 Boost for independent businesses this Friday
Independent
businesses in The
Quadrant, just off Romford Market Place near Greggs, are benefitting from a
new initiative, involving students from local colleges.
The scheme is part of a programme of projects aimed at
making Romford attractive to shoppers and help the local retail sector compete
against neighbouring shopping centres.
The aim is to make The Quadrant brighter and more attractive
for shoppers to visit.
The launch event
takes place from 6pm on Friday 16 January and all are welcome to attend.
Romford
Contemporary Arts Programme, a local arts organisation, has taken over the
shopping arcade for a year, transforming it into the new creative hub of the
town.
Working with nine
independent businesses within the shopping arcade, creative students have
teamed up with existing tenants, working together to re-brand, promote and
develop each business.
The projects range
from the entire re-branding of Meat Express, to the re-naming of the Seahorse
Fish Bar and the launch of the Synergy Media gallery, the first in Romford town
centre.
More information available here.
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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.
Here's details of some local businesses already working with their local community:
Solicitors Pinney Talfourd,
of Station
Road, Upminster held a Carols at The Queens event, attended by more than
500 people,
which raised more than £1,000 for The Queen’s Theatre and Saint Francis Hospice.
SG Technologies Limited, of Rainham, sponsors two local football teams - St Clere's Under 11 team and May and Baker Football Club.
More information is available here.
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CEME office is boost for software firm
An innovative poll software company that merges anonymous polling with
social networking feeds has attracted more than £200,000 of investment since moving
to CEME Innovation Centre in Rainham.
Launched last summer by Joseph Nnodim and Timi Boboye, who
are both former software developers and IT consultants, Incyyte had humble beginnings with the pair
working from Joseph’s garage. They now they employ 23 staff. The software allows easy polling of customers or businesses to gather useful data.
Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Nnodim, said: “When
you’re looking for investment, first impressions count. To date we’ve raised
over £200k of investment, the majority of which I’m sure would not have been
secured without us being located within CEME.”
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Fighting business crime in London
The Mayor’s
Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) has launched a consultation designed
to forge a new, more intelligent collaboration between the police, businesses
and private security firms as part of the Mayor’s ongoing commitment to fight
business crime in London.
Working in partnership with the British
Security Industry Association (BSIA), the trade body representing the UK’s
private security industry, the consultation will investigate how companies can
work better with the police through private security initiatives to drive down
retail crime and make London’s busiest high streets safer.
Deadline for responses is 31 January 2015.
More information available here.
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:
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AGS Shutters and Doors
Ltd, 1b/c Barlow Way, Fairview Industrial Park, Rainham, RM13 8BT
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Crawford Glass,
Unit 10 Manor Way Business Centre, Fairview Industrial Park, Rainham, RM13 8UG
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Eros Websites at the CEME Innovation Centre, Marsh Way, Rainham, RM13 8SU
- Gentco barber's shop at 102 North Street, Hornchurch, RM11 1SU
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H. Smith Food Group plc,
24 Easter Industrial Park, Ferry Lane South, Rainham, RM13 9BP
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Thames Roofing
and Building Supplies Ltd, 3 Orwell Close, Fairview Industrial Park,
Rainham, RM13 8UB
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The Flag
Consultancy Ltd, 9 Manor Way Business Centre, Fairview Industrial Park, Rainham, RM13 8UG
Also investing in the Borough is Fox Tailoring, which opened a new, larger showroom (pictured above) at Apex House, Bryant Avenue, Romford, RM3 0AP, when the lease on its Hornchurch shop ran out.
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