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Cross about Crossrail 2? Tumbleweeds could soon be rolling We’ve had so many people calling about Crossrail 2 that we through an empty Angel if the thought it best to hear it from the horse’s council’s parking changes go ahead mouth. We’ve asked TfL to come and give We urge all Angel businesses to say NO to Many businesses have reported their margins are a presentation to all Council’s proposed parking changes already down. Our bars and pubs also face stiff angel. members that will harm everyone’s trade and damage our competition from , Dalston, so you can feel part of lively economy. and King’s Cross. the decision-making In an overhaul of its CPZs, the council are planning Says chair of Chapel Market Traders David Twydell, process and find out to extend parking restrictions at Angel (in Zone B) who has worked on a stall for 46 years: “This is how the scheme might to 11pm every evening, and scrap any free parking another nail in the coffin for struggling businesses. affect your business. on Saturdays from 1.30pm and all day Sunday. It will make small businesses even smaller. We all The plans will have a These changes will harm businesses here at the need people to be able drive here so they can shop significant impact on and take it home.” the Angel. Angel. If they go ahead they will l impact on audiences for our theatres and Islington Council says it is trying to protect The Double Tree residents, who complain they cannot park near Hilton Hotel at 60 cinemas, many of whom come to shop and eat too their homes. We fear changes could drive visitors Road and residents who normally come from other parts has generously l affect Chapel Market whose traders rely on of the borough to other boroughs where you can offered to host it at customers parking Saturday afternoons and all park. In the West End you can park for free Saturday 6pm on September day Sunday 7. It promises to be afternoons and Sundays. l cut visitors to restaurants a popular event so Says Matt Segal of Frederick’s restaurant: “Making please RSVP to us l threaten jobs and undermine our Look Local people pay for parking later in the day and at on 020 7288 4377 or campaign which has been so successful in weekends will undoubtedly discourage visitors and [email protected] encouraging businesses to employ locals therefore depress demand for all businesses in l drive away the increasingly popular Sunday the area. I hope it is not the case that a very small Farmers’ Market sample of people will force through a scheme that will damage the Angel as a destination.” l reduce weekend and evening shoppers for all businesses We have worked hard and achieved national recognition for making the Angel more welcoming l jeopardise small businesses and the Angel’s reputation as an interesting and lively place to to older people - London’s first age-friendly town invest and open a business centre - and we fear lack of parking will drive them away. Many come for their shopping but also just l make it impossible for pensioners to travel here to get out of the house and meet others. They can’t to meet friends and do their shopping. carry all their shopping on the bus.

So we are urging you to respond immediately to the consultation, which runs until September 7 2015. Parking changes would be made in March 2016. Click on http://www.islington.gov.uk/involved/consultation-engagement/consultations/parking-consultation/ Pages/angel-area-proposal-zone-B.aspx or email your views to [email protected] Cleaner at the green You must have noticed how much nicer it is at Islington Green outside Tescos? We’ve worked very hard with Islington Council to kill a few birds with one stone there. The repaving in lovely York stone (left) has sorted out the drainage problems – doubt anyone will miss that huge puddle in the middle – removed any trip hazards and created a quieter surface for the supermarket to wheel their delivery cages along. The bus stop is easier for people with disabilities, the bike racks are better and the work has also designed out the rubbish-dumping problem. Says angel.london Chief Executive Christine Lovett: “Islington Council have done a fantastic job repaving that area. It’s solved so many problems at one go. We’re so pleased with it and everyone worked hard to make it happen.”

Chuggers the limit It’s noticeable how Working together few complaints to make the we’re getting about chuggers on Upper Angel the safest Street and that’s because we signed it can be up to an agreement Our police team are doing limiting them to sterling work catching three days a week criminals and cutting crime and controlling their but it’s rewarding to see numbers. everyone doing their bit. We have restricted RBS Bank brought their online their numbers to a fraud experts in to run free maximum of six per training to 30 businesses hosted day and they are by the Business Design Centre only permitted to showing how to protect their work between White companies against scams. Lion Street and Joy CoffeeWorks Project hosted a on the west side of Radicals & Victualers went the full hog and served a three- spot-the-fake-ID workshop run by Upper Street, and course lunch for the war veteran the police for everyone checking between the tube identity documents as part of and Foxtons on the their work. If you missed it, east. we’re happy to offer this Cheers!! They are only particular presentation to any Well!! What can we say, except the biggest THANK YOU to all the allowed to speak business. It can be held on your businesses who made the recent war veterans’ celebrations the to you once, and premises if you can bring over best yet. are NOT allowed to ten staff, or join up with your Donating a free slap-up three-course lunch and drinks for 40 veterans follow you under any neighbours. and their families were angel.london pubs The Radicals & Victuallers, circumstances. Do Says Joanna Theoklitou of The Old Red Lion, The Brewhouse & Kitchen and Slim Jim’s Bar. call us to report any CoffeeWorks Project: “Thank you And donating flowers for the War Veteran Day ceremony at the breaches you see of so much angel.london for running these rules. memorial on Islington Green were Waitrose, with free teas and coffees the Forged ID workshop. It was from Costa Coffee. THE most interesting session. Everyone enjoyed it and walked Says St Mary’s Ward Cllr Gary Poole: “Wonderful and generous away much the wiser than when support, once again from our business community, for veterans in we arrived.” Islington.” All these businesses dug deep and gave generously and we’re proud to have them as angel.london members. We are getting quite a reputation as London’s most welcoming town centre for older people and turning out for the war veterans is part of that. Says angel.london Chief Exec Christine Lovett: “As well as encouraging members to work together as part of a business community, we are also hoping everyone will add value where they can to the local community, making life better for residents.”

A sparkling offer from the Hilton Afternoon tea at the Hilton. Sounds perfect doesn’t it? Well it’s also highly possible, because our own luxury hotel on Upper Street, the Hilton London Angel Islington, serves THE most delicious afternoon tea - sandwiches, scones with clotted cream, and angelic cakes – and on their own outdoor terrace. And the best thing of all is the COMPLIMENTARY GLASS OF BUBBLY you’ll receive with your afternoon tea if you mention angel.london . This offer runs until August 31. And now for a parking plan you might like... We have lobbied TfL to make parking and loading in Upper Street better for businesses, and worked with them on plans to extend the operation of parking and loading bays by three hours a day. This means more parking for your customers, and less parking tickets for your delivery men.

angel.london Chief Executive Christine Lovett is pictured with the Angel Police Team The changes would affect bays on both sides of the road between Islington Green and Everybody’s Lane. Consultation commenting on our Angel Police Team cops ends on August 28 and you can flower baskets which have your say at have brought summer https://consultations.tfl.gov. again this year … top local award uk/roads/upper-street thanks to the Camden Trust in Camden We know our Angel Police Team are the bees knees but it’s good Passage for their very when someone else says so. Funded by angel.london businesses, generous donation. they have just been voted Islington Police Team of the Year by Islington’s Police Chief for their ‘significant contribution in Breaking new helping to make the Angel Town Centre and Islington a safer place to work and live.’ grounds In the past year they have investigated 633 offences, carried out Our free turning-brown- successful undercover stings catching shoplifters and phone and bike waste-coffee-grounds-into- thieves, and their crime clear up rate is a highly commendable 38%. green service - the first run But for us, their presence here is about a whole lot more. by a BID in London - is now They visit six businesses a day, giving invaluable security advice and partnered with award-winning building strong and confident relationships with staff. Their best work green energy company bio- involves sharing images of active suspects, and intelligence to give bean® who will be processing greater understanding about patterns of crime and threats to the the coffee into both energy locality. They recently ran sessions for staff at Barclays and Superdry. pellets and biofuel. If you’d like security advice, call the team on our hotline which is Nothing’s changed for you exclusive ONLY to angel.london businesses. though. It’s still free exclusively for all angel.london members and you simply put them out with your usual free angel.london All for one for Angel recycling. The service is open Have you signed up? Are you swiping your to any business (not just cafes) loyalty card? Not just any old loyalty card but producing more than a kilo of the Angel’s brand new easy-to-use Swipii card. coffee grounds a day. Think how It does the job for the whole of the Angel and heavy that is - and how much you you can use it all over London to earn rewards in can save on your waste contract. your favourite cafes and shops. Call Mark on 020 7288 4377 to We’ve rolled it out to popular angel.london join immediately. More info at businesses to make the Angel an even better place www.bio-bean.com to be for your staff at lunch or after work. In just three weeks those businesses have signed up almost 3,000 people between them - that’s how popular it is already. Says manager of Chilango Allan Midwinter (pictured left): “ From a business perspective when What’s in a name? you start something new you always worry about Everything and nothing. We might introducing it to your staff and your customers. be called angel.london these days Swipii has wiped all those worries away – it’s easy to but nothing’s changed regarding use, easy to track, easy to teach, everything is easy.” the great value-for-money service we offer all our members. Contact us NOW to sign up your business, order Whether it’s our six free six day some cards, or download the handy phone app a week recycling services, or the at www.angel.london nine-officer Angel Police Team driving down crime, seven-day street cleansing, or the help Pick up a Swipii card today at these participating businesses Pizzeria and advice we give businesses, summer flowers, Christmas lights, Oregano // Cuppacha // The Old Red Lion // After Noah // 5 whatever. We’re still the same. Star dry cleaners // Chilango // L’Erbolario // Tenshi //Snappy Snaps // Radicals & Victuallers // Kimantra Spa // Angel Inn // Look out for our new website going live at Angel Deli // Rayshack // Diverse // Tatami Health // Brewhouse and www.angel.london Kitchen // Chana chemist // Colibri // in September

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