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Roadmap: Getting ready for step 3 on May 17!

Are you getting ready to reopen your hospitality venue on May 17? Need more information on what is allowed from May 17? Make sure you are up to date and access the details of the government guidelines here.

'Queue here' floor stickers

Last year, with the High Street Task Force group, we provided to all hospitality and retail businesses 'queue here' floor stickers to help manage social distancing. If your business would need new 'queue here' floor stickers, please contact us at info@youractonbid.co.uk and we will be happy to provide them to you.

Free Hospitality Webinars

You are invited to join two FREE webinars that will aim to help hospitality businesses prepare for reopening on 17 May. Check out the links below for more information.

Hospitality businesses webinar hosted by Ealing Council

If you own or manage a hospitality business in Ealing, please join the council's regulatory services team at 11am on 11 May 2021 for their second webinar on Lifting of COVID-19 Restrictions and Reopening Businesses. You can join the webinar via this Microsoft Teams link on the day at 11am. Click here for more information.

Venue check-in process webinar for hospitality sector

The Test and Trace NHS Covid App Team is hosting a webinar at 2pm on 10 May 2021 and they will provide details on what the Regulations mean for the hospitality sector and how the process will benefit your business and customer. For more information and to register, visit our webpage here.

GRANT UPDATE

Restart Grant Scheme

The Restart Grant payments are scheduled to go out early May. Ealing Council will automatically award these grants to recipients of the previous national lockdown grants. The council will also be opening applications for other potential recipients soon.

To find out more information on the Restart Grant Scheme and if you are eligible, you can visit the council’s webpage here.

Rates Relief

Businesses in the retail, leisure, and hospitality sectors (including pubs) that have received 100% rate relief for 2020/21, will continue to receive relief until the end of June 2021. A discount of two-thirds will then continue for the remainder of the year.

You can find more information on the Business rates relief on the council’s website, here.

Exclusive Your Acton BID membership offer with Biffa!

We have partnered with Biffa Waste Management and they are offering a discounted rate to all BID members for their waste collection. This offer is for BID member only!

For more information contact Arti Chauhan on 07795 953819
or email arti.chauhan@biffa.co.uk. Quote Biff100 to qualify

You can also contact us on 07483 173 870 or by email at info@youractonbid.co.uk for more information or to be part of a trial.

Welcome to Acton!

Pampering Paradise has opened on High Street. They offer an excellent friendly service delivering a variety of treatments ranging from traditional nail polish to the popular SNS technique. They also provide high-quality massages and beauty treatments. Pampering Paradise is open Monday to Sunday and has a great offer of 15% off your first visit.

A Cinema for Acton

Woohoo the lease between Acton Arts Project and Ealing Council has finally been signed. Now the work can begin to bring the Pop-up Cinema alive! Acton Arts Project were able to secure the Mayor’s “Make London Fund” for a huge 30k contribution.

The Acton Pop-Up crowd-funding campaign is still open and will be running until the 11th May. There is still time for you to pledge on the Spacehive site: https://www.spacehive.com/theactonpopup or you can donate directly via paypal on their website: https://www.actonartsproject.com. We in Acton can not wait to see the door open!

Have you checked out our new website!?

Business Directory

Last month, we launched our new excited Your Acton BID website that includes a business directory, which makes it easy to search all our BID businesses. We ask all our businesses to check out the directory and view their listing to make sure all information is up to date. If you notice that your business is not in the directory or there is any missing information (e.g., opening hours, logo picture) please contact us at info@youractonbid.co.uk and we will update it!

We want to promote your business!

We have also included on our website an Offers page, Job board and an Event page so that we can promote your business to the broader community. It is super easy to get your offers, job vacancies or upcoming events promoted on our website – just contact us at info@youractonbid.co.uk with all your details and we will take care of the rest!

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Mutual Gain Project: Have your say on the Town Centre!

Your Acton BID with various local organisations are working with Mutual Gain, a social capital building organisation, in supporting the community of Acton to instigate a collective conversation about what we could do to help improve The Mount area of Acton. Reimage the heart of Acton is a project that may provide an opportunity for local people and businesses to work together to improve the town centre.

Acton Pubwatch

Your Acton BID with the Met Police has relaunched the Acton Pubwatch with local pubs along Acton High Street. This partnership will increase communication within pubs to pre-empt crime and anti-social behaviour in their premises. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact us at info@youractonbid.co.uk.

CONTACT DETAILS

07483 173 870 | info@youractonbid.co.uk

Your Acton Business Improvement District (BID)

207-211 The Vale
Acton, LON W3 7QS
United Kingdom