Your Acton BID February Newsletter

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Your Acton BID renewal ballot

It is soon time to vote! Your Acton BID was formed after a vote by local businesses back in 2018. Now with our first term drawing to an end, another vote will take place.

The BID will hold a ballot for all eligible businesses in which they will be able to cast their votes starting in February. Businesses should receive their ballot papers via post by February 16^th and they will be able to vote until March 16^th, 2023.

If successful, the new BID term for Your Acton will start on 1st April 2023.You can check out our new Acton BID Business Plan 2023-2028 that sets out a five year programme of improvements for the Acton Town Centre and the industrial estates.

If you have any questions on the renewal of Your Acton BID, please contact Natasha.

PSP energy report

We have been working with Place Support Partnership (PSP) by offering free sessions with cost-saving experts to help reduce business costs by reviewing your bills and identify where savings can be made.

You can view Place Support Partnership (PSP) energy report which reflects the current state of the UK wholesale and retail energy markets. This can help you on how you can protect yourself from the ongoing energy crisis.

Need help in advertising your job opportunities?

Find the right candidate for your job or apprenticeship with The Forge. And it is FREE! The Forge@ParkRoyal is a business support, recruitment and upskilling service. They are dedicated to supporting businesses and connecting them with a local talent pool of jobseekers in Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham.

Start hiring top graduate talent through the UWL

You can promote your local vacancies on the University of West London (UWL) portal for free! The below opportunities can support you with your recruitment drive for new staff by granting you open access to our pool of diverse and talented students and/ or recent graduates.

Business rates revaluation

Business rates revaluation comes into effect on April 1st 2023. Businesses can find their current rates valuation (RV) and estimated RV for 2023 on the Government website here. The new valuations were calculated on property rental values from April 1st 2021.

The good news for Retail Hospitality and Leisure is the current discount level of 50% will increase to 75%. Read more here.

Pavement licence now available

Do you currently have a Street Trading Licence for furniture (tables and chairs) to offer outdoor seating for your customers? Or would you like to add outside furniture to offer seating to your costumers to enjoy a coffee or lunch?

A business which uses (or proposes to use) premises for the sale of food or drink for consumption on the premises can apply for a pavement licence, and it is only a total of £100 until September 2023. For more information and to apply, click here.

Beauty Salon Licence expires March 31st

Anyone who carries out massage or special treatments in Ealing must be licensed by the council. All licences run for a maximum of 12 months and expire on 31 March, 2023. All businesses that presently have a licence must renew it every year before April 1^st.

If you exceed the deadline, you must pay additional fees. Carrying out these activities without an appropriate licence is an offence. For more information, click here.

MET Film School student project: Opportunity for your own free business TV commercial

The MET Film School in Ealing is offering a wonderful opportunity for small businesses to have their own TV Commercial, that could be used for their social media channels and also help local aspiring film students.

If you ever thought about having your own TV Commercial for your business but thought it would be too expensive, I would like to let you know that Master's degree film students from the MET Film school, based in Ealing, have a project in February to make a commercial for small businesses.

Free e-learning ACT awareness training

FREE Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) training is available to businesses and their staff. This certified course is run online and is open to individuals and groups.

Business waste service mailbox

The business waste service will no longer accept pre-paid orders for general waste sacks, cardboard recycling labels and mixed recycling sacks to their mailbox. Business will now need to log in to the My Account portal to place their orders.

Hire the ActOne Cinema for an event!

Did you know you can hire out one of the ActOne Cinema’s screens for your next presentation or training event? Well, now you do!⁠
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Here’s what’s up for grabs:⁠

A beautiful 60-seat screening room with 5m screen⁠
Suitable for many types of events⁠
Excellent public transport links + nearby off-street parking⁠
Fully air-conditioned⁠
Technical support⁠
Delicious refreshments⁠

Your company or group can share the space on Mondays and Thursdays between 9am and 5pm.⁠ If you want in, email info@actonecinema.co.uk for more information.⁠

Our upcoming street cleaning!

Your Acton BID is working hard to make sure our town centre looks fresh and clean!⁠ Starting the week of February 6^th, we will be jet washing and cleaning all of the litter bins throughout our retail areas to remove the grime and make sure they shine again.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this phase of the street cleaning, please contact Veronique.

Have your say on Ealing Council Local Plan!

Have your say on Ealing Council draft new Local Plan. All comments are due by 8th February 2023!⁠
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What is a Local Plan? ⁠The Local Plan will shape planning decisions about homes, infrastructure, climate change, jobs, and how we can address health and inequalities in the borough in the near future.⁠ By describing how, and explaining why, YOU can help to shape the plans.⁠ Take the survey here!

Become a food trader for the Acton Carnival

Calling all traders! Artification are now taking applications for shops, stalls, face painters, clothing stalls, creative sales gurus and all-round stalls. tasty cuisines or spectacular treats. Acton Carnival will be held on Saturday 8^th of July 2023.

If you are interested to become a trader at the Acton Carnival this year, send an email to traders@artification.org.uk.

Thank you for taking part in our business breakfast networking event!

Well, what a great event! Thank you to everyone who came to our business breakfast networking event last week with West London Chambers, hosted at the ActOne Cinema!
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And thank you to our excellent speakers, West London Chambers, Cllr John Martin and The Forge@ParkRoyal. We came together to connect, chat, and network within our amazing community (and munch on pastries) and it was a fantastic turnout of local and BID businesses.

Stay tuned for upcoming events!