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InStreatham Annual General Meeting: 2021 review

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BID levy payers are invited to attend the Streatham BID Annual General Meeting (AGM), taking place on Wednesday January 26th 2022, 6pm precisely at Carmine, 20-21 The High Parade, SW16 1EX.

You must RSVP to confirm your attendance to info@instreatham.com with your full name and business name.

The AGM will include:

  • Annual report of BID activities between 2020-2021
  • Presentation of BID projects
  • Opportunity to meet the BID team and Board of Directors

If you would like to vote at the AGM, you will need to formally join InStreatham as a company member by simply completing a company membership form. We treat all levy payers as members in effect, but formally joining the company allows you to vote at the AGM.

If you are a company member and unable to attend the AGM, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead. Proxy forms are to be returned to the BID team 48 hours before the meeting.

Get involved!

All Board Directors volunteer to help make Streatham better and are business owners like you. A Board member is expected to attend meetings which are held every six weeks and be either a business owner within the BID area or be an employee of a BID levy paying business.

If you would like to put yourself forward to join the Board then please contact BID Manager with a paragraph outlining why you would like to be involved to info@instreatham.com.

All AGM documents and forms may be downloaded here –

InStreatham AGM Agenda 2022

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InStreatham AGM Proxy form

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InStreatham Order of Business

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InStreatham Membership Form

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We hope to see you there, we are always pleased to meet with businesses to discuss their needs.

Chancellor announces £1bn fund for hospitality and leisure

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UPDATE [14/01/21]: Hospitality and Leisure Grant is now open for applications, please note retail is not eligible: – https://beta.lambeth.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19-information-businesses/get-grant-or-loan/omicron-hospitality-leisure-grant

We continue to lobby the government for greater funding support to local businesses. Please keep checking our website for further business support updates.

The Chancellor has announced a £1bn fund for the hospitality sector and an extra £30m to help theatres and museums.

These measures for hospitality and leisure businesses include:

  • Grants for hospitality and leisure businesses in England, worth up to £6,000 per premise. The Treasury has set aside £683m for these payments, which will be administered through local authorities and will be available in the coming weeks.
  • The resumption of the statutory sick pay rebate scheme, which will reimburse employers in the UK with fewer than 250 workers for the cost of paying statutory sick pay for Covid-related absences for up to two weeks.
  • £30 million further funding will be made available through the Culture Recovery Fund, enabling more cultural organisations in England to apply for support during the winter.

We have received indication that the cash grants will be based on rateable value, which follows the previous grant schemes from government. We’re yet to receive detailed guidance, as soon as we know how these funds will be administered, we will let you know.

We are also aware that whilst this additional financial support is welcomed, the one-off grant awards available through the new scheme will do little to address the income lost by businesses at this time of year, and so we will continue to lobby government for more support.

Destination Streatham: Christmas

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The Streatham Business Community is proud to bring you the Xmas Trees, Festive lighting and Xmas events each year – all contributing to make Streatham a better place to live, work and visit.

Our Christmas in Streatham 2021 campaign is now in full swing, brightening up the High Road throughout December and into New Year, following our successful display outside the Odeon, to help give families and friends the opportunity to come together safely and make new festive memories. The campaign has been very well received by the general public, and we hope it has helped create a festive buzz and encourage people to explore Streatham.

Lights on Streatham!

We held our annual festive lights switch on event on December 4th. A massive thank you to everyone that came out to either take a stall, volunteer or just enjoy the day. The public came out on-mass to support the market and cheer on the local talents.

Streatham Christmas magazine

We hope you have seen a copy of our glossy Streatham Book of Christmas magazine, which was distributed to over 15,000 homes in Streatham’s catchment area. Many of our businesses were featured in the one stop shop for all seasonal inspiration with 12 pages packed full of gift guides for all the family, delectable festive treats and family time.

As well as our Christmas magazine, we also advertised in The South Londoner and Primary Times to promote our high street stores and local activities to a wider London audience over the festive season, backed by a coordinated social media campaign.

We are confident that these projects will support local businesses by attracting lots of excited visitors, something which continues to be a top priority for us.

Business Booster – Calling on the Government to ACT

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Give a #BusinessBooster to save our high streets, towns and city centres from extinction!

UPDATE[21/12/2021, 3PM]: Rishi Sunak has announced an additional £1bn in financial support for the hospitality and leisure sectors, with every business able to claim a one-off cash grant of £6,000. Matthew Sims, Founder of the Business Booster campaign has responded to the recent announcement: “This isn’t the bailout businesses across the UK need and have been waiting for since Plan B was announced over two weeks ago. A £1bn package of support sounds impressive, but is a headline that distracts from the true reality that these are token measures and in no way reflect the reality that hospitality businesses are facing.”

“A £6,000 grant in no way compensates for the dramatic loss in trading hospitality businesses in particular are facing, and more important they can’t wait weeks for financial aid.”

“With speculation mounting of further restrictions, we need the Government to ensure any announcement is accompanied with a revised raft of financial support and measures to ensure hospitality, retail and leisure businesses get the support they need to mitigate closure and redundancies.”

We are joining hundreds of BID partners and calling on the Government to support Streatham’s pubs, restaurants, leisure services, venues and shops, in light of Plan B.

A letter, sent to the Prime Minister, is demanding a boost for businesses across the country. Main features of the letter include:

  • BUSINESS RATES RELIEF
  • VAT EXTENSION
  • PROVIDE GRANTS

The full copy and pasted version of the letter can be read here.

The campaign is led by Croydon BID, and backed by other parties including British BIDs, Association of Town and City Management (ATCM), The Bid Foundation, the British Beer and Pub Association and many more. Matthew Sims, CEO of Croydon BID and Founder of the Business Booster campaign said: “It is baffling and alarming that our Chancellor is doggedly sticking to measures which are out of date and out of touch with the stark and desperate reality retail, hospitality and leisure are facing. Without swift intervention, many businesses will be faced with closures, layoffs and cutbacks masking the significant financial support Government has ploughed into these sectors during the pandemic a woeful waste of money.”

https://croydonbid.com/news/business-booster-calling-government-act

Lambeth wide Call made to support our threatened hospitality sector

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UPDATE[21/12/2021,3PM]: The Chancellor has announced an additional £1bn in financial support for the hospitality and leisure sectors, once we have more details, we’ll inform our businesses. 

We have co-signed a joint letter from the Chief Executive and Leader of Lambeth Council and other South Lambeth Business Improvement Districts to call on the Chancellor to provide urgent financial support to businesses who are again fighting for survival because of the surge in Covid-19 infections. Cllr Holland has written to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to request urgent financial help to businesses in the hospitality sector who would suffer during periods of increased Covid-19 restrictions.

She was joined by Gianluca Rizzo, Managing Director Brixton BID; Louise Abbotts BID Manager InStreatham; and Nic Durston Chief Executive South Bank BID & South Bank Employers Group.  Charlotte Ashworth, BID manager for the Station to Station BID in West Norwood also backed the letter along with Jeremy Keates, manager of This is Clapham BID, Vauxhall One chief executive Bernard Collier and Natalie Raben, chief executive of WeAreWaterloo.

They wrote: “As infection rates rise across both London and the rest of the country, people are aware and supportive of the measures and restrictions that need to be taken by Government to ensure the safety of those most vulnerable in society.

“But we also understand that to best follow these measures, businesses that rely on footfall will need support in place to survive this period … we urge government to urgently introduce more discretionary business rates funding and Additional Restrictions Grant resources now to support businesses.”

Read the full letter.

Please visit our website www.instreatham.com/rescue-recover-reform to see what COVID resources are available to you, including 15% off PPE at Mediworld, free Lateral Flow tests and safety posters for your premises.

Plan B Guidance

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From 30th November, unless exempt, everyone must wear a face covering on public transport and in shops.

The new requirements also apply to:

  • shops and supermarkets
  • shopping centres (malls and indoor markets)
  • post offices, banks/building societies, solicitors/accountants
  • premises providing personal care and beauty treatments
  • public transport

From 13 December office workers who can work from home should do so

From 15 December, certain venues and events will be required by law to check that all visitors aged 18 years or over are fully vaccinated, have proof of a negative test in the last 48 hours, or have an exemption.

Our priorities remain unchanged: to boost confidence and drive footfall. We are doing everything we can to keep shoppers safe this festive season, we are topping up our sanitiser stations and using outdoor signage to remind people to keep safe.