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    Save The Date – Acton Carnival

    Acton Carnival, the return, is back on the street in 2022. We’d love you to join us in celebrating life, reconnection, arts & culture through the streets of Acton. If you would like to get involved Artification are looking for vendors, stallholders, stewards and performers to make up Acton Carnival. If that sounds like you, contact chantel@artification.org.uk…

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    Mutual Gain Acton World Café – Final Report

    Since 2020, we’ve been working with Mutual Gain, a social capital building organisation, to reimagine the heart of Acton and encourage a collective conversation about what we could do to help improve The Mount area.⁠  The World Café was held on 14th September 2021 between 1600 – 1800. The event was attended by many individuals….

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    WTN’s – Waste Transfer Notice

    Enforcement officers are recently checking all businesses if they have their Waste Transfer Notices (WTN). Businesses are obliged by law, section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to evidence how they get rid of their business waste. Evidence is achieved by either using a commercial waste company like Biffa or First Mile or using…

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    Street Cleaning: removing shop front stickers

    Your Acton BID is working hard to make sure our town centre looks fresh and clean!⁠ Starting the week of May 9th, we will be commencing a 4-week street cleaning throughout our retail areas and in the South Acton industrial estate. During this phase, one of the main tasks will be to remove businesses shop front stickers to help with…

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    Hawking Service

    Let’s talk about pigeons… Love them or loathe them, in large numbers, pigeons can become a health risk to the general public. Plus, if they’re unable to sustain their population, they suffer from disease and starvation. We don’t want either of those things in our town, so we’ve brought in some help… from a HAWK!…

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    Have Your Say – Acton Central Ward Priority Survey

    Acton Central Ward Priority Survey – April 2022 The use of Ward Panel Surveys enables Dedicated Ward Officers (DWOs) to engage with a broader section of the ward than the ward panel members alone. Results from these surveys are collated and fed back into the ward panel meeting to inform the panel’s decision making. The ward…

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    Pop-up business support centres near you

    Ealing Council is working with SaveTheHighStreet.org to deliver a series of free support centres for small businesses in Ealing. Taking place live in person in various locations across the borough, join us for a range of exclusive business support, including: One-to-one mentoring, educational presentations and group discussions New opportunities for your business – from support programmes to local campaigns,…

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    City Harvest is looking for volunteers to join their team!

    Est. 2014, City Harvest collects nutritious surplus food from manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers, and delivers, for free, to 350+ London charities feeding those facing food poverty. City Harvest rescues food, people, and planet by preventing food waste, providing life-changing support to communities in every London borough through food, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from waste.  City Harvest tripled in size in 2020 to meet the demand…

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    Energy Report by PSP

    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…

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    Upcoming Billing

    Our board, who volunteer their time and represent the interests of businesses from the industrial, commercial, retail and service sectors are pleased to bring you a financial overview of what the BID has achieved in 2021-22 and our plans for 2022-23. We wanted to inform all our BID businesses that in April you will receive…