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Your community news from Belgravia Bulletin VOTE WITH YOUR BUTT AT ECCLESTON YARDS GUMDROP BINS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED around Eccleston Yards to help tackle littering. The bins, which are mounted on walls near the smoking area and coffee recycling bins, are the first bins in the world not only made specifically for the disposal of chewing gum, but that are actually made from waste chewing gum too. The Gumdrops can’t be missed as they are bright pink and designed to look like strawberry bubble gum bubbles. Once a Gumdrop bin is full, the whole Gumdrop along with its contents of waste gum is recycled and processed to manufacture new Gumdrops – and the cycle starts again. With the Gumdrop firm’s help, recycled and processed chewing gum can become a vast number of things from wellington boots, to mobile phone covers, stationary, packaging and much more. The company has proved that the bins can reduce chewing gum litter by up to 46 per cent in the first 12 weeks of use. For those interested to know more about the scheme, visit gumdropltd.com IN OTHER WASTE DISPOSAL NEWS, the dedicated smoking area at Eccleston Yards is getting an upgrade to make it more friendly and engaging for smokers. Newly installed Ballot bins display a question with two possible answers. Smokers vote by putting their cigarette butt in the slots underneath their preferred answer, and the butts stacks up behind the clear glass front in two columns, showing which answer is more popular. Questions will be changed regularly and might be funny or topical in any given week. Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter in the world, and not only leak harmful toxins into the environment, but young children and wildlife are also at risk from ingesting them. The Ballot bin seeks to tackle this problem, with independent evaluation showing that it can also reduce litter by 46 per cent. More information is available at ballotbin.co.uk I Belgravia Bulletin EVENTS AND is the Future of Flowers, with Pimlico Road Buckingham Palace Road SAVE THE DATES displays that will explore how SUSTAINABILITY & INNOVATION reliant we are on flowers to 72 Pimlico Road will soon The Pizza Pilgrims have Earth Day at Halkin Arcade: determine our future, and OFFICES be home to Wicklewood opened! Diners are treated Visit Halkin Arcade from what the role of flowers will 22 Grosvenor Gardens and Blithfield, companion to a pilgrimage through the April 20 to experience our be in the years ahead. Visit companies sharing design restaurant fit-out to explore immersive installation for Eccleston Yards to see the We know that finding the right office for and design aesthetics in the culinary delights of Earth Day 2020. Connecting Floral Imaginarium where your company can be a great source of the creation of exquisite Naples, Florence and Tuscany. people with nature in a flowers will literally glow, stress and a drain on time and finances. home decor products. We are particularly excited thought-provoking and and Elizabeth Street where a To try and combat the setup pain Wicklewood is a British- about the Amalfi lemon interactive display, “The local artist will be exploring points for our office occupiers we have born, female-founded, grove serving homemade Cycle” will allow visitors to the Future of Flowers theme. launched our Plug & Play initiative at 22 globally inspired interiors limoncello. relax in urban nature, even Belgravia in Bloom will be live Grosvenor Gardens. company, specialising in planting their own seeds. The from May 18-25. These units have been stylishly transformational home decor, Buckingham Palace Road – installation will be on display designed by office specialists to provide while Blithfield is the iconic coming soon! at Halkin Arcade until mid The Daily Dress Edit: a balance of breakout, meeting and British textile and wallpaper June. Isabel Spearman’s cult desk space. They are fully furnished, brand, known for its colourful 8 Buckingham Palace Road Instagram series will once cabled, connected and available on prints and distinctive weaves. – Welcomes Maison Beauté, London Craft Week: again be brought to life in flexible lease terms providing an office The store will host many a family-run beauty provider From April 27 to May 3, Belgravia, this year popping solution that is ready to move into exciting collaborations and offering a range of affordable Pimlico Road Design up on Elizabeth Street for immediately. events and will have an added beauty treatments and District will be lined with two weeks in May. Shop her For further information or to arrange a twist - it will be serving coffee! professional makeup in a chic artisanal craft makers for curation of exclusive, limited- viewing please visit 22grosvenorgardens. Ochre has taken more yet relaxed setting, complete London Craft Week. Shops run dresses for every occasion com or email catherine.griffiths@grosvenor. space next door at 20 Pimlico with a soft drinks bar. will be hosting exclusive and have them delivered to com. 22 Grosvenor Gardens Road on a short-term basis to exhibitions, workshops and your door. display its new range of rugs. Solar roof tiles demonstrations. Do pop in to see the beautiful In a first for Grosvenor and RETAIL NEWS and has taken 14 Motcomb Do try out Waitrose’s owned by James Corbett. received in the third quarter selection of rugs, which are for Westminster, we have Belgravia in Bloom: Street expecting, subject to amazing new offer – the store They are known for running of 2019 and provides for handmade across the world. started the installation of Our annual floral festival, Motcomb Street planning, to be open in the was completely refurbished great local pubs with an conversion to two retail Bonadea has a short- 252 solar roof tiles along the coinciding with the Chelsea summer. last summer and orientated emphasis on fresh seasonal units with new shopfronts. term, six-month pop-up at Buckingham Palace Road Flower Show, gives Belgravia Harrys of London, the In late 2019, all our retailers to you and includes a new produce. To add yourself to Strip-out work has already 22 Pimlico Road. We are terrace of grade-II listed a floral makeover as shops contemporary footwear received a presentation on sushi counter, a new dry- their mailing list and be kept commenced. very excited to have its first buildings. These innovative and public spaces burst with brand, has chosen Belgravia the various events being aged beef counter, a new abreast of developments store on the street offering tiles look like slate but blooms. This year the theme for its London flagship store organised for 2020 and on beers and wines department, and pre-opening tasters, visit Eccleston Yards a gorgeous range of home will provide power for the February 4, we held the first updated meat, fish and thewiltonarmssw1.com. accessories including dining buildings’ common parts. We of six weekly meetings with spirits departments and the The refurbishment of Morena is set to open soon! and tableware, glassware and are the first landlord and our retailers so we can work introduction of a new cash 63 Kinnerton Street is Morena is a coffee roaster, barware. property company in London collaboratively on marketing machine. progressing on schedule and brunch and all-day dining to retrofit a listed building initiatives and events. The We have installed a is due to complete in April restaurant, which serves Latin- Elizabeth Street with these tiles and are very next meeting is at the Hari defibrillator in the Halkin 2020. It will create a shop over American inspired dishes with pleased that they will provide on March 24 at 3.30pm, so Arcade, to the rear of Pétrus. ground floor and basement a contemporary twist. It was We are delighted to announce sustainable power for the please diarise this date. If you levels (with a new shopfront) founded by two Colombian a six-month pop-up at 73 common parts along the have any queries, or moreover, Kinnerton Street and a flat on the first and sisters, Juliana and Valentina Elizabeth Street. Loquet terrace. proposals, please send your second floors. Beleño – who bring the creates bespoke, handmade views to emma.oconnor@ The Wilton Arms is expected happiness and spirit of their jewellery and custom lockets DEVELOPMENT AND grosvenor.com or rachel. to reopen in the summer – West Halkin Street home country to Belgravia. where one can add charms CONSULTATIONS [email protected]. subject to planning consent Follow the Eccleston Yards in gold, letters, numbers and The Pantechnicon is – having been taken over by At 8/8a West Halkin Street Instagram account for more birthstones to a heart-shaped Cundy Street Quarter progressing at speed now and Inda Pubs, a small group of – the former Barclays unit news on Eccleston Yards: or round-shaped locket. Thank you to all those who is due to open this summer. predominantly London pubs – planning consent was @ecclestonyards attended the community Belgravia in Bloom at The Berkeley hotel last year II III Belgravia Bulletin Solar roof tiles Last years Belgravia Dog Show COUNCILLORS maJOR WORKS News and views from your Knightsbridge and Belgravia ward councillors Grosvenor is carrying out the following external repairs and redecorations across One of the very good things about being a ward Belgravia during the next few months. Your councillor, at this time of the new financial year, is the property manager will have been in contact topping up of the ward budget. Each of the 20 wards with you to discuss these and will provide within Westminster City Council is allocated £46,000 further communications before the works to be spent on projects in the ward that will benefit commence.