FREE Smoking Cessation Course
Thursday 31st January – March 6th 2008
HammersmithLondon would like to help you stick with your New Year resolutions! That’s why together with the local NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT), we will be running a six week FREE Smoking Cessation Course starting on Thursday 31st January! More
FREE Travel Plan Networking Event
Thursday 28th February 2008
We are organising a fun networking event this February so that you would have the opportunity to acquire the information you need to discover new ways for travel to work and for travel for business. More
Safetynet
Massive upgrade in progress
The Safetynet radio scheme is being massively upgraded and Safetynet radios are currently being distributed to pubs and leisure businesses within the BID area as part of the new Pubwatch scheme. The scheme will help galvanise the business community by enabling the sharing of information and intelligence concerning criminal activity and anti-social behaviour in Hammersmith. Pubs will be able to communicate instantly with each other, CCTV and the BID security team to help protect their premises and staff.
From February onwards, offices and retailers within the BID area will be eligible to join the Safetynet scheme on separate channels designed to reduce the impact of retail theft and commercial crime. The radios will also be able to provide instant communication and response in the event of an emergency situation. Radiolink systems have been proven to reduce crime in town centres around the country and we confidently predict that the new Safetynet scheme, working as part of the BIDs overall crime strategy, will make a huge difference to businesses in Hammersmith. Please contact Matthew John at HammersmithLondon for more details.
FREE Walks - New Routes in 2008!
A personal guided visit to LYRIC Theatre this Friday 25th January
Our walks are going to be even more stimulating and beneficial in 2008! We are introducing some new routes and having a different theme each Friday - Cultural, Historical, Green Hammersmith, Back Streets! Regularly check our website for updates! More
Dr Bike on Lyric Square
More Dr Bike Surgeries are planned for March and April
More Dr Bike Surgeries are planned for March and April and we will give you plenty of notice so you can bring your bicycle to work that day. Not only will you feel the benefit of this free service but you will also be selecting a greener, healthier way to travel.
On Friday November 30th from 11.30pm till 2.30pm Dr Bike visited Lyric Square and word soon got around enabling many of you to take advantage of his presence and the free services offered which included:
- Free Bike Check
- Free Bicycle service/maintenance
- Free Advice on more major repairs
- Free Puncture Repairs and Puncture Kit.
- Free Chain Check and Oiling of bicycle chain
- Free Gear Adjustment
Click here to see pictures from the event!
Nervous about Cycling?
FREE Bike training is available
Don’t forget anybody working in the BID area is entitled to FREE Bike training. It is without charge, safe and simple! Female and male instructors will train you anywhere in Hammersmith and bikes can be provided for complete beginners. Please visit www.cycletraining.co.uk or call 020 7231 6005 for more details!
Remember the Holocaust
Bring to mind the past, reflect on the present and create a better future!
Holocaust Memorial Day is on Sunday, 27 January, 2008. This is a national day dedicated to the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. It is also the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Union in 1945.
We value a free, tolerant, and democratic society and believe the Holocaust must be remembered in order to create it. Thus we see the Holocaust Memorial Day as a perfect time to bring to mind the past, reflect on the present and create a better future. We hope you see it the same way too!
A concentrated effort to make Hammersmith cleaner
HammersmithLondon, working with the LBHF cleansing department will soon be carrying out a clean up of the Blacks Road area behind King Street. This area has long had a proliferation of ‘grot spots’ and areas in need of attention. Blacks Road used to be targeted by rough sleepers and street drinkers, however through regular patrols, the BID Security Team have moved many of the homeless into council shelters and accommodation, thereby reducing the impact on the area.
Blacks Road is therefore in need of an overall clean up which will be taking place in the next few weeks. Businesses adjacent to Blacks Road will be contacted and informed about the changes taking place and we expect that the cleansing will help re-invigorate this area of Hammersmith.
Hanging Basket Extension
New streets will be included for the coming of spring
Due to their popularity, HammersmithLondon is extending the amount of hanging baskets in the BID area to help brighten up and energise the town centre during the winter months. Areas such as Hammersmith Road will now be included in the basket scheme and will feature new seasonal displays. The replanting of green areas along Hammersmith Road and the Broadway has also been completed and will be in full bloom in time for the coming of spring.
Disney helps Great Ormond Street raise £10m
A BID role model company in many ways
We are very proud with Disney, one of our top BID companies, as last week they announced plans to help raise £10 million towards the famous central London hospital’s redevelopment.
Legacy and tradition are big components in Disney's philosophy and they continue to show this with their involvement in many noble causes! It is truly an honour to HammersmithLondon to work with and support a company like this. We give them a big round of applause!
Have you recycled your Christmas Cards? Go to Tesco, WHSmith or TK Maxx!
We are urging people to help save trees by recycling their Christmas cards! Throughout January, Christmas cards can be taken to special bins at Tesco, WHSmith or TK Maxx stores where they will be collected and recycled on behalf of the Woodland Trust. The cards are then turned into new paper products and all proceeds from the scheme will go towards the charity's work protecting and increasing Britain's woodland.
Visit our local stores:
- Tesco - Broadway Shopping Centre, Hammersmith, London
- WHSmith - Broadway Shopping Centre, Hammersmith, London and 16 Kings Mall, Kings Street, London
- TK Maxx - 57 King Street Hammersmith, London
Recycle your old M&S clothes
… and receive a fiver!
Wondering what you're ever going to do with your old M&S clothes? Simply take them to your nearest Oxfam and you will automatically receive a £5 M&S gift voucher - so you can go and buy more Marks & Sparks clothes! Genius, isn't it? It is not far as well.
Visit our local stores:
- Marks & Spencer - 27 King Street, Hammersmith, London
- Oxfam - 87 King Street, Hammersmith, London
Do a little, Change a lot.
Help make Hammersmith Greener!
There are a lot of things that you can do at work which will help make a big difference to our environment. Many of these ideas save money too so this month why not try to reduce unnecessary paper usage?
Paper can be easily recycled and turned in to new products. Paper recycling schemes are widespread so please use one whenever possible for documents, newspapers, notes and other paper items.
- Minimise printing - print only when absolutely necessary
- Use e-mail /online services wherever possible
- Share hard copies
- Use rough paper for internal print jobs where possible
- Recycle
Get a Nice Free Gift for Your Referral!
Sign up a Friend and You’ll Both Get a Gift!
Do you have nice colleagues and friends who work in Hammersmith? Do you want to introduce them to all of the wonderful benefits of being a part of our mailing list and spend more time with them at one or more of our free events? Just sign them up for our mailing list!
You’ll both get a FREE gift - a trendy eco jute bag! Just e-mail us their details or ask them to contact us directly. You will get your gift in any case!