CTU Renewal Proposal 2011-16

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

[email protected]

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.

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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

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A C

reative Cam

den

Marketing & Prom

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More Exciting Shops

A Voice for Business

Money Off

Cheap

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Free

Rec

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High Street South

Public Realm Im

provements

Cutting Crime

Con

tinge

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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

[email protected]

www.camdentownunlimited.com

YESVOTE