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Get up to £3,000 to
install high-speed broadband
Havering Council is keen to support local
businesses to get better broadband services and is hosting a free workshop between
4pm and 6pm, on Thursday 26 February at the Town Hall,
Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BD.
The workshop will include presentations from some
broadband suppliers, with specific
information about upgrading or improving your broadband, providing an instant quote
and helping you complete an online
application.
To confirm your
attendance please
register here.
For more information
email Sunisha Masih.
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Discover Havering
Guide 2015/16
The Discover Havering guide promotes all there is to do and enjoy
in the borough.
The glossy 80+ page guide will be distributed throughout Havering and
the South East via visitor centres, libraries and at local events – the guide
will also be highlighted on the Council’s web site.
If you would like to advertise your business for as little as £250 for
12 months coverage, please email Joanne
Yeomans.
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Planning for 2031
Havering Council is in the process of
preparing a new Local Plan, which will plan for and manage
building development in Havering up until 2031, and set out clear policies on
what will or will not be permitted in each location.
Consultation on the new Local Plan for Havering runs from Monday 9
February until Monday 23 March 2015.
Representations must be made online
here, or in writing, to the Council by 5pm on Monday 23
March 2015.
Written responses should be sent by email to Development
Planning.
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Transport
at Riverside BID
If your
business is in the London Riverside BID area there is still time to make your
views known about transport needs in the area.
Complete the online survey
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
There is also a toolkit, containing advice and guidance on
the policies and procedures SME's need to put in place to win more business,
especially in the public sector, which contain templates and examples of
policies they can adapt for their own businesses.
For more information email here.
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Free workshops for
better business
Two
free to attend workshops for business are being held at the CEME Conference Centre, Marsh Way, Rainham, RM13 8EU on:
The courses are supported
by Havering Council, Thurrock Council and Barking and Dagenham Council.
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Help for young entrepreneurs
Havering
College of Further and Higher Education has joined forces with Barry
Hearn and Saint Francis Hospice for
the 2015
Kick-Start Challenge to help Havering’s aspirational young entrepreneurs.
The Kick-Start
Challenge is a small business start-up competition sponsored by the CEO
of one of the world's largest suppliers of sports programming, Matchroom
Sport.
Successful applicants could receive £500 seed money
and the opportunity to run their own business for six months. They will also be
matched up with a local business mentor.
Havering College is
hosting a Kick-Start
Challenge application advice session with Matchroom Sport CEO Barry Hearn
in The Hub at its Ardleigh Green Campus on Wednesday 25 February, from 1pm to 4pm.
The session is open to all young people aged 16-21
living in Havering, regardless of where they are studying. Click
here to register.
Thursday 5 March, from
4pm to 6pm, is the key date for the Kick-Start Event, in The Space at the
Havering College Ardleigh Green Campu, when young entrepreneurs will have the opportunity
to hear from Barry Hearn and guest speakers, and meet business mentors.
Applicants should bring their completed forms and business proposal to the event.
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Planning for future technology
Havering businesses are urged to take part in the Great London Tech Census
commissioned by the London
Enterprise Panel and backed by the Mayor of London.
Every tech business in London is being asked to provide
seven pieces of non-sensitive information through the Great London Tech Census.
Completing the
Census will take only two minutes. The more companies that take part the
better the grounding for future policy.
Every business that participates will also be featured in
The Great London Tech Map, a groundbreaking web-based resource showcasing
London’s science and technology industry that will launch in 2015.
HGVs face ban unless safe
From Tuesday 1 September, HGVs
will need safeguards to protect cyclists and improved mirrors to give drivers a
better view round their vehicle if they want to enter London inside the M25.
The Mayor of London , Boris Johnson, Transport
for London (TfL)
and London Councils have given the go-ahead for a London-wide ban on any lorry not
fitted with safety equipment to protect cyclists and pedestrians.
Traffic orders implementing the
Safer
HGV Zone scheme are currently being published. Installation of road signs at the London boundary,
training of police officers and information campaigns with drivers and hauliers
have all started.
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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Now open in town
Havering is proving an attractive place for
new businesses which bring with them jobs for local people.
Among those firms which have recently invested
in Havering are:
Work is currently underway on a new Aldi store due to open in Collier Row this summer.
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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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