TOWELCOME LONDON BRIDGE An introduction to Team London Bridge services, for businesses based in the BID area.
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Team London Bridge is the Business Improvement District (BID) for the area: a private not-for-profit organisation funded by your organisation’s annual levy contribution and tasked with delivering a range of services to improve the trading environment for local businesses. A ballot process every five years and our Board of ten voluntary representatives from the business community ensures that your priorities and objectives are at the heart of what we do.
What is a BID?
What we can do for your business
About the Levy
The levy for 1st April 2021 –31st March 2022 is 0.9% of the rateable value of the property your organisation occupies, more information on this is available here. For those beginning occupation after 1st April 2021 the levy is applied on a pro rata basis to the end of the period.
This document gives an overview of the services most applicable to your business and staff, all of which come at no additional charge: Safety and Crime Reduction, Employee Benefits, Responsible Business, Events and the London Bridge Hive. as you are an existing member via the annual BID levy system in place. For a full overview of our extensive range of services visit teamlondonbridge.co.uk/services.www.
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Additional Police Officers
We fund additional, dedicated officers from the Metropolitan and British Transport Police (PCs Nick and Lee respectively) who focus on crime within the BID area affecting our businesses. Typical work involves local foot patrols, investigations, operations and delivering crime prevention training to staff. They do not replace a call to 999 in an emergency but they are there to help you with policing matters, just ask us for their contact details and we can put you in touch.
Security Alerts
Our mass messaging system provides email, SMS and in-app alerts to our businesses for allresilience, civil emergency and security matters such as crime prevention, major transport disruption, marches/protests, building evacuations and terror attacks. The associated ‘TLB Alerts’ app is free and allows you to receive messages and access a library of useful documents on business continuity, incident management and terrorism preparedness. To receive alerts please register here.
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Property Marking Kits
To help reduce bicycle theft, we run regular BikeRegister marking sessions across London Bridge, usually near public bike-racks. These are FREE (usual cost £29.99) and just keep an eye on our events listing or sign up to our Security Alerts to find out where and when. We can also arrange a session at your workplace on request.
In partnership with the Metropolitan Police, we host frequent seminars throughout the year and are open to all employees in London Bridge, not just security staff. The aim of the seminar is to enable the public to help the police deter and detect terrorist activity.
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We can provide our businesses with FREE forensic property marking kits to combat burglary. This product can be used to securely mark items such as mobile phones and IT equipment, dissuadingtheft and allowing the police to return items to their owner should they be stolen and subsequently recovered. Our police officers will explain how to use the kits and also provide advice on keeping your premises secure.
Self-Guided Walks
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Training and upskilling
Get to know the area in your own time, at your own pace through our self-guided walks focused on different themes to help you and colleagues discover the best of London Bridge. Available on our website or we can drop off printed copies on request.
We organise a range of events to benefit the local employees, including Love Work/Life, London Bridge Open Kitchen, Guided Walks and workshops based around wellbeing in the workplace. Find out more in the Events section.
The London Bridge DealCard unlocks a variety of offers from local businesses. London Bridge employees can take advantage of discounts on everything from food and drink, to flowers and fitness classes. We send a monthly update of our ‘Featured Offers’ to keep DealCard holders up to date on the latest additions, which you can sign up for here.
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There is always something on the Team London Bridge calendar to help you learn new skills and knowledge. The range of themes is often related to national and international occasions (e.g. Mental Health Awareness Day), and aim to complement the statutory training provided by employers.
7 Online Team London Bridge manage two websites; teamlondonbridge. co.uk and atlondonbridge.com. Teamlondonbridge.com provides information about us as an organisation, our services, events and activities. Atlondonbridge.com acts as a guide to London Bridge for those spending time in the area. Employees can use both websites as a resource for keeping up to date on what’s on in the area. Our social media accounts are also a source of useful information: Twitter @atlondonbridge@teamlondonbdg/ , Instagram @teamlondonbridge/ atlondonbridge, Facebook: / teamlondonbridge. Newsletters We keep in touch with the community via the following monthly updates: the Team Newsletter (TLB News, Important Updates), Events Newsletter (featured events, plus a comprehensive list of ‘what’s on’ in the area) and the DealCard Newsletter (featured offers). We encourage all employees to sign up for updates here. Contact 0207lucinda@teamlondonbridge.co.uk/4074701
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Sustainability and Carbon Reduction
We offer a subsidised (by 50%) recycling service through waste contractor Recorra – cutting your operating costs, increasing
We mapped the area’s carbon emissions and we are now working on a routemap which will give the business community a range of opportunities to get involved and help cut down our collective emissions for the business district
As a BID member, you are investing in the local community through our charitable grants programme, find out more about this here. We are always on the look-out for business representatives to join the Task Group that screens and visits the future grantees.
Waste Reduction and Consolidation
recycling rates in the BID area and reducing vehicle journeys through consolidation. We can also offer waste and recycling audits to advise on the most efficient set-up for your workspace.
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Gift Back with Team London Bridge
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This is our annual initiative to make someone happy for Christmas with an unexpected present; we collect gifts donated by professionals and distribute them to local charities. In 2021, we collected a record breaking number of presents, reaching out to over 3100 individuals who live in or around London Bridge area.
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Local Charities A-Z guide
We put together a handy A-Z listing of local charities where you can find out what they do and how you can help, including volunteering. They are all based in and around London Bridge which makes it convenient for our business community to get involved, find out more here. 0207sofia@teamlondonbridge.co.uk/4074701
Arts and Culture
These are held on the third Tuesday of every month from 8:30am12pm. They are run by expert
Our Culture Strategy for the area aims to shift the perception of London Bridge as a place ‘go to’ rather than ‘go through’. A primary objective of this is to bring more major cultural events and activities to the area. Check out atlondonbridge.com for the latest from the area.
Love Work/Life
This is a series of free activities aimed at encouraging local workers to make the most of their breaks before, during or after work - taking some time out to relax, explore and learn. These typically include yoga sessions, dance classes, cook-alongs, life drawing and tours of local attractions such as HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge.
mechanics from Dr.Bike and are deigned to provide a once-over check and minor repairs. It’s first-come-firstserved, simply drop the bike off in the morning and collect it at mid-day.
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Free Bicycle Repair Workshops
MediCulture London Bridge
Throughout the year we have a series of quarterly Green Network events – covering topics such as sustainability, cycling and urban food growing. Check on the latest events here.
Linking universities, hospitals, museums and more, the Medi-Culture District brings together sites of pivotal importance to science and medicine in the area. Get involved in the bi-annual festivals and browse resources from past events here
London Bridge Hive
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Whether you want a Christmas party in a museum, a summer party in the park, or simply a meeting away from the office with first-rate facilities, you are sure to find the right location within our listing of venues in and around London Bridge.
The London Bridge Hive is our community events space, available to hire with a 20% discount for our members. Perfect for meetings, training and away days.
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