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2011-16
CAMDEN TOWN UNLIMITED RENEWAL PROPOSAL
YES TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
YES TO DRIVING DOWN COST THROUGH JOINT PURCHASING
YESTO ADVOCATING AND LOBBYING FOR YOUR BUSINESS INTERESTS
YESTO CREATING A HIGH STREET THAT EXCITES AND DELIGHTS
Five years ago, businesses in Camden Town
overwhelmingly voted (84%!) YES to make Camden
Town a better place to work and visit. This enabled
Camden Town Unlimited to set up a Business
Improvement District, securing a mandate and funding
to deliver our business plan.
In 2011, Camden Town Unlimited’s first five year
term comes to an end. Here is the timetable for
our ‘renewal ballot’:
OCTOBER 2010
The BID Proposal is distributed to eligible businesses.
We aim to visit all our member businesses ahead of the
ballot to hear about the issues you face and explain our
plans for the future. But if you wish to speak to one of
our team members in the meantime, please get
in touch.
FEBRUARY 1ST 2011
Eligible businesses will receive a ballot paper inviting
them to vote by post for or against the continuation
of Camden Town Unlimited. Ballot papers must be
returned by 28th February 2010.
APRIL 2011
If the result is positive, Camden Town Unlimited will
continue to work on behalf of you, its members.
Camden Town Unlimited
Collective
37 Camden High Street
London
NW1 7JE
020 7380 8260
www.camdentownunlimited.com
YESVOTE
MORE POLICEWe will continue our work to cut crime, improving-
on-street communication and lobby strongly to
retain the Police resources for the Town Centre
we secured in 2008
A VOICE FOR BUSINESSWe will promote, represent and lobby for your
interests, both individually and as a business
district, and continue to be the link between the
Council, residents and other major public sector
stakeholders
MORE TREESWe will champion the delivery of Camden Town
First, our public realm strategy prioritising
the delivery of our Cobden Junction/High Street
South schemes
FREE RECYCLINGWe will provide a free or heavily discounted
recycling service for all members
CHEAPER BILLSWe will deliver a joint procurement consortium,
which will broker significant savings for your core
business services (typically reductions of over
20% on existing contracts can be achieved)
MONEY OFFWe will expand the number of businesses on our
Wedge card scheme and increase our database
of cardholders
MORE EXCITING SHOPSWe will work with landlords to fill vacant spaces on
the High Street and attract the best quality retailers
to the area
MORE INVESTMENTWe will work to redevelop key properties and
attract new, high quality businesses to the area
to enhance footfall as well as maintaining
cleansing standards
A CREATIVE CAMDEN TOWNWe will work with leading universities and the
knowledge economy to attract top entrepreneurs
to set up business enterprises in Camden Town and
provide opportunities for recruitment to
our businesses
MARKETING & PROMOTINGWe will work with high profile media partners
to promote Camden Town’s famous, and not yet
famous, attractions and its unique character
YES?
Cllr Theo BlackwellLondon Borough of Camden
Cllr Chris NaylorLondon Borough of Camden
Chief Supt Raj KohliMetropolitan Police
Jim Donovan (Morrisons)
Richard Pearl (Observer)Resident
Cllr Thomas Neumark London Borough of Camden
Jon Guest (British Waterways)
Michael DohenyThe Worlds End
Christopher Shaw (Chair)Shaw Corporation
Alex Proud (Vice Chair)Proud Galleries
Richard Terry (Vice Chair)Arup
Berry CaseyHache Restaurant
Caroline SewardGetty Images
David LynnMTV
Graham GoodkindFrank PR
Keir EmmsCamden Lock Market
Andy GodfreyAlliance Boots Plc
David GilbertsonEmap
Not PicturedMichael Nicholas (Camden Bars)
Simon PitkeathleyChief Executive
Matthew McMillanDeputy Chief Executive
Clayton ClarkeBusiness Development Manager
Helena SundarajooOffice Manager
Rozanne ShipmanMembership Manager
It’s not just us... thanks to our partners:London Borough of Camden members and officers. The Metropolitan Police. TfL. Argent. London Continental Railways. NLA. Create KX. GLA members and officers. British Waterways. Cross River Partnership. The London BID Community. Camden Town Community Forum. Visit London. Visit Britain and all our members.
IMPROVING THE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF CAMDEN TOWNWhat happens right outside your door has a huge
impact on your business. What happens if the shop
next door suddenly goes out of business, creating an
eyesore? What happens if a prospective new client
feels uncomfortable coming to your office for that
pitch? What happens if a tube closure programme
threatens footfall?
This is where Camden Town Unlimited steps in.
Whether it is ensuring the streets remain clean and
safe, creating interesting, vibrant activity in vacant
units, or ensuring infrastructure projects do not
negatively impact access, Camden Town Unlimited is
making your location work just as hard as you do
for your business.
IMPROVING BUSINESS, NOT SWEEPING THE STREETWe believe BID’s occupy a crucial place in service
delivery for business. Designed to give the private
sector a stake in the ongoing development and
management of their environment, we are entirely
independent and solely responsible to you, our
business membership. All our funding is 100%
ringfenced to be spent in Camden Town and
although we work closely with public services to
ensure they deliver a business ready solution, we
don’t duplicate Council services. For example, we
do not subsidise any Council services such as street
cleaning or warden patrols.
What we do is monitor existing service delivery to
ensure you get value for money and deliver new
and innovative projects, often leveraging significant
investment from public sector partners that both
reduce costs and improve the perception of the area.
At a time of ever increasing public sector cut backs
we believe it is vital that the business interests of
Camden Town are defended and represented. Local,
Regional and National authorities are increasingly
looking to business to fill the void in their own
funding. Without a business voice forcing its way
into these debates Camden Town risks losing out
to other better represented areas of London and
the region.
In the following pages we outline what we want
to achieve in the next five years and how we plan
to achieve it. The projects have been determined
following an extensive consultation process with our
business members - thank you for all your input.
Please back Camden Town and vote YES in
February 2011.
LEADERSHIP
Simon Pitkeathley Chief Executive
Chris Shaw Chair
Alex Proud Vice Chair
Richard Terry Vice Chair
EXECUTIVE
- Working with public authorities to ensure they
deliver business led programmes that encourages,
not penalises, enterprise
- Negotiating baseline agreements with the local
authority and Police to ensure a satisfactory level of
service is delivered
- Delivering specialist projects designed to reduce
your core costs and upgrade the perception of
Camden Town as a business location
- Lobbying for significant investment in our public
realm and Police services
- Securing high return and high value partnerships
with leading institutions, passing on the benefits to
our members
IN 2011 – 2016 WE WILL:• Improve the environment for business
• Drive down costs
• Advocate and lobby for your business interests
• Deliver a High Street that excites and delights
CUTTING IMPROVING ENVIRONMENT
SAVINGYOUWe want to save you money through joint
procurement, significantly driving down your
overheads. We want to enable you to attract and
retain the best quality staff, drawn to a thriving and
exciting work environment. We want to provide a
clear, simple and transparent regulatory and business
support environment. We want to bring you new
customers or clients who want to spend more…
whilst all the time ensuring that we maintain our core
focus of keeping Camden Town safe and clean.
“Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are a valuable vehicle for helping to ensure the UK’s high streets and city centres are vibrant and alive. As property owners, our members understand the added value that BIDs bring to an area in both the short and long term. While the current economic climate is a challenge, we believe that BIDs can be part of the solution to help us out of the recession and we hope to see them continue on with lasting success.”Ian FletcherDirector of Policy (Real Estate) British Property Federation
Whilst our first five years was all about getting the basics right, investing heavily in improving the quality of
the Town Centre and redressing the negative aspects of crime and anti-social behaviour, CTU 2011 - 2016 will
seek to build on our successes whilst adding specialist projects designed to make Camden Town the most
competitive and attractive place to do business in London. We commit to do this in a number of ways:
WORKING WITH THE REST OF LONDONLondon is the leading world city and one of the best
places to do business. Yet premium quality brings
premium prices. Camden Town is on the edges of
central London but offers unrivalled access, with
three tube stations, 12 bus routes and national and
international rail connections within 10 minutes walk.
We want our businesses to enjoy a central London
service at fringe prices. That’s why we:
• Will work to extend and enhance transport schemes,
such as the Barclays cycle hire scheme and Legible
London to Camden Town, and will improve the tube,
road and pedestrian experience
• Will work closely with the developers at Kings Cross
and Euston to ensure the value and prestige of these
schemes positively impact on the perception and
competitive advantage of Camden Town
• Will continue to promote Camden’s Creative
Quarter, our proposal to recognise Camden Town
as one of London’s most important business district,
particularly in the creative and knowledge economies
CAMDEN TOWNHEART
LONDON
Over the next few years much is expected of the
private sector to bring London and the country out of
recession. By positioning Camden Town as one of the
most responsive, innovative and creative locations we
aim to encourage policy makers and new business to
invest in the area and propel Camden Town into the
heart of London.
“As you know, I fully recognise the excellent contribution that Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) make to the London economy, and their increasingly important function in the ‘place shaping’ of local town centres and industrial estates. The extra safety measures that you provide, the cleaning and improving the environment, contributes a great deal towards achieving my vision of London as the best big city on earth.”Boris JohnsonMayor of London
OUR VISION:CREATIVECTU 2011 - 2016 will be focused on making Camden Town the most attractive business location in London.
However, we want to go further than provide a high quality service to our members. We want to propel
Camden Town and your business networks into the forefront of central London policy, making your business
location more high profile and therefore easier to attract staff, customers and partners.
CentralLondon
CAMDENTOWN
KINGSCROSS
EUSTON
Europevia Eurostar
Worldwidevia Paddington/
Heathrow
CUTTING CRIMEOur core priority remains cutting crime, and
our consultation revealed that this is still your top
issue. When Camden Town Unlimited was first
incorporated, crime, and particularly drug crime,
was endemic. In partnership with the Met Police
and London Borough of Camden, we have made
significant improvements, with overall crime statistics
falling 27% between 2006 - 2011.
A major factor in this success was the additional
28 uniformed officers Camden Town Unlimited,
in partnership with London Borough of Camden
and the Police,
secured for the
area, as a result of our own pilot on-street team.
We will lobby to ensure this team stays in place
as long as is necessary to make sure the on-street
criminal behaviour does not return to our streets.
As a demonstration of our combined commitment
towards this goal, London Borough of Camden has
agreed to ringfence this provision for the next
financial year following pressure from CTU.
We will also continue to develop our on-street
communications network, linking retailers and
businesses directly with CCTV, the Police and
wardens, improving dialogue between these
stakeholders.
DELIVERING CAMDEN TOWN FIRST, OUR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY
We achieved major results in our first five
years initiating, designing and implementing
Camden Town First.
IMPROVINGENVIRONMENT
With one project completed and another due to
break ground early next year, we have achieved a
significant upgrade of the public realm. However, we
believe the job is only half done and the focus of
this next five years will be delivering the schemes
at Cobden Junction and High Street South. These
schemes will improve the southern gateway to the
Town Centre, enhancing the crucial pedestrian
link route to Kings Cross and central London and
providing the building blocks for the regeneration
south of Camden Town tube.
MONITORING STREET CLEANSINGIn the last BID term, we arranged the removal of
over 4000 items of graffiti and worked with London
Borough of Camden to ensure all BID streets were
cleaned on at least a daily basis.
We will continue to work with the Council to
monitor delivery of vital street cleansing/graffiti
removal operations, and will deliver our own
recycling/waste collection services to reduce amount
of time rubbish is left on street.
MORE POLICE, NEW PUBLIC SPACES AND CLEAN STREETSKeir Emms, Camden Lock Market
“There has been a huge improvement in crime, particularly on street dealing, as a result of CTU’s activities. Maintaining this presence is crucial to the ongoing success of businesses in the area, and I’ll be voting YES to keep these
resources in Camden Town”
Richard Terry, Arup
“Camden Town has historically suffered from a very poor business environment which impacted on the way clients saw my premises. CTU have achieved real success with Camden Town First, and I will be voting YES to continue
this work”
JOINT PROCUREMENTWe aim to provide a toolkit of procurement
packages, which you can opt in and out of, which
reduce core business cost through bulk purchasing
and independent brokerage. Some of the joint
procurement services we will provide include:
ElectricityGasPAT TestingRecyclingCouriers Pest ControlPrinters
Taxis
We will continue to add services as requested.
FREE RECYCLINGHaving secured significant funding from European
funding streams, Camden Town Unlimited will
develop a free, or heavily discounted, recycling
service for all business members. This is designed to
provide a more environmentally friendly service (one
geographically based collection service will reduce
carbon emissions associated with transport) increase
the numbers of business recycling and reduce costs
to participating members.
DOWN As an elected, representative company, one of our biggest assets is you. Together we represent a powerful
business lobby and collectively CTU businesses are estimated to turn over more than £1 billion per annum.
There is significant scope for achieving efficiencies across business through specialist brokerage schemes and
high level advocacy on regulatory affairs. We will introduce the following programmes:
WE WANT TO MAKE CAMDEN TOWN THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE DISTRICT TO DO BUSINESS IN LONDONWE AIM TO MAKE YOUR BID LEVY PAY FOR ITSELF IN SAVINGS. THESE SAVINGS WERE ACHIEVED FROM ENERGY CONTRACTS ALONE.
UNIT AVERAGE SAVING PA*
Small office (1 – 10 staff) £1000 - £5000
Medium office (10 – 100 people) £10000 - £20000
Large office (100 people +) £20000+
Small Retail £500 - £2500
Large retail £5000+
Small bar/restaurant £500 - £1500
Large bar/restaurant £2000+
Venue £2500+
* This is based on our previous work and is energy costs alone. Your business could save significantly more or less depending on your circumstances, current contract, length of contract etc.
We want to make the regulatory environment here
in Camden Town the most supportive in London.
Whether it is representing individual members,
proposing joined up district wide development
policies or advocating changes to the way the public
services engages with businesses, Camden Town
Unlimited will work with our key stakeholders to
ensure business gets a gold standard, business facing
service in Camden Town.
REPRESENTING YOUR BUSINESSIn our first five years, we responded to 59 planning
applications, 22 licensing applications and 15
major consultations on behalf of our businesses,
including documents such as the Mayor’s Economic
Development Strategy, Local Development
Framework and London’s Tourism Strategy.
These planning documents have a major effect on
investment and practices on your business, but are
lengthy, onerous and sometimes difficult to identify.
We also led a campaign to reduce tube closures
related to their upgrade programme, managing to
reduce the closure programme from 33 weekend
closures to just 12.
We will continue to monitor the emergence of these
consultations, notify member businesses affected and
represent your interests.
David Lynn, MTV
“Pound for pound, compared with other operating costs, the services delivered by the BID are excellent value for money. I will be voting YES to reduce my business costs in
2011 – 2016”Michael Nicholas, Camden Bars Group
“Closing the Northern line would have been disastrous for my businesses. I am delighted by the speed and quality of the response from CTU to this threat, and will be voting YES to
ensure I am represented in the future.”
ADVOCATING LOBBYING YOUR
INTERESTS
Camden Town is one of London’s marketing success
stories. It’s famous canal side location, vibrant
independent retailers and legendary nightlife means
it is world renowned as one of London’s most
distinctive locations (Visit London research 2010).
It is not just an international draw – these world class
visitor attractions include Camden Lock and Stables
Markets, Roundhouse and the Jewish Museum which,
together with our night time venues, have deep
roots in the community and could only really be in
Camden Town.
We want to sustain and enhance our position as both
one of London’s most popular overseas destination
and a vital, uniquely London experience. We will
make sure both our venues and Camden Town as a
whole continue to be promoted, both by ourselves
and through partners, and clearly accessible through
schemes such as Legible London.
THAT’S WHY WE WILL;• Continue to work with partners to deliver high
quality promotional campaigns, press visits and
Legible London
• Promote Camden Town as London Borough of
Camden’s premier Olympic visitor destination
• Work with the many regional festivals occurring
in the area and around London to make sure
Camden Town has a year round calendar of
promotional events
However, we also want to enhance the surrounding
offer to make sure Camden Town remains a vital
part of London’s wider cultural life. We want a
compelling High Street that thrives with creativity
and offers a unique, high quality urban experience.
We want to attract the next generation of top
fashion designers, artists and music promoters, as well
as anchor brands not present, to reinvigorate and
increase the value of our offer. That’s why we will:
• Develop and expand our pop up shop scheme to
bring dead spaces back to life
• Identify links with top design, fashion and
entrepreneurship institutions
• Identify a longer term strategy to support top new
retailers into prime locations along the High Street
We can only do this if the conditions are right. We
need a well connected, joined up signage scheme
from the West End and transport hubs. We
need transport options, open tube stations, high
quality public realm and a safe and secure trading
environment. These elements remain at the core
of our operations and fundamental to the success
of this district. However, we feel with the right
partnerships in place, we can do more to develop a
truly thrilling high street environment.
HIGH STREET EXCITES DELIGHTS
MAKING CAMDEN TOWN THE MOST EXCITING AND DIVERSE DISTRICT IN LONDON
David Gilbertson, Emap
“I have been impressed with the innovation of CTU in finding new solutions to the issues faced by modern city centres such as vacant shops. CTU has actually reduced vacancy rates during the recession. I will be voting YES for more innovative solutions to regenerate the
High Street”Caroline Seward, Getty Images
“We have over 200 employees in the area, and being able to attract and retain high quality staff is at the very heart of our business. I will be voting YES to ensure Camden Town remains an interesting and exciting place working environment for our staff.”
The BID boundaries focus around the core business
district running between Chalk Farm Road and
Mornington Crescent tube stations, as well as the
commercial area along Parkway, Kentish Town Road
and Camden Road
CAMDEN BIDTRACK RECORD OF DELIVERY 2006 - 2011
• Crime down 27%
• £3 million invested in the
public realm
• 10,000 local employees and
residents using wedge cards
and over 100 local businesses
offering deals
• Internationally recognised
Pop up shop campaign
• 28 additional uniformed officers
dedicated to the BID area
• £144,000 of European
funding secured to deliver free
environmental services
to businesses
• 6,880 additional hours
of policing
• £150,000 invested in award
winning international marketing
campaign
• London’s first 24 hour
commercial pop up space
• 1:4 return on BID levy investment
Adelaide Road (pt)Albert Street
Arlington RoadBayham Place
Bayham StreetBeatty StreetBonny Street
Bridge ApproachBuck Street
Camden High StreetCamden Lock PlaceCamden Road (pt)
Camden Street (pt)Carlow Street
Carol StreetChalk Farm Parade (pt)
Chalk Farm RoadCrowndale RoadDelancey Passage
Delancey StreetDewsby Terrace
Early Mews Eversholt Street (pt)
Gilbey’s YardGloucester Crescent
Grand Union WalkGreenland PlaceGreenland Road
Greenland StreetHampstead Road (pt)
Harrington SquareHaverstock Hill (pt)
Hawley CrescentHurdwick PlaceInverness Street
Jamestown RoadJuniper Crescent
Kentish Town Road (pt)Kings Terrace
Lidlington PlaceMandela StreetMary’s Terrace
Miller StreetMillbrook Place
Mornington Crescent (pt)Mornington Place (pt)
Mornington Street (pt)Nelson’s Yard
Oakley SquareOval Road
ParkwayPleasant Row
Plender Street (pt)Pratt Mews
Pratt Street (pt)Regents Park Road (pt)
Regents Park TerraceSt Martin’s Almshouses
St Martin’s CloseSign Makers YardStanmore Place
Stucley PlaceSymes Mews
Underhill PassageUnderhill Street
Water Lane
STREET LIST
As we saw in the first term, the success of the
BID was in its ability to react quickly to changing
conditions to overcome the most serious blights to
the Town Centre. This budget is prepared at a time
where public funding is under heavy pressure with
serious cuts and difficult decisions ahead. Ensuring
our business environment remains safe and clean
and fully functional remains our top priority. This
is at the heart of what we do and in these times of
reduced public spending will require greater advocacy
and management.
We know it will require substantial public sector
financial contributions to deliver our ambitious
public realm strategy. We will also need to secure
match funding with other partners to achieve it, and
will be subject to other funding timescales. Therefore,
we will maintain flexibility within the phasing of this
budget to make sure we deliver the optimum return
for your money. We will continue to use the Board
and members expertise to determine how best to
spend our budget year on year.
We also have a long term ambition to make the
BID a profit making organisation, re-investing surplus
back into Camden Town. We will explore proposals
in the next BID term to realise this ambition.
WE WILL RECEIVE AROUND £3.5 MILLION BETWEEN 2011 – 2016. WE WILL INVEST IT IN THE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS:
FINANCIALS
Administra
tion
A C
reative Cam
den
Marketing & Prom
oting
More Exciting Shops
A Voice for Business
Money Off
Cheap
er Bi
lls
Free
Rec
yclin
g
High Street South
Public Realm Im
provements
Cutting Crime
Con
tinge
ncy
6% CONTINGENCY
20% ADMINISTRATION
30% IMPROVING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
14% DRIVING DOWN COSTS
8% ADVOCATING AND LOBBYING FOR YOUR BUSINESS INTERESTS
22% A HIGH STREET THAT EXCITES & DELIGHTS
WHAT IS A BID?Camden Town Unlimited, a Business Improvement
District, is an independent, business led company
that seeks to improve Camden Town as a place
to work, live, visit and do business in. We want to
increase the commercial performance of Camden
Town for your customers, your clients and your
bottom line.
While business rates are taken by Central
Government most of this is distributed elsewhere
in the country, the money raised through your BID
levy represents only 1% of the Rateable Value and is
100% ringfenced for Camden Town. This money can
not be spent subsidising existing services but must
be additional to those provided by the local authority
and other statutory bodies –you will not be paying
for Council services.
A BID term can last for a maximum of five years,
after which it can only remain in existence if it is
approved by the Members at a renewal ballot. That
is why we are asking you to vote YES now.
HOW IS IT MANAGED?Camden Town Unlimited, an LLP set up to manage
the BID term 2006 – 2011 are proposing this BID
renewal. The company is managed by our Board
– BID members and local business leaders from
all member sectors. The BID is delivered by a
small executive team, who manage the day to day
operations and strategic direction of the BID.
FAIR AND TRANSPARENTAll BID members are eligible for a seat on the
Board, and elections are held ahead of our AGM
every year, where 33% of the seats are automatically
available. If you would like more information, please
contact the BID team.
HOW DOES THE BALLOT WORK?Only businesses in the BID area with a rateable value
on their premises of more than £60,000 (2010 rating
list) are eligible to vote. You can check your rateable
value at www.voa.gov.uk In the autumn we will be in
contact with all members, asking them to nominate
a voter on behalf of your organisation, and they will
receive a voting pack in February 2011 explaining the
voting process.
The ballot will be performed by an independent
authority (the London Borough of Camden Balloting
team), to ensure the results are not prejudiced.
HOW MUCH WILL WE PAY?If the ballot is successful, every eligible business will
pay an annual levy of 1% of rateable value (2010 list)
This table below shows how much you would pay.
RATEABLE VALUE BID LEVY
£60,000 £600
£100,000 £1,000
£500,000 £5,000
BID levy will increase with inflation, with the figure
determined by the Board on an annual basis but
restricted to RPI+1%
*As with NNDR, charities will receive 80% relief on their BID levy Some exclusions apply – see our BID arrangements for details
MORE POLICEWe will continue our work to cut crime, improving-
on-street communication and lobby strongly to
retain the Police resources for the Town Centre
we secured in 2008
A VOICE FOR BUSINESSWe will promote, represent and lobby for your
interests, both individually and as a business
district, and continue to be the link between the
Council, residents and other major public sector
stakeholders
MORE TREESWe will champion the delivery of Camden Town
First, our public realm strategy prioritising
the delivery of our Cobden Junction/High Street
South schemes
FREE RECYCLINGWe will provide a free or heavily discounted
recycling service for all members
CHEAPER BILLSWe will deliver a joint procurement consortium,
which will broker significant savings for your core
business services (typically reductions of over
20% on existing contracts can be achieved)
MONEY OFFWe will expand the number of businesses on our
Wedge card scheme and increase our database
of cardholders
MORE EXCITING SHOPSWe will work with landlords to fill vacant spaces on
the High Street and attract the best quality retailers
to the area
MORE INVESTMENTWe will work to redevelop key properties and
attract new, high quality businesses to the area
to enhance footfall as well as maintaining
cleansing standards
A CREATIVE CAMDEN TOWNWe will work with leading universities and the
knowledge economy to attract top entrepreneurs
to set up business enterprises in Camden Town and
provide opportunities for recruitment to
our businesses
MARKETING & PROMOTINGWe will work with high profile media partners
to promote Camden Town’s famous, and not yet
famous, attractions and its unique character
YES?
Cllr Theo BlackwellLondon Borough of Camden
Cllr Chris NaylorLondon Borough of Camden
Chief Supt Raj KohliMetropolitan Police
Jim Donovan (Morrisons)
Richard Pearl (Observer)Resident
Cllr Thomas Neumark London Borough of Camden
Jon Guest (British Waterways)
Michael DohenyThe Worlds End
Christopher Shaw (Chair)Shaw Corporation
Alex Proud (Vice Chair)Proud Galleries
Richard Terry (Vice Chair)Arup
Berry CaseyHache Restaurant
Caroline SewardGetty Images
David LynnMTV
Graham GoodkindFrank PR
Keir EmmsCamden Lock Market
Andy GodfreyAlliance Boots Plc
David GilbertsonEmap
Not PicturedMichael Nicholas (Camden Bars)
Simon PitkeathleyChief Executive
Matthew McMillanDeputy Chief Executive
Clayton ClarkeBusiness Development Manager
Helena SundarajooOffice Manager
Rozanne ShipmanMembership Manager
It’s not just us... thanks to our partners:London Borough of Camden members and officers. The Metropolitan Police. TfL. Argent. London Continental Railways. NLA. Create KX. GLA members and officers. British Waterways. Cross River Partnership. The London BID Community. Camden Town Community Forum. Visit London. Visit Britain and all our members.
2011-16
CAMDEN TOWN UNLIMITED RENEWAL PROPOSAL
YES TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
YES TO DRIVING DOWN COST THROUGH JOINT PURCHASING
YESTO ADVOCATING AND LOBBYING FOR YOUR BUSINESS INTERESTS
YESTO CREATING A HIGH STREET THAT EXCITES AND DELIGHTS
Five years ago, businesses in Camden Town
overwhelmingly voted (84%!) YES to make Camden
Town a better place to work and visit. This enabled
Camden Town Unlimited to set up a Business
Improvement District, securing a mandate and funding
to deliver our business plan.
In 2011, Camden Town Unlimited’s first five year
term comes to an end. Here is the timetable for
our ‘renewal ballot’:
OCTOBER 2010
The BID Proposal is distributed to eligible businesses.
We aim to visit all our member businesses ahead of the
ballot to hear about the issues you face and explain our
plans for the future. But if you wish to speak to one of
our team members in the meantime, please get
in touch.
FEBRUARY 1ST 2011
Eligible businesses will receive a ballot paper inviting
them to vote by post for or against the continuation
of Camden Town Unlimited. Ballot papers must be
returned by 28th February 2010.
APRIL 2011
If the result is positive, Camden Town Unlimited will
continue to work on behalf of you, its members.
Camden Town Unlimited
Collective
37 Camden High Street
London
NW1 7JE
020 7380 8260
www.camdentownunlimited.com
YESVOTE