The University of West London has funds available to Small Business/Enterprise and Start-ups in the West London region to support your business in recruiting UWL graduate talent to support growth in your business. The programme itself is structured in the following way:• Fully or match-funding available through the University of West London*• Graduate…
On Thursday 25th January, we celebrated our BID businesses and gave them the recognition for their outstanding Customer Service. 39 businesses participated in the mystery shop programme back in November/December. These establishments have been recognised for their dedication to providing outstanding service and creating memorable experiences for their customers. Businesses received ‘Highest Acclaim’ and ‘Outstanding’…
Your Acton BID is working with Aid Training to provide FREE accredited training courses for BID members. The training is now available for accredited courses of Fire Marshall, Emergency First Aid, Health and Safety in the Workplace and Level 2 Food Hygiene. All courses will be taking place face to face in Acton. To book your course,…
New Pavement License legislation Details can be read here. In brief, the £100 (Covid) pavement license expired on September 30th, 2023, regardless of when you applied. The new pavement license will be £350 for existing license holders for a period specified by the local authority up to a maximum of two years.For new pavement licence applications,…
In 2023, Your Acton BID held 7 business breakfasts at locations within the Acton BID. The venues that hosted us were ActOne Cinema, The George & Dragon, and David Lloyd Leisure Centre. Each breakfast averaged over 35 attendees representing a range of local business owners and education providers as well as councillors and officers from…
In October, Your Acton Bid have teamed up with Insight 6 to help businesses in Acton step up their game and create a thriving atmosphere for staff and customers. We have initiated a Mystery Shopper that will be visiting 50 selected businesses to review their customer service. Insightful feedback; all feedback is constructive and positive….
Acton BID has teamed up with Highfields E-learning to provide FREE accredited training courses. The courses are provided face to face and online. Businesses can sign up their employees to attend the courses which can be completed in their own time. The courses currently available online are: These courses below are offered face-to-face: Mental Health…
The Acton BID with the Counter Terrorism team will provide a free ACT Fraudulent Document workshop to all businesses would like their employees to gain more awareness on identity documents (such as driving licence and bank notes) and the potential of their abuse. When: Wednesday, 1st November from 10:00-12:00pm Where: ActOne Cinema, High Street, W3 6NA It is an…
Ealing council have launched a new Good for Ealing website, which includes a new Investors’ Portal and a promotional video to showcase why Ealing, and its seven unique towns, is the premier Borough for investment & business. The launch event can be viewed here and you can also follow them on their social media platforms. The Good for Ealing…
Following last week workshop, the council is asking to send along any feedback on the draft report of the South Acton Plan by this Sunday 1st October. You are able to review the below documents: The council is aiming to complete the masterplan in the following first week of October. They will advise further on…