Category: Advocacy

ACT NOW! Claim your road works compensation!

This is a service that has already been successfully used by a number of Station to Station members.  Sue is a local business owner based on Crown Point and understands from personal experience the losses that businesses have gone through. The company she works with have already been successful in claiming back business disruption compensation […]

Brockwell Live: Business Incentive Scheme and Shop Local Campaign

This offer came through to Station to Station and we are sharing it here. We have asked for a link to our business directory (currently featuring over 200 local businesses) be part of this marketing scheme. The deadline for submissions is Friday 29th April. Dear all, We are contacting you as a business local to […]

Wayfinder – Helping small businesses in Lambeth

Accessing the free business support for Lambeth based SME’s using the London Business Hub just got easier! To register your interest visit businesshub.london/wayfinder or email wayfinder@businesshub.london to find out more. If you’re a small or micro-business looking for support on a variety of challenges, you can sign up to this free service. Simply register online via […]

Economic Resilience Fund (phase 4)

Applications for phase four of Lambeth’s ERF (Economic Resilience Fund) will open at 10am on Wednesday 2nd February 2022 and will close when all funding has been awarded or is likely to be awarded due to volume of applications. These applications will be assessed on a first come, first serve basis. Please note that the total […]

CARF – Covid Additional Relief Fund

This relief will be given via the business rates system for this financial year 21/22  and will amount to approximately 23% of the rateable value of your premises. Eligible businesses: Office based premises across various sectors of the economy, manufacturing-based premises which may operate within the supply chain of retail, hospitality and leisure but are themselves […]

Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant

NOTE: This grant needs to be applied for and the fund closes on 28.02.22. Ineligible businesses: All retail businesses, coach tour operators, tour operators, gyms and sports businesses where physical exercise or training is conducted on an individual or group basis. Eligible businesses: This scheme provides support to hospitality, leisure, and accommodation businesses in the borough with […]

Chancellor announces £1bn fund for hospitality and leisure

The Chancellor has announced a £1bn fund for the hospitality sector and an extra £30m to help theatres and museums. This latest announcement is a positive response from government and is accessible through local authorities. As before, BIDs are perfectly positioned to get this money out to levy payers quickly. These measures for hospitality and […]

Happier, Healthier Workplaces

How do we make West Norwood and Tulse Hill Happier and Healthier workplaces? Sign up to this FREE workshop to find out!

Your Vote Counts!

Make your vote count and a reminder on the benefits of voting YES. Deadline to return ballot papers is 29 September.

S2S wins Design Council funding for a project to support the health & wellbeing of members

We are pleased to announce that Station to Station Business Improvement District has received funding to work with West Norwood and Tulse Hill’s local businesses and communities to reimagine how businesses can prioritise health and wellbeing. We were chosen by Design Council amongst six other organisations – which also include local West Norwood businesses Arriva […]

The importance of a correct Rateable Value

Property Rateable Value (RV) Your rateable value is based on the open market rental value as at 1st April 2015 and is calculated by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) Your property details are listed on the VOA’s website www.voa.gov.uk You can find your property by searching using either your ‘property reference number’ or your postcode […]

Access free Lateral Flow Device testing!

If you would like to order Lateral Flow Tests* from Lambeth, please order your kits here. Place your order and then collect from the Civic Centre, offer is open (currently) until 30 June 21. Station to Station also has some stock for collection from the Sustenance Grocery shop at the Portico on Knights Hill. Check […]

Station to Station – business plan for 2021-2026

Station to Station has its ‘renewal ballot’ in September as we are approaching the end of our 5 year term. If you are a levy paying business, you will be asked to vote. Here is our business plan for the area for the next 5 years (October 2021 – September 2026). You can read it […]

Donate your old laptops, phones & tablets to help local families

You may remember Lambeth Tech Aid who did great work during 2020 collecting, wiping and refurbishing tech devices to be donated to those in need during the pandemic. The organisation are now known as Community Tech Aid and are still carrying out the same work. We now have a donation point in the heart of […]

Economic Resilience Fund – Phase Two  

Lambeth’s Economic Resilience Fund – Phase Two   Lambeth Council have announced the launch of Phase 2 of their Economic Resilience Fund to support businesses who continue to be most severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, as the economy begins to reopen.   Who can apply for grant funding?  The second phase of Lambeth’s Economic Resilience Fund will […]

Free ‘Recover & Grow’ scheme for SMEs

The London Business Hub is running a Recover and Grow scheme which targets small to medium-sized businesses. It is offering free resilience & economic recovery training for a period of 6 weeks. Eligible businesses must employ in the region of ten to fifty people, with an annual turnover of £450,000 per year can make use […]

Deadline to apply for EU Settled Status!

We want you to stay! All Lambeth’s European Union citizens must apply for Settled Status before 30 June 2021. From July this year EU nationals who haven’t applied to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) risk losing the right to live and work in the UK.  This month the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants said: […]

The Apprenticeship Levy Transfer and how to use it

We’ve worked with the London Progression Collaboration to help you understand how the Apprenticeship Levy transfer can help your business. The apprenticeship levy transfer and how to use it The apprenticeship levy is a policy introduced by the government in 2017. It requires larger employers to spend a proportion of their budget to fund apprenticeship […]

Reopening Safely

For all those businesses reopening from 12 April, the rules stay more or less the same as when you were open before. Staff and customers must wear masks or be behind screens (apart from when eating or drinking), customers must keep to the 2m social distancing rules (apart from when having close personal services like […]

Coronavirus business interruption insurance payouts

Insurance companies that initially rejected claims from businesses for losses due to the coronavirus pandemic have been overruled by The Supreme Court. We would encourage all Station to Station businesses to check with their insurer as you may be entitled to an insurance payout that was denied earlier in the pandemic. The Supreme Court backed […]

Local Restrictions Support Grants – applications open

Please see below for some information on the latest government grants available for businesses via Lambeth. These cover when London was in Tier 2 (October) & Tier 3 (December) as well as when England was in National Lockdown (November) as well as Tier 4 and National Lockdown (3). National Lockdown and Tier 4 Grants Local Restrictions […]

Economic Resilience Fund

Lambeth have now launched the details of their Economic Resilience Fund. The first phase of Lambeth’s Economic Resilience Fund will target culture and creative industries, independent hospitality and their supply chains, market traders and concession-based businesses and those based in shared workspaces. The council are making £3.2 million available in this first phase to provide […]

Local Restrictions Support Grant (for businesses who are closed)

Further support for businesses required to close as part of national restrictions from 5 November 2020  On 31 October the Government announced that businesses in certain non-essential retail, hospitality and leisure sectors were ordered to close for a 28 day national lockdown period from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December 2020. As part of […]

STATION TO STATION BID MEMBER SERVICES

FREE BUSINESS GUIDANCE, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICE With the support of an experienced business adviser we can help you find the best deals on your monthly outgoings, such as merchant services, insurance and utility bills, to ensure that you are running in the most cost effective way. Contact us to arrange an appointment to see […]

London Business Hub – Covid 19 Recovery Grant

Applications for the London Business Hub’s COVID-19 Recovery Grant will open on Friday,16th October at 10.30am. Funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), eligible SMEs will be able to secure grants of between £1,000 – £5,000 to help them access professional, legal, financial or other advice and /or new technology and other minor equipment […]

COVID-19 and support for your business

COVID-19 UPDATE Station to Station have been monitoring the Covid-19 situation closely as it evolves and are responding to all the multiple queries that our members have via email and through the whatsapp groups. WE NOW HAVE THIS DEDICATED PAGE WHICH THE TEAM WILL KEEP UPDATED   Financial advice For those of you worried about […]

Thames Water update Feb 2020

Thames Water to close Landsdowne Hill for two weekends: 29 February, 1 March, 7 March and 8 March 2020 This is to allow installation of pipes across the junction between Landsdowne Hill and Norwood Road. More details here.

Thames Water phase & Christmas update

Thames Water have now laid around half of the new water pipe on Norwood Road. Due to challenging ground conditions and the presence of other utilities such as electricity cables, they have had to make some changes to the order in which we will continue the works.

Thames Water roadworks: Phase 2A Norwood road

The roadworks have now moved further towards Elmcourt Road but roadworks on the south end of Norwood road are on hold currently while Thames Water review the route of the main to take account of existing services that have been encountered. The traffic management in this area of the works has been removed as of […]