Since 2013 the WLB Awards have been a milestone in the local business calendar and our 2023 celebrations promise to be bigger than ever! Awards categories will showcase business excellence in West London around six themes: ‘SME Sector leadership’, ‘Sustainable & responsible business’, ‘Economic resilience’, ‘Corporate leadership’, ‘Individual leadership’ and “Next Generation” featuring up and…
Ealing Council is consulting members of public on the idea of renewing the existing borough-wide public spaces protection order (PSPO), which helps police and council officers to combat anti-social behaviour and promote public safety. The original order was introduced in 2019, covering the borough’s public spaces – including town centres, parks and housing estates. The existing PSPO expires in…
West London College creative media level 3 students have made an incisive and entertaining documentary/magazine style video programme on the skills crisis in the construction industry. The 13-minute video came about when Ealing Council asked the College to create a short video aimed at children in Years 7-11, highlighting careers for women in construction. Major…
Footfall across UK retail destinations last week was clearly adversely impacted by the rail strikes; footfall declined in all three key destination types, but most severely in high streets where the drop in footfall was nearly three times as great as in shopping centres and more than five times as great as in retail parks….
View Place Informatics footfall over the Jubilee weekend. Download the PDF here.
Queen’s Jubilee Bunting Great to see so many of our business celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee with the Make It Ealing bunting that was made in collaboration with Christ the Saviour Primary school. Here’s a selection of images of some of the storefronts (by no means all of them) that were seen with our bunting! via…
As the government’s “Living with COVID-19“ plan is slowly kicking in, there is no doubt that the past two years has significantly altered the retail landscape and created new shopper needs and habits. This Sensormatic IQ report by Johnson Controls looks back at the situation in the UK since March 2020 and the overall impact…
We have jubilee GIFs and selfie filters to shout out that Ealing is the best place to be for selfies for all you Instagram lovers. Celebrate the Jubilee on our throne with GIFs of our bunting, confetti, balloons, and a crown! Search Ealing to find our GIFs, and use the QR codes for selfies.
The prospectus is fundamentally about levelling up people’s pride in the places they love and seeing that reflected back in empowered local leaders and communities, a stronger social fabric and better life chances. The money will be awarded to local authorities to partner with local groups to deliver the objectives. Read more here
If you rent out a commercial property, you may be interested in Part 8 of the draft Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. It proposes to let Local Authorities can take over the tenancy letting of vacant properties. Read information about the proposals here. Download the PDF here.