Harrow BID supports #Shopkind

We are Harrow is supporting the #Shopkind campaign urging the public to treat retail and shop staff with kindness and respect. Many shop workers have continued to work throughout the lockdown periods but many face abuse from frustrated shoppers on a daily basis. Here are some of the lovely staff from businesses in Harrow Town Centre, […]

ShopKind Campaign

400 SHOPWORKERS ABUSED EVERY DAY AS CUSTOMERS URGED TO ‘SHOPKIND’ Retail industry comes together to tackle verbal and physical abuse against shopworkers  Harrow BID will be printing and distributing posters, please contact us if you would like a free one to display in your window or staff notice board. Read more here.

HELP US REMOVE UNWANTED ACTIVITIES FROM THE TOWN CENTRE

Harrow Council have launched a consultation on The Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for Harrow Town Centre. It focuses on restrictions around unwanted activities such as street drinking, noisy/unwanted busking, feeding pigeons, spitting/urinating in the street etc. Please take a couple of minutes to fill in the online form and help us and Harrow Council keep the […]

Counterfeit Goods Confiscated

Partnership working at its best! On Friday  4th September a member of the BID team noticed two males selling ‘Apple’ AirPods on St Anns Road. As we work very closely with Harrow Council Enforcement officers, they were contacted immediately and attended the scene quickly. The ear pods were confiscated from the males – 23 boxes […]

Get Ahead of Your Local Competition using ‘Local’ SEO

10am to 11am Thursday 17th September An online workshop for small businesses in Harrow which will help you to review your website and make improvements to enhance your local visibility. Who should attend? If you have or work for a local business If you want to improve where your business website currently shows up on […]

Pancake Day Fun!

On February 25th we celebrated Pancake Day with a flipping competition on St Anns Road which went down a treat!  Starting off the races were the team from Nando’s.  Children from Norbury School joined us in the town racing for the fastest times and they also took on Barci (the Nando’s Chicken).   The shopping […]

Pancake Day Competition

The BID team loves pancakes, whether they are smothered in chocolate spread, made a little healthier with fresh fruit, or just the traditional lemon and sugar, we can’t get enough! On Tuesday 25th February, we will be celebrating Pancake Day with a flipping competition, and YOU are invited. We will be on St Anns Road from […]

Christmas Lunch for the Homeless

The BID team hosted a Christmas lunch for the homeless thisweek with donations supplied by Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Trinity Bar, Ancona, The Body Shop and O’Neills. Both St Anns Shopping Centre and St George’s Shopping centre managers also came down to help serve the food and a good time was had by all.  We would like to say […]

A New Square for Harrow

  Harrow BID has been informed by Harrow Council that they want to help make Harrow Town Centre the place to be – which is great news for businesses!  The exciting project to create Greenhill Place public square on the site of St Johns Road car park is gaining momentum – and we want to make […]