
meet tough food regulations and hygiene standards thanks to a series of courses
organised by Havering Council.
The
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Level 2 Award in Food
Hygiene and Catering courses will be run at Romford Baptist Church, Main Road,
Romford, RM1 3BL.
All
the courses are on Tuesdays, starting at 9.15am and ending at 4.30pm.
The
proposed course dates are
- 16 June
- 14 July
- 15 September
- 13 October
- 17 November
Book
your place here.
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Love Energy Awards
Love Energy Savings want to learn about businesses that endeavour to
curb their energy consumption on a consistent basis.
Nominations are now open for the 2015 Awards, so if you believe that
your business is worthy, or you know any others that are, then don’t hesitate
to apply online.
The categories include:
- SME Savers
- Start-up Savers
- Super Savers (Large businesses)
- Innovative Savers
- Stars of the Future
- Best Building Manager
- Everyday Hero
Closing date is Sunday 31 May 2015.
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Mercury Mall looking to
win second energy award
The Mercury Mall, in Romford, is aiming to
win its second Sceptre Award for energy efficiency.
In 2012 it
won the energy category for the solar panels installed to generate electricity
for the shopping centre.
This year
the entry is for the use of LED lights in the shopping centre. More than 90 per
cent of the lights are now LED resulting in lower running costs and less carbon
emissions. The awards
ceremony is in July.
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Shopping
Hall Stylie
for Father’s Day
Businesses in
Romford Shopping Hall are
joining forces to offer Havering fathers a makeover.
To nominate
a father for a Shopping Hall Stylie, worth £200 including a haircut, manicure
and back massage, post an embarrassing photo of your Dad on the Shopping Hall’s
Facebook page along with 100 words explaining why a makeover is needed.
Closing
date is Sunday 14 June and more
information is available here.
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Social
Networking and Apprenticeships
Havering Chamber
of Commerce and Industry is holding a Business and Social Networking evening between
6pm and 8.30pm on Wednesday 20 May, at Havering College, Ardleigh
Green Road, Hornchurch, RM11 2LL.
The first guest speaker, Laurie Edmunds, will talk about how your business can
benefit from the intelligent use of Social Media as a marketing tool.
This talk will be followed by a presentation from Lucy Hunter of Havering
College on how businesses can use the college’s Apprenticeship Service to
source new apprentices.
Book
your free place here.
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Looking for
new staff?
Havering Council
is holding a recruitment event for residents to drop in and visit at Havering College,
Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch, RM11 2LL between 12noon and 6pm on Thursday 28
May.
Several
employers are already booked for the event and if you have vacancies you would
like to promote please email Housing
Services Community Engagement.
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Local suppliers exhibition
Havering Council, in partnership with Right Choice Insurance Group,
is planning a Business to Business event to be held on Thursday 16 July in
Eastern Road, Romford.
The event will showcase businesses in Havering and encourage
local businesses to use local suppliers. It will also be an opportunity for
local businesses to network and employees to experience what’s available in
Romford.
If you wish to exhibit at this event please email Richard Smith.
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Cash help to create child-care
If you’re thinking of starting a child-care business or
nursery the Government has announced that the Childcare Business Grant is being
doubled and that businesses which have received their OFSTED certificate in the
last year can also benefit from the scheme.
Under the scheme up to £1,000 can be received to help a new
child-care business.
More information available here.
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The future of
the High Street
Artist and
designer Kevin Smeeing, will be leading a programme of events at The Quadrant,
Market Place, Romford until Friday 12 June, as part of The future of the High
Street initiative.
Kevin said:
“I am exploring what these vacant spaces on the High Street could become. This
is more than just another pop-up shop, this
project looks at truly inclusive alternatives to the redevelopment of the High
Street.”
If you are a local entrepreneur
with a new business idea you would like to test, if you have a skill that you
would like to share, if you have knowledge that you would like to transfer then
email Kevin Smeeing.
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The London Cycle
Challenge
Havering businesses can take part in the
three week challenge, which starts on Monday 8 June, and get staff cycling this summer.
Businesses with the highest percentage of staff taking part will be rewarded
with experiences, VIP tickets, cycling vouchers and clothing along with lunches
and flowers delivered by bike.
Sign up your business
here
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 Goodbye to vehicle fuel bills and road tax too!
Do
you run a vehicle for a business based in Havering and want to cut escalating
vehicle running costs?
Havering
Council, with Toomey
Nissan
is offering 12, one week test drives in either the all-electric Nissan LEAF or e-NV200 van (pictured) so
businesses in the borough can experience the benefits that Nissan electric
vehicles offer.
This
offer is limited to one test drive per business in Havering on a first come,
first served basis and is subject to availability.
Email
Darren Smith, EV Specialist at
Toomey Nissan quoting ‘Business Briefing’.
More information on Nissan electric vehicles is
available here.
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 Book site visits 24/7
If
you are a builder or developer who needs a site visit from a Havering Council
Building Control officer you can now book that visit at any time 24/7 using our
online booking service.
Book
online before
10am and your site can be visited the same day.
There
are also many Building Control forms you can complete
online here.
Havering Council also issues a Building Control
Briefing email update which you can get
free of charge here.
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 Travel advice for businesses
Havering
Council offers a range of services to help businesses make smarter transport
choices.
Free
guides and resources are available to help you plan and develop new ways of
getting around.
More
information is available here.
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Building for success
Construction firms in Havering can benefit from free
training thanks to a project involving the London
Enterprise Panel and the Construction
Industry Training Board.
The key learning areas are:
- Tendering to win
- Selling for profit
- Excelling at customer service
- Diversification to grow
- Business
planning for success
- Marketing for results
For more information email here.
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HGVs face ban in safer zone
From Tuesday 1 September, HGVs
will need safeguards to protect cyclists, and improved mirrors to give drivers a
better view around their vehicle if they want to enter London inside the M25.
The scheme will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, and will be enforced by the police, the Driver
and Vehicle Standards Agency and the joint TfL and DfT-funded Industrial HGV Taskforce
(IHTF).
The maximum fine for each breach of the ban will be
£1,000. The operator will also be referred for consideration to the relevant Traffic Commissioner, who is responsible for the licensing and regulation of HGV
operators.
More information available
here.
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New in Havering...
...One
Cut Label,
has opened its first store in Romford, at Unit 11 on Level One in The Mercury Mall.
Further Cut
Label shops due to open in Bishops Stortford and Hemel Hempsted by the end of June.
Owner,
Julie Mitchell, said: “We are offering cut label branded ladieswear, menswear
and accessories for people aged 12 to pensioners and in all sizes.
“We chose Romford
for our first store as it has the right demographics for what we sell and has a
good shopping centre.”
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Romford
lawyers win conveyancing award
Mullis & Peake LLP Solicitors of Eastern
Road, Romford, won the Best Residential Conveyancing Firm of the year 2015 (fewer
than 50 staff) at the inaugural Property Forum Awards.
The judging panel said: “Mullis & Peake LLP impressed the judging panel from
all angles. We liked the fact that Mullis & Peake LLP has been able to successfully embrace technology and innovations but
still keep the customer at the heart of everything they do.”
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Businesses supporting
the community
Havering Council is developing a project with
companies with a presence in Havering who wish to support their local voluntary
and community sector.
More information is available here.
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