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WWW.HOVEBIZ.COM [email protected] ACTUALLY HOVE BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP MAGAZINE | AUTUMN/WINTER 2017 | FREE PADDLE ROUND THE PIER HOVE LAWNS AND WEST BEACH, BRIGHTON AND HOVE. FULL STORY PAGE 12. @GPFPRODUCTIONS FINCH FACEBOOK POWER GEORGE CREDIT: PHOTO HBA NEWS - EVENTS - COMMUNITY & CHARITY - BUSINESS NEWS - FACTS & FIGURES WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HOVE-BUSINESS-ASSOCIATION WWW.TWITTER.COM/HOVEBIZ PAGE 2 WWW.HOVEBIZ.COM Printmaking, Painting, Drawing & Craft Visit us at Lawrence Art Shop, 208-212 Portland Road, Hove, BN3 5QT or www.lawrence.co.uk to browse our range online. · Free customer car park · Fast delivery · Great prices · Free colour catalogue · RATE CARD Actually is the quarterly business magazine produced by Hove Business Partnership and Hove Business Association. Distribution: 1500. 1000 to businesses in Hove and Portslade - 500 across info points in the City Actually is part-funded by Brighton and Hove City Council. FULL PAGE HALF PAGE QUARTER PAGE £200 £125 £75 Portrait. Full colour Half Page Horizontal. Full colour Subject to availability. Full colour Trim Size: 297mm x 210mm Trim Size: 148mm x 210mm Trim Size: 133mm x 93mm Bleed Size: 303mm x 216mm Bleed Size: 154mm x 216mm Bleed Size: None x None Type Area: 270mm x 190mm Type Area: 133mm x 190mm Type Area: 133mm x 93mm Resolution: 300dpi Resolution: 300dpi Resolution: 300dpi Colour: CMYK Colour: CMYK Colour: CMYK Accepted formats: .pdf .jpeg Accepted formats: .pdf .jpeg Accepted formats: .pdf .jpeg Options:- inside front cover Inside back cover To advertise, email [email protected] outside back cover DON’T HAVE AN ADVERT? WE CAN DESIGN YOUR ADVERT FOR £65 WWW.HOVEBIZ.COM PAGE 3 VICTORIA MASON REPORTS PROFITABLE YEAR AND IS RE-ELECTED AS HBA CHAIR s we conclude the first year of the new Acommittee, I am pleased to announce several successes and highlights, as well as a year end surplus of almost £3000, making the organisation more stable for the year ahead. Since the committee took over HBA in Oct 2016 City Council to deliver a clear set of Services each we have re-engaged with the Hove and Portslade with agreed, measurable Outcomes. HBA delivers business community; delivered services on behalf those services on behalf of HBP. We have met and of HBP funded by the Council (including Christmas evidenced our funding commitments so far this year Tree lights on George Street); delivered eight and have secured a 33% increase in funding for the successful networking events (attended by over period Oct 17 - March 2018. We have made a small 280 business managers and owners); undertaken increase to our membership fees, which from 1st two vacancy surveys and produced a new business October will be £5 per month. magazine (“Actually”) to replace the previous newsletter. I would encourage businesses and HBA members to engage with us; this is why the committee agreed to Additionally, as part of our community engagement be part of saving and growing HBA. strategy for the year ahead, we have undertaken preliminary research into a new “Community Ambassadors scheme” and will launch a multi- CLLR. MO MARSH street pilot scheme in November. VictoriaChair – Hove Business Mason Association The Mayor of Brighton and Hove The HBP receives funding from Brighton and Hove ’ve been very interested to learn about WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS IHove Business Association which has been championing local businesses in Hove and Portslade since 1929. HBA has changed much over the years, but has always adapted, especially in times of economic down-turn, to meet the needs of www.people-at-work.co.uk its members and support local business www.brightoncctv.co.uk www.st-johns.co.uk to thrive in the area. Your organisation is an asset for the city and I wish you every success for the future. www.fifeehan.com www.rebell.ltd www.invona.com Cllr. Mo Marsh, Mo The Mayor Marsh of Brighton and Hove HBA MEMBERSHIP Join now for just £5 a month Since 1929 Hove Business Association has been working with its member businesses to build a stronger community and a united voice for Hove and Portslade businesses. Benefits include: • Part of a stronger business community in • Welcome pack and membership window sticker Hove and Portslade • Access to your street’s “Community Ambassador” • Part of a network that represents your needs at and free-to-attend, regular, street-level meetings Council level though the HBP • Exclusive discounts for advertising in • Your business listed on our Members Directory “Actually Magazine” • Member to member offers • Discounted ticket fee for HBA Networking Events Visit hovebiz.com and fill out a membership form or email [email protected] PAGE 4 WWW.HOVEBIZ.COM HBA News An increase in National retail vacancies helped push up overall high street vacancy rate for the first time in two years, according to new statistics. New figures from the Local Data Company (LDC) reveal that 11% of all high street properties — both retail and leisure units — were empty for the three months from April to June 2017. Source: Retail Gazette July 28 2017 The vacancy rate had been in slow decline since the 11.7 per cent recorded in mid-2015, dropping to 10.9 per cent in prior quarter, from January to March. “We have become used to talking about the effects of ‘uncertainty’ on retail, as though uncertainty is not natural in business. But uncertainty really only applied to the period before the referendum, when we were simply unsure of the outcome. The question at this point is whether consumers and the businesses that service their wants and needs are approaching the future with optimism or trepidation. Confidence is key.” - LDC director Matthew Hopkinson. Overall, there are 796 business units within the HBP SPRING/SUMMER VACANCY SURVEY RESULTS scope of the bi-annual HBP Vacancy Survey. Volunteers from HBA undertake the survey, reporting closures and change of ownership (or lease). With 43 properties currently vacant, this equates to a vacancy rate of 5.4%. This is unchanged from the previous period (Winter 2016). Western Road says farewell to Portland Road has a vacancy rate of Western Newstore, Sage and 7% - 12 businesses including GJP Relish, David Rose Fruiters, Flooring, Small Talk Play Café and Hearty Appetite and Aumthong Shepherd & Sons Solicitors have Thai Restaurant. Church Road left the street. Boundary Road lost bids adios to Topo Gigio, Hot Hedz three businesses, but with several Hairdressing and La Nantais long-term vacant premises, it has the Trattoria. highest vacancy rate of 12%. Blatchington Road’s QS Clothing George Street loses one, Station Road is gone, as are the Boundary Road and Richardson Road lose no stores, Boots and 2 T’s. Portland Road loses four. With an overall churn rate (premises turnover) of 4%, we welcome CHURN RATE SPRING/SUMMERChurn rate. Spring/Summer 2017 2017 31 new businesses to Hove and Portslade. Including, Teresa Baker Funerals, Hays Travel (the UK’s largest independent travel agent), Overall Lemongrass and Hell’s Kitchen. Church Road Station Road George Street Richardson Road Portand Road Boundary Road Blatchington Road Western Road 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 4.0% 5.0% 6.0% 7.0% 8.0% Nick Hibberd, Executive Director Economy, Environment & Culture Brighton & Hove City Council has announced an extensive consultation period will be undertaken consisting of at least three major consultation events and many face-to-face interviews during Autumn/Winter 2017. The City Council in collaboration with City Region stakeholders. he proposed the City and City Region Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership scope of the Strategy has been divided • Analysis of what inclusive growth could are in the process of appointing into the work streams set out below: look like in the area and strategies to consultants to develop a new Economic achieve it Strategy. The intention is to produce • Existing sector strengths, weaknesses, • Inward investment and export growth an Economic Strategy for the City of opportunities and threats strategy for the City Region (this is a key Brighton & Hove within the context of the • Drivers of change and employment commission by the Greater Brighton City Region. As the Strategy includes key growth projections Economic Board) • Overview of supply side land and floor Follow Nick on Twitter commissions on behalf of the Greater • Strategy recommendations to harness Brighton Economic Partnership, the space projections future growth @nickhibberd1 Strategy will need to be owned by City and • Exploring the skills for the future across • Action and implementation plan WWW.HOVEBIZ.COM PAGE 5 COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED ACROSS HOVE AND PORTSLADE From October, Hove Business Association part of the Hove Business Partnership. The aim will be launching a new community of the scheme will be to unite local businesses ambassadors scheme across Hove and to encourage conversation, debate and positive Portslade. Divided into several areas - or change. communities – each will have a community Jeremy Jacobs, HBA commitment member said ambassador to provide a crucial link “It’s often the case that local business owners between their area and the HBA, other local spend a lot of their time working in or on their business and the council. business and have little spare time to campaign for change in their area. We will provide access Following a research project carried out in for business owners to be able to share what works Summer 2017 on Richardson Road, where several and what doesn’t work for them, to affect change business owners put themselves forward as a and having a positive impact on transforming their potential Community Ambassador and the business community. We want to encourage business owners community responded positively to the scheme, to be more vocal about the issues affecting them HBA will be liaising with all businesses to establish and we believe this will provide a convenient way and grow this scheme in the year ahead.