Month: September 2020

Have Your Say on New Community Garden

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They want the new garden to be open for all, allowing thousands of local people, old and young alike, to enjoy themselves and to get their hands dirty. The garden and greenhouse will provide many more people with volunteering and opportunities to learn about, work with, and enjoy plants. The wider educational value that the garden will provide is one of the main reasons why Vauxhall City Farm want to make these changes. It will impact thousands of young lives, allowing children and vulnerable young people to develop a love for plants and healthy food.

Vauxhall City Farm needs your opinion on their current plans for the garden. Head over to their website to look at the plans, and fill in the survey to let them know what you think.

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Lambeth Creative and Digital Growth Strategy

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With support from the Mayor of London, Lambeth Council is calling on the sector to help develop a strategy to support and grow Lambeth’s Creative and Digital Industries.

Whether you’re a creative or digital company, freelancer, or a cultural organisation, we need your views to help us shape the strategy.

The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete. Any information you provide in the survey will be used in aggregated form only or will be anonymised.

Please complete the survey by 9 February at the latest.

To thank you for your time, all fully completed surveys that are received by this date can enter in a draw towin a dinner for 2 at Mondrian, Sea Containers on London South Bank.

If you have questions, contact Beth at bethany@bop.co.uk

COVID-19 – an update from Vauxhall One

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The coronavirus outbreak is of huge concern to us all, personally and professionally, and we wanted to take this moment to reassure you that the wellbeing of our members, employees and those that enjoy Vauxhall on a daily basis are at the forefront of everything we do

We want to assure you that we are lobbying tirelessly to protect our entertainment and leisure industry and fighting to trigger people’s insurance. Please check the Lambeth council website regularly for the most up-to-date information for businesses, including grants and loan schemes to help those affected.

Vauxhall One will continue to adhere strictly to government advice and commit to providing ongoing services to clients across all areas of our business. Our team on the ground are still working hard to keep Vauxhall clean, with regular jet washing, graffiti removal and gardening. In addition to this they are disinfecting central Vauxhall, to help protect those making essential journeys through the station.

To ensure that the area stays safe and secure, our S92 police officers will continue their operations in line with government recommendations, and we are working hard on strategies to help the community bounce back later in the year.

Follow us on Twitter (@VauxhallOne) for live updates on Lambeth business related news and Vauxhall One activity.

Lockdown Announcement 23.06.20

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Today Boris Johnson announced new lockdown guidelines including relaxing the 2m rule from the 4th July and allowing two households to meet indoors or outdoors.

From 4 July, pubs and restaurants will be allowed to open both indoors and outdoors if they put in safety guidelines including recording all customers’ contact details to support Test & Trace, and offering table service.

Other businesses allowed to reopen will be:

  • Hotels, bed and breakfasts, campsites and caravan parks, maintaining high levels of cleanliness in communal spaces
  • Hair salons and barbers, but with visors worn
  • Playgrounds, museums, galleries, theme parks, outdoor gyms and arcades, libraries, social clubs and community centres

However nightclubs, indoor gyms and nail bars will not be able to reopen at this stage. The Prime Minister stated that task forces of public health experts will be set up to help businesses become COVID-19 secure and reopen.

The arts industry, including theatres, was also covered, with specific guidance being issued so that operations can resume ASAP.

NaCTSO Advice Bulletin

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Designed to ignite and burn during transit, one of these devices was recently returned to a warehouse where, as it was being processed, staff noticed the package showed signs of fire.

This recent spate of devices being sent around the country has prompted security experts working for the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) to advise Couriers and delivery companies to issue guidance to their staff.

As many businesses receive goods via Courier and delivery companies – It is also advisable that you consider your own staff awareness round handling post and identifying suspicious postal packages.

The attached NaCTSO Bulletin has been produced for the advice around this matter.

It is also recommend that all staff receive the ACT E-Learning package. You can sign up to ACT e-learning via the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) website. You can also find further advice and guidance here regarding protective security for events.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/act-awareness-elearning

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crowded-places-guidance