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Mayor’s LEAP

27th January 2017 / Posted by CRP Team
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Cross River Partnership is proud to announce that, Simon Pitkeathley, Co-Chair of CRP, has been chosen as one of only eight business members, for the new pan-London Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) called the London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP). 
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the LEAP members which brings together the Mayor, London Councils and business leaders across all the city’s main sectors. “London is open for business and I look forward to working with the members of LEAP to take forward my new economic development strategy for the capital, generating the jobs and growth we need to keep London prosperous.”
Simon Pitkeathley, CEO of Euston Town and Camden Town Business Improvement Districts and Camden Collective workspace, said: “I am delighted to be appointed to LEAP as we enter an exciting period for Local Enterprise Partnerships. Amongst all the initiatives LEAP oversees, its role in coordinating business support in London through the Growth Hub provides a huge opportunity to scale up London’s thriving start-up community”.
LEAP aims to be a more representative, streamlined and business-led body which will work to boost jobs and support economic growth in London.
To find out more information on the LEAP, please see the following press release. 

CLSRTP Forges Ahead

24th January 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

The Central London Sub Regional Transport Partnership (CLSRTP) is forging ahead in 2017/18! Cross River Partnership is excited to chair CLSRTP for another year with on-going funding from Transport for London (TfL) just confirmed.

“The CLSRTP is a valuable opportunity for all central London borough transport officers, policy makers, and place shapers to collaborate on the key challenges facing central London. The partnership has been instrumental in testing new approaches to freight, encouraging walking and improving air quality, which are of relevance to all partner organisations and are now becoming mainstream approaches to transforming central London into a healthy place to work, visit and conduct business.” – Dan Johnson, Borough Projects and Programmes, Transport for London

CRP looks forward to delivering upon the Mayor’s latest transport strategy and developing next year’s program of centrally led projects by:

•  Promoting the feet-first approach to transport, short journeys made on foot
•  Delivering centrally led projects to deliver safe and accessible streets promoting place making
•  Working together to reduce deliveries at busy road times
•  Encouraging onward travel by foot or bike

For more information please contact CLSRTP Chair Jane Overington at joverington@westminster.gov.uk

BEST London yet to come…

23rd January 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

Cross River Partnership is developing a new approach to engaging businesses.  Our Business Efficiency and Savings Tool will start conversations with local businesses and identify actions to help reduce the impacts of delivery and servicing activities.  We will then work with businesses to help those actions be implemented and deliver the BEST impacts for London.

This work is being co-funded by CRP’s Mayors Air Quality Fund Clean Air Better Business programme, and CRP’s URBACT III programme Freight TAILS project.

For more information please contact CRP’s Brendon Harper (bharper@westminster.gov.uk) or Charlotte Knell (cknell1@westminster.gov.uk).

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Popular on Social Media

23rd January 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

Some of the most popular tweets from CRP’s Twitter accounts this month include @FREVUE_project’s news on £20m of new government funding for low carbon freight projects, @freight_tails asking whether cities are ready for more delivery vehicles and @CRP_CABB’s interesting stats about online shopping deliveries.

Are you following CRP on Twitter and LinkedIn?

Redirecting Personal Deliveries

23rd January 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

Did you know that 9% of people have pulled a sickie to stay home and receive an online shopping delivery? Or that a surprisingly large share of deliveries to many central London workplaces are estimated to be personal parcels?

Delivery of online shopping is becoming a hot topic, with the London Assembly last week releasing a report on congestion, which called for workplace bans on personal deliveries.

CRP’s new www.clickcollect.london website and BID-branded variants are making it easy to find alternative parcel collection points and to trial alternative services for free.

Redirecting personal deliveries to convenient parcel collection points is better for businesses, for air quality and for congestion.

Contact CRP’s Air Quality Project Manager, Brendon Harper for more information.

Marble Arch London Joins CRP

23rd January 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

CRP is pleased to welcome our newest private sector Board Member, Marble Arch London, the Business Improvement District (BID) for the Marble Arch and Edgware Road area.

We look forward to working with the Marble Arch team to support their growing programme of work.

This brings CRP’s private sector membership to 17 BIDs.

See www.marble-arch.london for more information about Marble Arch London BID.

The impact of Business Improvement Districts on urban regeneration

18th January 2017 / Posted by CRP Team

CEO of Better Bankside, Peter Williams, writes on how Business Improvement Districts can influence change on a local level.

He talks about how public services are under increasing pressure and numbers of the population are concerned about not sharing in the proceeds of growth, making it evident that there is a shift in debate from a macro level to include the work of BIDs and other initiatives at the local level.

 

Click here for more information

 

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Urban Market Delivery and Servicing Plan project

16th December 2016 / Posted by CRP Team

The urban market delivery and servicing project is underway for the CRP-convened Central London Sub Regional Transport Partnership, with phase one stakeholder engagement and data collection nearing completion.

This project is a first of its kind and is engaging with Lower Marsh (Lambeth), East Street (Southwark), and Chapel Market (Islington) traders to look at consolidating vehicle movements and enhancing local operating environments. A key output of this study will be a best practice tool kit which Cross River Partnership will share with all central London boroughs and partners.

CRP’s consultants PWLC have already identified potential opportunities to improve the market street space and operations which we look forward to sharing in 2017.

House of Commons New Inquiry: Urban congestion

16th December 2016 / Posted by CRP Team

Cross River Partnership has submitted a response to the House of Commons Inquiry into urban congestion. In our response we acknowledge the growing impact of traffic congestion on London and recognise that the increasing demand for road space is causing congestion leading to unacceptable impacts on London’s productivity and Londoners’ health. Please see the full CRP response here.

CRP recognises that the effects of transport congestion are set to increase as London’s demand for goods and services rise alongside expected population growth. The impact of traffic congestion on poor air quality is of particular concern to CRP, its partners, and increasingly the general public. Many of our projects seek to address these issues.

Our response suggests that there is not one solution to solving the problem of traffic congestion, there may need to be some city-wide initiatives in addition to local projects to address specific issues.

Overall, helping individuals and businesses understand how their purchasing activities impact upon delivery journeys, and a modal shift to healthier forms of transport are key to realising long-term change.

We must ensure that London remains an attractive place to do business and that our urban environment enhances the quality of life and health of workers, residents and visitors alike!

For further information please contact CRP’s Transport Officer Jane Overington

Recruit London Update

15th December 2016 / Posted by CRP Team

Christmas is a busy time for recruitment and Recruit London is no exception! We’ve had screenings for all kinds of vacancies and employers, some temporary Christmas positions and some permanent roles; we’ve even had one role come through with the ‘golden’ family friendly hours of 10am – 2pm.  Whatever contracts our candidates are moving into, we will be continuing to support them in the New Year to sustain employment or to find new roles once short term contracts have ended.

It’s been a busy and exciting year for Recruit London with new partnerships being formed and new team members joining.  Since July 2016 Recruit London has supported 128 people into employment. Just over double that number has received employment support consisting of a bespoke assessment of job goals and needs and intensive sector based training. Many candidates have faced significant barriers to work, including long periods of unemployment, homelessness and health conditions and the Workplace Coordinators have worked with employers to up skill and prepare candidates for the roles and the return to work as well as negotiating a clearer pathway and access to those positions.

For more information please contact CRP Programme Manager Anna Elliott.

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