JULY 2018

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Welcome to our update for businesses on what Your Bromley is doing to make the town centre (even) safer, smarter, and more prominent - plus some treats for employees.

YOUR BROMLEY - SAFER, SMARTER AND MORE PROMINENT

These treats for employees are arranged with a view to making Bromley an even more fun place to work, so helping businesses retain employees. Please make this newsletter available to your staff, perhaps by putting on a staff noticeboard and encourage them to contact thomas@yourbromley.com to receive our monthly business emails direct to their inbox.

If you haven’t had a visit recently from an Ambassador or the BID team, please let us know and we’ll be happy to pop in to make sure you are aware of all the services we provide and the opportunities to get involved.

If you’d like to put yourself forward to join our Advisory Group (business representatives from a range of sectors and geographic locations meeting quarterly to receive progress updates and advise on future activities), when next there is a vacancy, please contact frances@yourbromley.com. Finally, if you’d like to see footfall data for the town centre, or are looking for a CSR idea, please contact enquiries@yourbromley.com.

Frances and TomYour Bromley BID team

Your Bromley is pleased to fund lunchtime yoga sessions for Bromley town centre employees throughout the summer. These are taking place in the Pavilion Leisure Centre, Kentish Way from 12noon to 13:00 every Thursday from 7th June to 30th August inclusive.

All classes are suitable for beginners; mats are supplied so all that’s needed is some loose or stretchy clothing. Please let your staff know about this so they don’t miss out - we have a maximum of 22 places per session.

All interested should book by sending an email to thomas@yourbromley.com using their business email address, indicating which business they are from and providing the dates they wish to reserve.

SUMMER LUNCHTIME YOGA FOR EMPLOYEES

fund lunchtime yoga sessions

JULY 2018

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Funded by Your Bromley to support our night time economy, two pairs of Night Ambassadors patrol our town centre’s busiest streets in evenings at the weekend.

On Fridays and Saturdays from 20:30 to 04:30, we can be certain that our streets are safer for people enjoying the theatre, restaurants, pubs, bars and clubs than most other outer London town centres. They are SIA qualifi ed and have been specially selected for their customer service and calmness. They carry Shop Safe Radios and will assist venues with dispersal at closing times.

NIGHT AMBASSADORS RETURN TO BROMLEY TOWN CENTRE

MIDSUMMER MOVIES LAUNCH - THURSDAY 16 AUGUST – YOU’RE INVITED!

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We’re launching our Midsummer Movies 3-day open air fi lm festival on 16th August at 18:00 and all our levy paying businesses (plus one guest) are invited to join us at the launch in Queens Gardens with a drink or two on us. Please let thomas@yourbromley.com know if you’d like to attend by 15th August.

THURSDAY 16TH AUGUST:

The movie being shown at 19:30 is Bromley Boys. If you’d like to stay on to watch it, you’ll still need to book (free of charge) through Eventbrite. See yourbromley.com/midsummermovies for booking information. Deckchairs can be reserved for a small cost.

Other fi lms being shown over the three days are:

FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST:

• Morning (10:30) – Moana

• Afternoon (15:30) – Warhorse

• Evening (19:30) – The Rocky Horror Picture Show

All proceeds from the rental of deckchairs on this day will be donated to the Royal British Legion.

SATURDAY 18TH AUGUST:

• Morning (10:30) – Mary Poppins

• Afternoon (15:30) – Jumanji

• Evening (19:30) – People’s Choice:

1. The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

2. Back to the Future

3. Raiders of the Lost Ark

As per last year, it is up to the public to vote which fi lm they would like to see. Visit our website - yourbromley.com/midsummermovies - and vote for your favourite fi lm.

All proceeds from the rental of deckchairs will be donated to Bromley Community Fund.

Food and drink will be available to purchase on site and you are also welcome to bring your own picnic and blankets.

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THURSDAY 16 AUGUST – YOU’RE INVITED!

We’re launching our Midsummer Movies 3-day

SATURDAY 18TH AUGUST:

• Morning (10:30) – Mary Poppins

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The council has produced its fi nal layout of market stalls, showing that most hot food stalls will be located in the area between Barclays Bank and Primark.

Brand new market stalls have arrived and are being readied for use while the new anchor points are due to be installed on the High Street imminently. The electrics for the main centre section should be completed within the next few weeks and the planned relocation of the market is due to occur shortly after this.

As for semi-permanent kiosks - previously the proposal was for four pairs of kiosks totalling eight units. The council has reduced this to two pairs totalling four units. A planning application for the structures will be submitted at the end of July 2018 with installation scheduled for spring 2019.

Changes have been made partly to accommodate the increased number of pop-up market stalls approved by the Council at planning in February 2018.

THE STREET MARKETAND ITS MOVE TO MARKET SQUARE

Some changes to the original plans for the refl ective canopies and commercial units are:

• The single planter at the junction with Elmfi eld Road will be split into two planters to avoid underground services and to provide more pedestrian protection from vehicles.

• The canopy at the Elmfi eld Road end of the High Street has been relocated north to approximately outside Subway and will be a single large petal, and not three. This location has been considered more benefi cial to nearby cafés and restaurants.

• A commercial unit will be installed between the canopy and the planters adjoining Elmfi eld Road.

• A smaller canopy will be located outside the former Virgin Media unit with a commercial unit to the north of it.

YOUR BROMLEY

JULY 2018

1 - Retailers’ Security Meetings

All daytime businesses / heads of security are invited to meet with Your Bromley and local police to discuss trends and proactive ways in which businesses can reduce crime affecting their business. Please RSVP to enquiries@yourbromley.com stating which business you are representing and which meeting(s) you would like to attend.

Future dates are:

BROMLEY BUSINESSES AGAINST CRIME MEETINGS

2 - Licensing Partnership Meetings

All Designated Premises Supervisors and /or Deputies are invited to meet with licensing authorities. The meetings include updates and intelligence sharing on crime and anti-social behaviour and are part of the exclusion scheme that Your Bromley has developed. Please RSVP to enquiries@yourbromley.com stating which business you are representing and which meeting(s) you would like to attend.

Future dates are:12 SEPTEMBER 10:00AT BROMLEY POLICE STATION

7 NOVEMBER 10:00AT BROMLEY POLICE STATION

20 SEPTEMBER 15:00

8 NOVEMBER 15:00

6 DECEMBER 15:00

VENUE: O’NEILL’S,27-29 EAST STREETBR1 1QE

Operation Gemini (additional policing) returns to Bromley town centre in time for the summer school holidays.

The additional policing that many of you told us you valued so much last December and during the Easter school holidays will be returning Wednesdays to Saturdays during the summer holidays. Funded by Your Bromley, the hours will be from noon to 20:00 on Wednesdays to Saturdays inclusive and will bring an additional four offi cers/PCSOs to the town. They will carry and respond to Shop Safe radios and will patrol the area, particularly near the shops who experience the most shoplifting. Operation Gemini will run from Wednesday 25th July to Saturday 1st September.

OPERATION GEMINI

Your Bromley arranged for the weeding and planting of a ‘pocket park’ in the alley between High Street and Elmfi eld Park, at the side of Over The Moon Café.

Following scaffolding being erected on top of it for several weeks after Easter, it now needs some weeding and more planting so that there’s a suitably vibrant and leafy display for people to enjoy on their way to and from work. If you’d like to help us with this, please get in touch by emailing enquiries@yourbromley.com.

Your Bromley will supply tools, gloves, bags for the waste and plants/seeds. We are happy to restock with plants and bulbs and also happy to purchase what’s wanted by gardening club members. We look forward to meeting employees wearing trousers and shoes they don’t mind getting a little dirty/torn. Green fi ngers not necessary, just half an hour or so of your lunch-time to turn an eyesore into a haven!

If your business premises are nearby and you could help with providing water and/or storage of a few garden tools, we’d love to hear from you.

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JULY 2018

Our next team event will be a quiz night on 16th October. The winning team will win a £40 voucher towards a team lunch in a levy paying café or restaurant of their choice. We’ll be raising funds for Bromley Community Fund.

Metro Bank won the inter business Bowling Competition at the Pavilion Leisure Centre in June and will soon be enjoying their team lunch prize. In addition, the total entry fees of £110 were donated to the Royal British Legion’s ‘Thank You’ campaign marking the centenary of the end of the First World War.

INTER BUSINESS EVENTS

A GARDENING CLUB FOR BROMLEY EMPLOYEES

TUESDAYS 12.30PM TO 1.30PM UNTIL END OF AUGUST

Despite 2018 being a very tough year for retail, Bromley town centre is not short of businesses coming in to the town centre.

A brand new Travelodge has recently opened up in the town centre (The Mall); a Jack Wills branch will open soon in The Glades, while Robert Dyas and a new Lidl will soon open within the town centre.

The opening of St Mark’s Square, expected by September, will bring a new public square including nine restaurants, a hotel and a nine screen VUE cinema with reclining seats to the town centre. The restoration to its former Art Deco glory of the cinema in Bromley North Village, with six screens, will complete in early 2019. Both cinemas are expected to increase footfall signifi cantly, particularly during school holidays and in the evenings. And fi nally, proposals are being made for the longstanding vacant units formerly occupied by Mascots and the Royal Bell in High Street/Bromley North Village.

BUSINESS GROWTH IN BROMLEY TOWN CENTRE