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Baker Street Quarter Partnership – Recruitment Event

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s Recruit London Programme supported a recruitment fair on the 6th and 7th February 2019 for a new corporate members club opening this spring in the heart of Central London.

Baker Street Quarter Partnership (BSQP) introduced Recruit London to the Human Resources Manager at Home House, to see how Recruit London could support them to fill 70 roles. Recruit London’s Specialist Workplace Coordinators responded by suggesting a recruitment fair where local Westminster residents would come face to face with the employer.

The 2 days were a great success. We had over 120 Westminster residents come through the doors for interview with 31 people successfully going on to the second stage interviews.

The Chief Executive of the Baker Street Quarter Partnership, Penny Alexander attended the fair on Wednesday 7th February and was impressed with the professional way in which the fair had been conducted, the quality of the candidates preparation by CRP’s Recruit London team and the high calibre of the candidates that attended.

The Baker Street Quarter Partnership have introduced Recruit London to the Hyatt Hotel and the Chiltern Firehouse, who are both interested in Recruit London supporting their recruitment.

For further information on Recruit London please contact Sylvia Kankasa.

Freight TAILS – Completion

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s Freight Tailored Approaches to Innovative Logistical Solutions  (TAILS) will shortly be officially completed following payment to project partners for the final claims. The successfully delivered project brought together 10 European city partners to share knowledge, develop tailored freight management policies to address the negative impacts of urban freight movements and stimulate the low carbon sector as well as develop Integrated Action Plans (IAPs).

The project was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, through the URBACT III Action Planning Networks programme.

CRP would like to thank the URBACT Secretariat and its 9 project partners for making the project such a success.

For further information, please contact CRP’s Operations Manager, Carol Quamina.

Westminster City Hall – Refurbishment Complete

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

After refurbishing the office space at Westminster City Hall 64 Victoria Street, London, Westminster City Council started to host its staff back home, at the bright new offices from the beginning of February 2019. All of WCC’s departments are scheduled to fully move in by the end of March 2019.

The makeup of the new offices wowed all of us at CRP. Everything looks contemporary and very functional. It is bright and environmentally friendly with intelligent lifts and lighting. The whole space is set up for agile working, with furniture designed to adapt to people individually, especially useful for staff with disabilities. The pièce de résistance is the new cafeteria with panoramic views of the city of London, where staff and visitors can socialise and enjoy a well-earned break time.

The new offices have created a fantastic working place which makes the staff happy and has a great impact on work delivery. Thank you Westminster City Council!

For further information, please contact Nina Gjoka.

CRP Team Visit – Living with Buildings Exhibition

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP’s team visit to the Living with Buildings exhibition at the Wellcome Collection was extremely interesting as it highlights clearly through publications, photographs and visual aids  our relationships to the buildings in which we have lived and worked in the 20th and 21st centuries and how they affect our health and mental well-being.

It is an exercise in how over the years, it has been seen that there is a connection between our health and where we live and with this knowledge, the steps that have been taken by architects and developers to improve and sustain good health.

Another impressive part of the exhibition was seeing the pioneering mobile clinics designed to improve healthcare in global emergency situations. It was with a sense of pride that I left the exhibition, knowing that Cross River Partnership are part of this exciting, environmentally-friendly way of designing spaces and buildings for the future.

Should you have any questions, please contact CRP’s Maria Anastasi.

Smart Electric Urban Logistics – Dissemination Event

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP and project partners UPS and UK Power Networks successfully held a Smart Electric Urban Logistics (SEUL) project dissemination workshop with fleet managers on 6 February 2019.

The SEUL project is successfully trialling smart charging technology integrating energy storage and developing an innovative tool to better assess and use existing grid capacity. This technology has allowed global logistics company UPS to commit to the electrification of its entire Central London fleet of 170 delivery vehicles.

When discussing the challenges of urban fleet electrification, Peter Harris, UPS’s Director of Sustainability, commented “it will take time, money and collaborative commitment from industry, government and civil society to get it right… But get it right we must.”

Thank you to our guest speakers, project partners and everyone that attended for creating such an exciting event on how freight electrification and smart charging can develop in the industry.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer, CRP’s Programme Manager Electric Freight.

The SEUL project is part of the Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trials, funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) in partnership with Innovate UK.

Greenwich LEN

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is very happy to be working again with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, this time leading on their Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) Business Engagement work.

Supporting the Royal Borough of Greenwich with their LEN implementation, CRP are engaging with local businesses on cargo bike trials, workplace travel planning, as well as new loading restrictions and consolidation feasibility along Trafalgar Road.

Should you be a local business interested in the above, please contact CRP’s Principal Programme Manager Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

TfL – Healthy Streets Fund for Business 2019/2020

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

Transport for London (TfL) have now opened applications for the Healthy Streets Fund for Business 2019/2020. Projects to be funded will either reduce freight and van traffic while supporting essential deliveries and servicing, or promote sustainable travel habits while reducing car dependency. This round of funding is only open to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Business Partnerships.

The application deadline is 5pm on Tuesday 19 March 2019. 

Information sessions are being held on:

– Thursday 28 February 2019 15:30 – 17:00

– Monday 4 March 2019 13:30 – 15:00

To register your interest for the information sessions please email HealthyStreetsFund@tfl.gov.uk.

For more information, please contact CRP’s Programme Manager Tanja Dalle-Muenchmeyer.

The Illuminated River – Installation Work

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

The Illuminated River Foundation has begun installation work on the first four bridges to be illuminated from Summer 2019; London, Cannon Street, Southwark and Millennium Bridges.

Two years ago Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced that the team, led by artist Leo Villareal and London architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, had been successful in winning the international design competition to reframe the Thames at night and celebrate London’s historic links with its river. A lot of work has been done since this announcement; surveying and inspecting the bridges, speaking to communities and stakeholders, securing planning approval, and understanding the logistical challenges behind installing the latest generation of LED technology onto the bridges to allow Leo to begin to ‘paint with light’ and realise his beautifully sequenced patterns for us all to enjoy.

CRP continues to support the Illuminated River including sitting on the project advisory board.

For more information contact CRP Director, Susannah Wilks.

Marylebone LEN – Public Realm Works

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

Work on the CRP-managed Marylebone Low Emission Neighbourhood (LEN) public realm improvements are well underway.

The first phase of the project is complete, with planting in new rain gardens on Marylebone High Street completed in mid-February. Works have now commenced on the corner of New Cavendish and Marylebone High streets.

CRP is looking forward to completing the successful Marylebone LEN programme with all partners at the end of next month.  A final report will be submitted to the Mayor’s Air Quality Fund.

For more information contact WCC’s Transport Programme Manager, Hugh Brennan.

Camden – Clean Air Action Plan

25th February 2019 / Posted by CRP Team

The London Borough of Camden recently completed formal consultation on a draft Clean Air Action Plan which aims to drive forward compliance with World Health Organisation guidelines by 2030.

CRP is pleased to have supported development of the draft plan through the Camden Clean Air Partnership (a multi-sector stakeholder group which co-designed the plan’s actions) and via a submission to the draft plan.

For more information contact London Borough of Camden’s Senior Sustainability Officer Ana Ventura.

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