Wimbledon Town Centre does not currently have high speed broadband installed into the town and we know that many businesses are struggling individually. Slow speeds might be evident through your payment card machines, slow internet response, your online booking platform, your customer Wi-Fi provision and ultimately your employee/customer experience. Love Wimbledon BID has been working […]
Love Wimbledon has signed up to the Women’s Night Safety Charter, and we are encouraging all evening economy businesses in Wimbledon Town Centre to adopt the same approach, to help make London a city where all women feel confident and welcome at night. The Mayor of London has created a charter to tackle this issue, […]
Flowers Really Do Talk! We all love a flower, especially in Wimbledon Town Centre, and increasing the amount of planting is a great way to bring in life, colour, nature and biodiversity. But what if there was something different to a flower bed? What if the plants could grow from a lamppost? And what […]
The Cyber Protect Team at the Metropolitan Police Service, is an award-winning team that was set up to help protect small to medium-size businesses and charities in London, from the ever-growing threat of cyber crime. They provide free advice, presentations and planning exercises that are impartial and tailored to the needs of each organisation. All […]
Merton Chamber of Commerce have announced that the Merton Best Business Awards (MBBAs) are back for 2021. After a year like no other, the 2021 MBBAs are back to recognise and celebrate Merton’s incredible business community. A new set of award categories has been designed to reflect the journey that businesses have been on: to […]
Covid-19 has forced many businesses to adopt remote or hybrid working, undertake new practices around social distancing and safety, and think creatively about how to maintain a workplace culture at a disconnected time. As many offices look to return to Wimbledon Town Centre, it is clear that the workplace will need be an environment where […]
As part of improving the look and feel of the Wimbledon Town Centre in preparation for businesses re-opening this April, we worked with property management company Workman to ensure that the unsightly windows on the previous PC World and O2 units were improved by using graphic vinyls of potential shops. We are working closely with […]
Note: respond by 23rd May 2021 to have your say. A community group called PlanWimbledon has applied to Merton Council to designate a proposed neighbourhood area, predominantly around Wimbledon and to become the designated Neighbourhood Forum for an area extending to around a third of Merton Borough, involving around 40,000 residents. If the […]
Love Wimbledon often facilitates collaboration between Wimbledon businesses and local organisations, and recently helped RSPCA Wimbledon find much-needed storage space in the town centre, so that they can continue their animal welfare work. When Putney Animal Hospital closed last year, RSPCA Wimbledon, Wandsworth & Sutton District Branch lost their Cat/Kitten Rehoming Centre, situated on the […]
A consultation is due to start on April 12th for residents and businesses to decide on the designation of a Neighbourhood Forum for Wimbledon. This would lead the way to consultation and subsequent development of a Neighbourhood Plan that would then be put to a referendum. Neighbourhood planning is a right for communities introduced through […]
