 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 other 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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 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.
Being
electric, there are no CO2, Nitrous Oxides or particulate emissions from exhausts so reducing impact on local air quality.
There
are reduced running costs including zero road tax, no congestion charge,
reduced maintenance costs and less than two pence per mile running
costs.
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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 Beam Reach 8
completed
Marick
Real Estate
has completed the final phase of its development at Beam
Reach 8, Rainham,
bringing the total developed space to 500,000 sq ft with a gross development
value in excess of £50 million.
There
has been a hat-trick of recent sales, totalling 100,000 sq ft of manufacturing
and warehouse space to local businesses including H Smith Food Group Plc, Hoffman Thornwood Limited, and Countrywide Electrical Distributors Limited, all of which have
been successfully negotiated by Kemsley LLP.
Beam
Reach 8 has been a successful joint venture between the developer and the Greater
London Authority (GLA), delivering one of the largest regeneration projects on
the A13 corridor.
Kemsley LLP also acted for the Greater London Authority to sell the land to
each occupier at Beam Reach 8, totalling approximately 30 acres.
More
information is available here.
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 Travel advice for businesses
Havering
Council offers a range of services to help businesses make smarter transport
choices.
These
could help your business by:
- Saving money
- Reducing carbon emissions
- Helping create a healthier, more productive workforce
- Increasing the travel options for your workforce
- Improving the efficiency of business journeys and site
deliveries
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
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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Planning for future technology
Havering businesses are urged to take part in the Great London Tech Census
commissioned by the London
Enterprise Panel.
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 around their vehicle if they want to enter London inside the M25.
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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 Learn Italian with your pizza
Two
Havering businesses have joined forces to add something special to a meal out - the chance to learn Italian.
Passione
Italiana
is delivering bilingual presentations to customers in a local Italian
restaurant, Faraglioni
Restaurant,
at 142 Rush Green Road, Romford RM7 0QA. The presentations are delivered in
Italian and English and cater to all levels.
The
next one is on Monday 11 May 2015.
More
information is 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 is:
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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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