Your Acton BID, with Highfield E-Learning, is now providing FREE accredited training courses ONLINE for BID members! Businesses can now sign up their employees to obtain their training online in which they will be able to complete in their own time. The courses available online are Fire Marshall and Health and Safety.

In person training is still available and the upcoming courses will be in the fall 2023. More information will be provided soon once the dates are confirmed.

For more information or to sign up for the online courses, please contact Natasha. 

To encourage more Ealing employers to pay the Real Living Wage, the council offers a business rate discount of up to £2,000 to those that become a living wage accredited. This business rate discount is equivalent to two years of Living Wage accreditation fees.

It is easy to apply for the business rate discount, businesses would need to email businessratesteam@ealing.gov.uk and an application form will be emailed to you. Please remember to quote your Business Rates Account number in the subject heading.

For more information on the London Living Wage and to obtain your accreditation, click here.

Your Acton BID, in partnership with Vergo, will provide free and discounted pest control against mice & rats for BID members.

Details of the service:

• Food businesses receive 12 routine visits per annum
• Non–food businesses receive 6 routine visits per annum
• 20% discount on industrial businesses located in Acton Park & South Acton Estate
• Emergency call outs (within 2 working days)

The basic cost of this service is £206.80 per business per year – which is offered FREE through your Acton BID levy. Due to the different requirements needed for Acton Park and South Acton Industrial Estate, any pest control procured through the Vergo/Acton BID Partnership will include a 20% discount.

To sign up for the pest control scheme or require additional information, please contact Natasha!

South Acton businesses are invited to the upcoming stakeholder workshop for the South Acton industrial masterplan on 22^nd September.

This workshop will be an opportunity to feedback and discuss the draft masterplan report and viability work before the masterplan is completed. The team plans to share the draft report with the stakeholders by Friday 15^th September. 

When: Friday 22 September, from 10:00 – 12:30 

Location: Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Rd, W5 2BY

*Arrive at reception on Longfield Ave by 10:00 to be taken to 5^th floor boardroom

You can also share your views on the approach and proposals to Francis Moss at mossf@ealing.gov.uk or 020 8825 5926. 

After the summer holiday, we will officially resume our Breakfast networking events in September!

Your Acton BID will be hosting the next upcoming breakfast networking on Friday, 22nd September in collaboration with the West London Chamber of Commerce. Tea, coffee, and pastries will be available during the networking.

When: Friday, 22nd September 2023 from 08:30 to 10:00

Where: TBC

We hope to see you there! If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Natasha.

Attention, Acton businesses! Since July 2021, Place Support Partnership (PSP) programme has identified over £180,000 in savings for Your Acton BID members, with an average saving of £1,761 per business! PSP helps reduce business costs by reviewing your bills and identifying where savings can be made. It is a free service to all Your Acton BID members.

If you want to save money in your business, then you’re in luck, you can book your free session with cost-saving expert, Susana Crespo! Don’t miss out! For more information, you can upload our new leaflet here.

A big welcome to Acton, Malieu Cafe located at 117 The Vale (W3 7RQ).Malieu is an exquisite halal brunch restaurant where they have reimagined the art of brunching by infusing traditional favourites with a touch of innovation. Calling for all brunch enthusiasts, make sure to check them out when you have your next breakfast cravings; pancakes, French toast, smashed avo on toast or egg benedict! They will satisfy all your brunch favourites!

On Thursday 3^rd August, South Acton businesses came together in making the industrial estate a little cleaner and brighter! We wanted to thank you all for helping us litter pick, sweep up the area and maintain our flower beds.

Working away on the South Acton Walkway Project, we’ve added:⁠

• More trees⁠
• More benches 
• Started to build a picket fence to reduce rubbish getting into the beds (work in progress!)⁠
• Water tank to recycle rainwater⁠
• A shed to house some equipment⁠

A real community effort, we’re proud as punch! Massive thank you to everyone that joined the clean-up event, to Cultivate London for their gardening skills, Ecofleet and Diagnostics 360 for building the fence, the team at Greener Ealing, volunteers from Lager Can and Pai Skincare for helping litter pick and to The Little Mobile Coffee Co for the coffee!

For the months of July, the Acton BID reported various issues such as:

• Over 32 issues of fly tipping incidents.
• 9 counts of graffiti on business shop fronts and street furniture.
• 3 other types of incidents, including streets not clean, pavement issues and abandoned bicycles.

During the month of July, The Acton BID continued to participate in the South Acton Industrial master plan workshop provided by the council to make sure the feedback and concerns were raised by the businesses and property owners. We also had our breakfast networking event and hosted the High Street Task Force at the ActOne Cinema. We have also increased the amount of security radios to more businesses along the High Street and Churchfield Road. The radios allow retailers to be in instant communication with each other to proactively reduce and manage crime, such as anti-social behaviour and shoplifting.

For more information on the various incidents that we reported and projects, please contact Veronique. 

We are looking for a Business Support Officer with the role to liaise and build relationships with businesses in the BID area. They will be working alongside the BID manager and My Local Bobby team to support BID businesses, engage the consumer, increase footfall, and initiate fun and digital chatter to encourage loyalty for our diverse and ever-changing High Street and Industrial Estates. 

Summary of Terms & Conditions

• Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 Dependent on experience.
• Hours of Work: 35 hours per week excluding lunch.
• Annual Leave: There is an entitlement of 24 days annual holiday plus all public holidays.

If you would be interested and would like to obtain more information regarding this job opportunity, please contact Natasha.

We are here to support you, so please feel free to contact us for any queries or information.