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Hertfordshire Growth Hub
Getting Your Business Back on Track for Growth
In May, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) announced that their quarterly Small Business Index (SBI) reported that the share of businesses aspiring to grow increased by the most on record this quarter. The share of businesses aspiring to grow over the next 12 months has increased from 39.9% in Q4 2020 to 52.7% in Q1 2021.
Hertfordshire Growth Hub, powered by Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, is the entry point to business support in the County and is supporting local businesses that are ready to grow again through their Get Growing 2 service.
Get Growing 2 is fully funded through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and offers a package of tailored support to businesses, helping them to become more profitable, competitive and grow. Among the businesses currently being assisted through the service, several have pivoted during the pandemic and as a result now need support to refine their marketing strategy to reach new markets. Digital marketing has never been so important in the post-pandemic era and many businesses are seeking advice to help make this shift in their strategy. For other businesses, the in-depth support provided by the service is helping them get financially ready by evaluating their growth ambitions and working through their finance options. Eligible businesses are supported by an experienced Growth Account Manager. They will work closely together reviewing all aspects of the business, looking at the challenges and opportunities that exist to produce a realistic growth plan for the business. Areas where additional support will benefit the business are also identified, as well as providing access to all the benefits the Growth Hub website has to offer, including on-demand videos and live webinars. Businesses can also access a match-funded grant enabling them to seek external expertise to implement growth actions with specialists in the private sector. The grant has recently been increased to offer between £3,000 and £10,000 to fund 45% of a business’ eligible expenditure. The Growth Hub work with a wealth of professional organisations and business support services, both locally and nationally, to provide relevant, up-to-date business advice. The Growth Account Manager will also help businesses to navigate their way to any additional support, enabling the business to focus on what really matters - getting back on track for growth.
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GovGrant seeking partnerships with Accountants in Hertfordshire
GovGrant is an R&D tax credit and Patent Box specialist based in St. Albans, with a 70 strong team. They create value to UK businesses, including SMEs, by recognising their R&D and maximising the value of their Intellectual Property.
This local business already works with thousands of accountancy firms in the UK but is now specifically looking for accountancy partners in the Hertfordshire area as they develop specialist tools and resources. The aim is to help accountants deliver more services to their clients.
GovGrant is embracing the move toward more digitally enabled accountancy practice and are investing in a tool that drives better compliance and integrity when it comes to R&D tax relief. Called Elevation, it doesn’t need any specific software to run, is simple to use and is a secure platform that puts accounting partners in control. The first step is to give accountants clarity about whether clients are eligible (or not). Then Elevation can take accountants through a simple process to help smaller, eligible clients make a claim. It’s all based on GovGrant’s experience and knowledge of the R&D tax credit schemes, and benchmarked against their data going back since the schemes began. Elevation makes the scheme straightforward and accessible. It also gives accountants access to wider IP and Patent Box services. “Accountants may find that their clients are already be claiming R&D tax relief through online “apps”, which is a potential risk to both them and their client. Elevation also gives accountants full visibility and transparency of their clients’ journey through their R&D tax claim. It also includes a secure document sharing element so accountants can share confidential data with confidence,” said Sharon Veness, Accountant Partnerships Manager. GovGrant can work with accountancy firms in different ways under different arrangements – one size certainly does not fit all. They will work with you to tailor our offering, giving you the comfort you want and additional resources you need.
To find out how to get involved and to have a demo of our new Elevation platform contact Sharon on accountants@govgrant.co.uk
Is your business properly insured?
For over 40 years, ASHBOURNE INSURANCE has been providing advice and support to Hertfordshire businesses from tradesman to professionals and shops to commercial properties.
Jack Smits
Commercial Account Handler at Ashbourne
Here are six ‘Top Tips’ from award-winning Ashbourne Insurance to make sure your business is insured correctly.
1. Review your cover annually
Take time to study the insurance schedule at least once a year, do the sums insured accurately represent your current exposure and are the sections of cover provided in-line with the needs of your business? If you have continually renewed cover without checking over a period of years your cover will be out of date and in some instances, you may find that you are paying for cover you don’t need.
2. Start the process early
Whether it is a new “risk” or renewal of an existing policy start the process early, at least 6-weeks in advance. This will give you time to review the current schedule of cover, engage the appropriate supplier and allow them time to analyse the risk to ensure cover tailored to your specific needs at a price to suit your budget.
3. Build a relationship with your broker
over a 3–5-year period they are more likely to give you their most competitive rate. It doesn’t hurt the existing insurer to know that your broker is looking at alternatives; this will keep them on their toes.
5. Cheap quote equals cheap cover
If a quote seems too cheap to be true, it is often just the case. Reductions in premium are always attractive, however at what cost? Remember you only know the true value of your policy when it comes to making a claim, insurance policies, service and claims handling are not the same wherever you go.
6. Don’t buy online
On-line quotations are based on a series of assumptions and are “packaged” policies designed to be “one size fits all”. If you purchase cover on-line you become the broker, who then do you refer to it all goes wrong when it comes to making a claim?
Engaging with a single independent broker (supplier), one with access to the full range of markets available is much more effective than engaging multiple brokers. You want your broker to become your advocate and to get insurers competing against each other for your business. Multiple brokers approaching the same insurance markets will force the price up or just restrict the options available.
4. Continuity is the key
Continuity of insurer helps achieve a competitive premium year-in, year out. It is always worthwhile having your broker complete a full market exercise, however, don’t be too keen to change insurer for a fiver! If insurers see that there has been continuity
For a no obligation quote and a review of your business needs please call 01992 471001 (quote HCC21 for free key insurance upon purchase).
Ashbourne search all the leading insurers to get you the right policy at the right price. www.ashbourneinsurance.co.uk
50 Amwell Street Hoddesdon EN11 8UA 01992 471001
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Councils to reduce waste and encourage recycling, you’ll know that businesses will soon face the challenges of gearing up to meet new UK Government requirements on business waste – see our article in the
Jan/Feb 21 and Nov/Dec 20 editions.
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e carbon benefi t hidden in our clothing There are lots of ways you can reduce your organisation’s waste. Our top tips are: 1. For events, consider a magnetic / pin badge or lanyard rather than branded goods, as these are easier to replace if a name/ logo changes. 2. Buy work related apparel from ethical / sustainable brands. The premium paid often also means better quality, so they last longer and you need to buy less. Ethical Consumer has a list of how suppliers measure up. Reuse: 3. For businesses, reducing the clothing footprint could be as simple as washing and reusing uniforms after someone has left. Did you know that extending the average lifespan of clothes by just 3 months of active use would lead to a 5-10% reduction in carbon, waste and water footprints! 4. Consider hosting a clothes swap for staff (or clients). It is a fun way to extend the life of clothing by swapping with others. The average person only wears two thirds of what’s in their wardrobe. WasteAware can offer you rails and hangers for free to get you started. Fashion Revolution Week is 20-26 April 2020. Join in to make it the largest swap in history. For details contact WasteAware@hertfordshire.gov.uk Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. For a business wanting to reduce their carbon footprint, textiles may seem an odd place to focus. We generally hear about the three big areas that affect climate change – energy, transport and food. However, the textiles industry is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions. This means the clothes that we buy contributes to climate change more than air and sea travel combined. From growing and harvesting the raw material, to how they’re made, to crossing the world to get from factory to store, to the impact of washing them and how they’re disposed of, each item of clothing produced has a lifecycle carbon impact across the whole of a product’s life (the ‘cradle to grave’ impact). This is measured using kilograms of CO2 eq (or carbon dioxide equivalent), a standard unit for measuring carbon footprints. What has been found is a shocking amount of emissions and waste from both the production and disposal stage. Fast fashion is making clothing more disposable, with cheaper prices and less durable garments, meant to last out the season rather than years. This accelerates carbon emissions, causes increased global warming and sees more textile waste in landfi lls. 5. Use a guppy bag when washing The fashion industry is now taking steps to catch microfi bers shed during to move towards a more ethical and the process and stop them environmentally friendly supply chain entering the watercourse. and production methods, but it won’t change overnight. We need to play our Recycle: part in changing the use and consumption 6. When you are ready to part with a garment, of clothing too. WRAP (the Waste and see if you can donate it to a Resources Action Programme) estimates charity rather than send it to that in the UK alone, we consume around landfi ll. For those that can’t be 1.7m tonnes of textiles annually, and of used again by you, look into this more than 600,000 tonnes are sent to http://www.uniformreuse.co.uk/ landfi ll or incinerated. Remember, any small effort against the fast #RememberYourReusables: #RememberYourReusables: fashion trends makes a positive impact on the environment! For more see wasteaware.org.uk/reusables wasteaware.org.uk/reusables#RememberYourReusables: www.wasteaware.org.uk/textiles WasteAwarePartnership#RememberYourReusables:WasteAwarePartnership wasteaware.org.uk/reusables #RememberYourReusables: HertsWasteAware wasteaware.org.uk/reusables HertsWasteAware WasteAwarePartnership wasteaware.org.uk/reusables HertsWasteAwareWasteAwarePartnershipHertsWasteAwareHertsWasteAware
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Why is this relevant to your business?
We might be familiar with greener products and services – but looking inwards to the resources used is another angle to consider. Changing to more environmentally-friendly business practices will save you money and provide a stronger selling proposition when pitching your goods and services to your target audience. Why become more sustainable? Research shows that once consumers want to be associated with environmental or ethical products. A recent survey conducted by AYTM found that 71% of millennials are more likely to support an environmentally-friendly business. Likewise, 86% of customers say they prefer to shop at businesses that recycle, 74% prefer companies that limit the use of pollutants and unnecessary chemicals and 67% of shoppers prefer companies that support renewable energy. There is also evidence that many consumers want guidance on how their individual actions can help make a difference. Businesses are well-placed to help raise consumer awareness and understanding and, more importantly, change the way they consume. For example, did you know that every year, Hertfordshire residents throw over 7000 tonnes of textiles into their rubbish bins, when they could have been reused, repaired or recycled. Here at WasteAware, keeping textiles out the bin is a campaign we are actively championing. It is a three-pronged approach which you can easily adopt in your business and at home: • Preventing the purchase of new clothes (reduce) • Keeping clothing in active use for longer (reuse) • Recycling unwearable textiles (recycle) https://www.rapidformations.co.uk/blog/how-can-your-business-reduce-its-carbon-footprint/ https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/news/news-archive/2018/the-carbon-footprint-of-getting-dressed https://www.trustedclothes.com/blog/2016/02/23/fast-fashion-and-your-carbon-footprin/
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e carbon benefi t hidden in our clothing There are lots of ways you can reduce your organisation’s waste. Our top tips are: 1. For events, consider a magnetic / pin badge or lanyard rather than branded goods, as these are easier to replace if a name/ logo changes. 2. Buy work related apparel from ethical / sustainable brands. The premium paid often also means better quality, so they last longer and you need to buy less. Ethical Consumer has a list of how suppliers measure up. Reuse: 3. For businesses, reducing the clothing footprint could be as simple as washing and reusing uniforms after someone has left. Did you know that extending the average lifespan of clothes by just 3 months of active use would lead to a 5-10% reduction in carbon, waste and water footprints! 4. Consider hosting a clothes swap for staff (or clients). It is a fun way to extend the life of clothing by swapping with others. The average person only wears two thirds of what’s in their wardrobe. WasteAware can offer you rails and hangers for free to get you started. Fashion Revolution Week is 20-26 April 2020. Join in to make it the largest swap in history. For details contact WasteAware@hertfordshire.gov.uk Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. For a business wanting to reduce their carbon footprint, textiles may seem an odd place to focus. We generally hear about the three big areas that affect climate change – energy, transport and food. However, the textiles industry is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions. This means the clothes that we buy contributes to climate change more than air and sea travel combined. From growing and harvesting the raw material, to how they’re made, to crossing the world to get from factory to store, to the impact of washing them and how they’re disposed of, each item of clothing produced has a lifecycle carbon impact across the whole of a product’s life (the ‘cradle to grave’ impact). This is measured using kilograms of CO2 eq (or carbon dioxide equivalent), a standard unit for measuring carbon footprints. What has been found is a shocking amount of emissions and waste from both the production and disposal stage. Fast fashion is making clothing more disposable, with cheaper prices and less durable garments, meant to last out the season rather than years. This accelerates carbon emissions, causes increased global warming and sees more textile waste in landfi lls. 5. Use a guppy bag when washing The fashion industry is now taking steps to catch microfi bers shed during to move towards a more ethical and the process and stop them environmentally friendly supply chain entering the watercourse. and production methods, but it won’t change overnight. We need to play our Recycle: part in changing the use and consumption 6. When you are ready to part with a garment, of clothing too. WRAP (the Waste and see if you can donate it to a Resources Action Programme) estimates charity rather than send it to that in the UK alone, we consume around landfi ll. For those that can’t be 1.7m tonnes of textiles annually, and of used again by you, look into this more than 600,000 tonnes are sent to http://www.uniformreuse.co.uk/ landfi ll or incinerated. Remember, any small effort against the fast #RememberYourReusables: #RememberYourReusables: fashion trends makes a positive impact on the environment! For more see wasteaware.org.uk/reusables wasteaware.org.uk/reusables#RememberYourReusables: www.wasteaware.org.uk/textiles WasteAwarePartnership#RememberYourReusables:WasteAwarePartnership wasteaware.org.uk/reusables #RememberYourReusables: HertsWasteAware wasteaware.org.uk/reusables HertsWasteAware WasteAwarePartnership wasteaware.org.uk/reusables HertsWasteAwareWasteAwarePartnershipHertsWasteAwareHertsWasteAware
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Why is this relevant to your business?
We might be familiar with greener products and services – but looking inwards to the resources used is another angle to consider. Changing to more environmentally-friendly business practices will save you money and provide a stronger selling proposition when pitching your goods and services to your target audience. Why become more sustainable? Research shows that once consumers want to be associated with environmental or ethical products. A recent survey conducted by AYTM found that 71% of millennials are more likely to support an environmentally-friendly business. Likewise, 86% of customers say they prefer to shop at businesses that recycle, 74% prefer companies that limit the use of pollutants and unnecessary chemicals and 67% of shoppers prefer companies that support renewable energy. There is also evidence that many consumers want guidance on how their individual actions can help make a difference. Businesses are well-placed to help raise consumer awareness and understanding and, more importantly, change the way they consume. For example, did you know that every year, Hertfordshire residents throw over 7000 tonnes of textiles into their rubbish bins, when they could have been reused, repaired or recycled. Here at WasteAware, keeping textiles out the bin is a campaign we are actively championing. It is a three-pronged approach which you can easily adopt in your business and at home: • Preventing the purchase of new clothes (reduce) • Keeping clothing in active use for longer (reuse) • Recycling unwearable textiles (recycle) https://www.rapidformations.co.uk/blog/how-can-your-business-reduce-its-carbon-footprint/ https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/news/news-archive/2018/the-carbon-footprint-of-getting-dressed https://www.trustedclothes.com/blog/2016/02/23/fast-fashion-and-your-carbon-footprin/
3 Sign up to be a Refill Station, allowing passers-by to refill their water bottles in your premises, and visit https://www.refill.org.uk/ to find water and coffee cup refill points. Encourage colleagues to download the Refill ap to use while they out and about.
WasteAware at SustFest21
Three videos are mentioned below. These were produced as part of WasteAware’s contribution to SustFest21, the annual sustainability festival created by Sustainable St Albans which took place in late May and early June 2021. This year the focus was on sharing actions and ideas relevant for individuals, families and businesses to empower changes towards a more sustainable future. Covid meant that SustFest was largely held online this year, which actually opened the festival up to a wider audience. WasteAware are pleased to be opening its contribution wider still by offering these and recordings of our other online events to watch for free at:
http://bit.ly/YouTubeSustFest
When you are ready to part with a garment,
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Stop single-use.coffee cups every year.
HertsWasteAwarewasteaware.org.uk/reusables
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e carbon benefi t hidden in our clothing There are lots of ways you can reduce your organisation’s waste. Our top tips are: 1. For events, consider a magnetic / pin badge or lanyard rather than branded goods, as these are easier to replace if a name/ logo changes. 2. Buy work related apparel from ethical / sustainable brands. The premium paid often also means better quality, so they last longer and you need to buy less. Ethical Consumer has a list of how suppliers measure up. Reuse: 3. For businesses, reducing the clothing footprint could be as simple as washing and reusing uniforms after someone has left. Did you know that extending the average lifespan of clothes by just 3 months of active use would lead to a 5-10% reduction in carbon, waste and water footprints! 4. Consider hosting a clothes swap for staff (or clients). It is a fun way to extend the life of clothing by swapping with others. The average person only wears two thirds of what’s in their wardrobe. WasteAware can offer you rails and hangers for free to get you started. Fashion Revolution Week is 20-26 April 2020. Join in to make it the largest swap in history. For details contact WasteAware@hertfordshire.gov.uk Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. Remember your reusables! The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Stop single-use. For a business wanting to reduce their carbon footprint, textiles may seem an odd place to focus. We generally hear about the three big areas that affect climate change – energy, transport and food. However, the textiles industry is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions. This means the clothes that we buy contributes to climate change more than air and sea travel combined. From growing and harvesting the raw material, to how they’re made, to crossing the world to get from factory to store, to the impact of washing them and how they’re disposed of, each item of clothing produced has a lifecycle carbon impact across the whole of a product’s life (the ‘cradle to grave’ impact). This is measured using kilograms of CO2 eq (or carbon dioxide equivalent), a standard unit for measuring carbon footprints. What has been found is a shocking amount of emissions and waste from both the production and disposal stage. Fast fashion is making clothing more disposable, with cheaper prices and less durable garments, meant to last out the season rather than years. This accelerates carbon emissions, causes increased global warming and sees more textile waste in landfi lls. 5. Use a guppy bag when washing The fashion industry is now taking steps to catch microfi bers shed during to move towards a more ethical and the process and stop them environmentally friendly supply chain entering the watercourse. and production methods, but it won’t change overnight. We need to play our Recycle: part in changing the use and consumption 6. When you are ready to part with a garment, of clothing too. WRAP (the Waste and see if you can donate it to a Resources Action Programme) estimates charity rather than send it to that in the UK alone, we consume around landfi ll. For those that can’t be 1.7m tonnes of textiles annually, and of used again by you, look into this more than 600,000 tonnes are sent to http://www.uniformreuse.co.uk/ landfi ll or incinerated. Remember, any small effort against the fast #RememberYourReusables: #RememberYourReusables: fashion trends makes a positive impact on the environment! For more see wasteaware.org.uk/reusables wasteaware.org.uk/reusables#RememberYourReusables: www.wasteaware.org.uk/textiles WasteAwarePartnership#RememberYourReusables:WasteAwarePartnership wasteaware.org.uk/reusables #RememberYourReusables: HertsWasteAware wasteaware.org.uk/reusables HertsWasteAware WasteAwarePartnership wasteaware.org.uk/reusables HertsWasteAwareWasteAwarePartnershipHertsWasteAwareHertsWasteAware
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Why is this relevant to your business?
We might be familiar with greener products and services – but looking inwards to the resources used is another angle to consider. Changing to more environmentally-friendly business practices will save you money and provide a stronger selling proposition when pitching your goods and services to your target audience. Why become more sustainable? Research shows that once consumers want to be associated with environmental or ethical products. A recent survey conducted by AYTM found that 71% of millennials are more likely to support an environmentally-friendly business. Likewise, 86% of customers say they prefer to shop at businesses that recycle, 74% prefer companies that limit the use of pollutants and unnecessary chemicals and 67% of shoppers prefer companies that support renewable energy. There is also evidence that many consumers want guidance on how their individual actions can help make a difference. Businesses are well-placed to help raise consumer awareness and understanding and, more importantly, change the way they consume. For example, did you know that every year, Hertfordshire residents throw over 7000 tonnes of textiles into their rubbish bins, when they could have been reused, repaired or recycled. Here at WasteAware, keeping textiles out the bin is a campaign we are actively championing. It is a three-pronged approach which you can easily adopt in your business and at home: • Preventing the purchase of new clothes (reduce) • Keeping clothing in active use for longer (reuse) • Recycling unwearable textiles (recycle) https://www.rapidformations.co.uk/blog/how-can-your-business-reduce-its-carbon-footprint/ https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/news/news-archive/2018/the-carbon-footprint-of-getting-dressed https://www.trustedclothes.com/blog/2016/02/23/fast-fashion-and-your-carbon-footprin/ When you are ready to part with a garment,
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See what Hertfordshire is doing about fly-tipping
But there is a more destructive side to waste, the ugly business of fly-tipping. The Hertfordshire Fly-tipping Group have an active campaign to rid Hertfordshire and beyond of fly-tipping by • Working with farmers, landowners, police, local Councils and other agencies • Educating consumers and businesses of their responsibilities, such as checking any work undertaken is done so by someone holding a waste carriers’ licence. • Lobbying to bring successful prosecutions and make the law more consistent. • Get in touch to find out more, to get signs, banners and leaflets or even to request a talk. • Businesses will be obliged to save plastics, Visit www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/flytipping cans, paper, card, and glass, produced And maybe then get outside and anywhere on business premises for collection separate to non-recyclable waste; pick some litter • Manufacturers and fillers of some packaging will be obliged to contribute to the costs of Our careless habits mean streets, flower beds, green spaces and car parks can look woedisposing of waste packaging; begone even though the street cleaners and • New taxes on some plastics in everyday use are proposed. sweepers come around regularly. So, when you’ve finished watching our videos, why not contact your local Council, get some litter-pickers With these changes expected to kick-in from 2023 now is the time to get ahead of the game. and agree on keeping the area around your business clean and tidy with a regular litter-pick. There are two immediate actions for business: The Council will tell |you where to leave the bags • Make sure that your waste management Check out what happens to of litter you collect. It’s great for team building too. company can provide you with compliant waste collection services; Hertfordshire’s waste…… • Act on waste plastics. Check out the Plastic Free July campaign: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/get-involved/ “What’s in Your Bin” is a recording of a presentation and Q&A telling the story of Hertfordshire’s waste, including plastics. what-you-can-do/category/for-business/ • What’s in the average householder’s bin?
This offers simple check lists covering how • How good are the Herts recycling schemes? businesses can: • What happens to the recycling… 3 Engage with staff customers, suppliers and employees to reduce plastics and the food waste? 3 Assess how much single-use waste • Where do we need to do better? plastics they create And why not “Change the World 3 Procure non-plastic alternatives for in Your Lunchtime”? packaging Watch another WasteAware video recording 3 Replace single-use plastic water bottles, with local cook and blogger Becky Alexander beverage cups, cutlery, plates and steering us through the impact packaged food stirrers in canteens and in catering with has on waste creation, and how easy it is to reusable alternatives. make a difference – and reduce food waste 3 Support the move away from single- at the same time. It is very easy to: use plastic bottles - use WasteAware’s Remember Your Reusables webpage at https://www.wasteaware.org.uk/reusables • Move away from buying lunch packaged in plastic for checklists on remembering reusable • Get creative with leftovers, save cash bottles and bags and other items too. and save the planet
