The Employee of the Year winners will be announced in the next few weeks. Once again, it is heartwarming to read how employers value and appreciate their dedicated staff.

Don't be disheartened if you are not a winner this time; there is always next year.

Our brilliant social media manager Natasha from The Creative Caboodle, has opened the August Business Spotlight bookings. Grab this opportunity for a business spotlight video about your business.
Natasha will facilitate your wishes to create fun and engaging UGC-style videos for your business. She will edit and script the content and post it on all MIE platforms as well as send you a copy to post on your business feed.

Check out her Meadow and Castano Lounge videos.

Great entertainment is on the menu across the BID area. The Beer, Jazz, Comedy, and the latest NEW GEN Summer Festivals are back in Walpole Park as well as summer entertainment every weekend @ Ealing Broadway Shopping.Make It Ealing will be creating a Summer Garden installation across the BID area of butterflies, so we are hoping for a big wow factor and lots of social media chatter.

We urge all businesses to report crime incidents, and the quickest and simplest way if there is no immediate danger to staff is online.

If companies don't report a crime, the local statistics will not support additional police presence on the streets, which we all agree is crucial for the place management of the area.

Ealing police have posted messages on Twitter about what constitutes a 999 call and what should be reported online. There is a non-emergency number, 101, but the wait time for the call to be answered can be as long as 45 minutes.

The free allocation of Biffa bags for independent businesses will be delivered directly to the business address within the next two weeks. We no longer issue tape for cardboard collection but have compensated by allocating additional dry mixed recycling bags into which cardboard can be placed for collection.