Tag Archives: EDO
Wandsworth Business Forum at Balham
Last night saw the Wandsworth Business Forum at Balham (with huge thanks to The Bedford for hosting us). And I came away feeling very upbeat about Wandsworth, and business in Wandsworth. The council’s Economic Development Office run the meetings, rotating around locations in the borough at various business friendly times. The basic concept is to [...]
More recession workshops
The council are running two more ‘recession workshops’ for local businesses. The first is tonight (Wednesday 29 April) for businesses based in Wandsworth, Earlsfield and Southfields. It is being held at Blend, 111-113 Wandsworth High Street at 7pm. Attendees will be lucky enough to hear me speak on the council’s reponse. The second is tomorrow [...]
Beating the recession in Balham
I’ve written several times about Balham on this blog, largely the negative news surrounding the closures of Woolworths and Marks and Spencers. This time I get to be a little more positive and flag up the council’s ‘Beat the Credit Crunch’ seminar taking place tomorrow (Wednesday 18th March). The seminar is one in a series [...]
Tooting’s first ‘Good Neighbours’
I had the privilege of presenting the first six ‘Good Neighbour’ awards at a short breakfast ceremony this morning. The scheme is part of the council’s ‘Tooting Together’ programme of work to improve Tooting Town Centre. Businesses are independently judged not only on meeting their statutory requirements (like safety and cleanliness) but also, and importantly, [...]
The recession begins to bite
While it the announcement that the UK is formally in a recession was expected, the size of the fall of GDP took many by surprise. Three quarters have now passed since the UK economy grew, Q2 2008 saw the economy remain flat, to be followed by 0.6% and 1.5% contractions in Q3 and Q4. And [...]
Balham Woolies becomes a 99p store
I wrote the other day (Why are M&S leaving Balham?) about why Balham should be on the up. In one of those unfortunate ironies at least one business agrees Balham is a place to be. The lease on the old Woolworths has been bought by a company called 99p Stores Ltd. who will be opening [...]
Full council meeting – some people do think Gordon Brown saved us all
Last night saw Wandsworth’s last full council meeting of the year. My main part was speaking in a debate on the results of the business survey carried out earlier this year. It showed that business confidence was declining (even though it was carried out before the news started to turn really bleak) but Wandsworth was [...]
Wandsworth Town Centre Vision and Agenda
Tonight saw the launch of Wandsworth Town Centre Partnership’s Vision and Agenda for the next three years. The document sets out the Town Centre’s vision and aspirations to build on the huge improvements Wandsworth has seen over the past ten years. And Wandsworth has changed enormously even in that short time, thanks in no small [...]
Wandsworth Volunteer Awards
Last night I attended the celebration of volunteering the council held to say thank-you to the many people in the borough who give their time to help others. It was an inspirational event not least because it powerfully illustrated that there is still a strong sense of community and selflessness in the borough. th There [...]
