Southwark Business Today September 2019

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BUSINESS TODAY

Issue 25: September 2019

Leeland Pavey

explains the communication revolution in Southwark. Page 18

• Southwark Council

stages first Climate Change Summit. Page 5

• SeeWomen turning the tide. Page 10

• Full speed ahead with 1Gb Broadband. Page 15

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Welcome Contents

The Southwark Chamber of Commerce magazine for all businesses in Southwark We have at last seen a push by the Government to provide support and information for businesses beyond 31 October.

By the time this is published, I will have attended a Government ‘Get Ready For Brexit’ business readiness event to receive advice and direction which I will cascade out to our members.

Being prepared for all eventualities is so important and visiting the www.gov.uk/brexit website is a must, in my opinion.

Embracing the future Welcome to the latest edition of our Southwark Business Today, packed full of great articles and features. Summer seems an eon ago and tans are fading fast but we do have the promise of an Indian summer.

There are also many authored pieces of work comprising genres of fantasy, fiction, facts, alternative facts, accolades, condemnations and denied revenge. Plenty to read and debate and provide political historians with an immense amount material with which to inform the future from the present.

From the great articles in this magazine I have picked out a selection of topics which I feel are important:

It’s hard to believe but the B word remains and familiar faces are now in a position of power and leadership but, sadly, we still have a divided government and country.

The Environment: comforting to see that London’s Mayor is looking to a major expansion of the electric vehicle-charging networking. In tandem with Southwark Council’s Climate Change Summit to put London at the forefront working towards a zero-emission city

Businesses are still in a state of limbo and looking for decision and implementation so they can plan with certainty. I am confident that the Southwark businesses will embrace the future, adapt and continue to be successful despite the forecast bumps there may be along the way.

Apprenticeships: Next year sees another National Apprenticeship Week and many organisations, institutions, the Borough Council and others are working towards mustering support from the business community, lauding the successes of apprenticeship schemes in the past and

introducing those planned which will provide work opportunities for those leaving school. We all have a chance to help and give our experience and to get involved.

An important aspect of business is planning ahead, training and preparing the next generation Cyber crime: there is immense pressure to push us all into a cloud, data is captured, shared and recycled and we take it for granted that all is safe. However, cybercrime is on the increase and 58% of malware attacks are against SMEs. It is important that businesses do all they can to protect their data Celebrating Business: this year’s Southwark Business Awards demonstrated the wealth and breadth of talent and the entrepreneurial and skilful approach to business that we have in the borough. I am looking forward to the 2020 awards submissions and encourage all to enter.

This year see the 95th Anniversary of the Chamber and, quite rightly, we are planning to celebrate this fact and the date of 16th December already set.

We are indebted to London Southbank University for their assistance with a venue and enthusiastic engagement. More info inside and we hope that you will all come along to this and all of our networking events planned through to July of next year.

Best wishes to you all.

Les Johnson

Chairman Southwark Chamber of Commerce

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Mayor sets outplans for London’s electric vehicle future

Up Front

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has set out his plans for a major expansion of London’s electric vehicle-charging network to ensure the Capital continues to be one of the world’s leading zero-emission cities.

Successful projects announced The organisers of a funding project have announced the successful applicants in its first round of awards, which include schemes designed to develop the skills of young people in the Southwark area. people. Activities include football Launched earlier this year, the coaching/tournaments, a youth club, a Positive Futures Fund has seen more film night and ice-skating than £150,000 allocated to twelve successful applicants as part of the • Business Launch Pad will host a first phase of the scheme. wellbeing and business skills hub in Bermondsey for entrepreneurs The Fund is centred on young people and a key requirement of the funding criteria is • Motivez, co-founded by Southwark that all schemes must be co-produced with Scholar George X, will visit schools and young people. offer mentoring and skills workshops Cllr Evelyn Akoto, cabinet member for • The X Collective will use creative public health and community safety for outlets such as film, music and Southwark Council, which is backing the photography to help young people scheme, said: “The first round of the to improve mental health and Positive Futures Fund has seen Southwark employability Council fund a wide variety of projects • Skills Development Training that I am confident will have a significant will set up a community youth group impact on the lives of young people in the that focuses on music production borough. It is also hugely heartening to and performance see the passion that exists for improving • Waterloo Sports and Football the lives of young people.”

Club will be offering a range of sports Chosen out of 72 applications, the activities from basketball to tennis, successful schemes cover a wide range dodgeball to archery of activities for young people including • Roadworks Media are offering internships and work experience ex-young offenders the opportunity placements, sports activities, media, to try their hand at film production arts and business skills. as well as acting They are: • Restorative Justice for All is • Penificient is a youth designed comic series on mental health and knife crime

• 2 to 3 Degrees will run mentoring and work experience opportunities • SLM Community Leisure will be providing pool lifeguarding courses and qualification to young women • • InSpire at St Peter’s is a comprehensive free school holiday programme exclusively for older young

working alongside the Youth Scrutiny Panel to run projects with the aim of diverting children and young people away from gangs and crime. They plan to offer internships, volunteering opportunities and training for youth workers Theatre Peckham Apprentice-style programme in which two teams of 30 young people aged 13-19 will put on an event at Theatre Peckham

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To tackle the twin dangers of London’s toxic air crisis and the climate change emergency, the Mayor has brought together the public and private sector to deliver the electric vehicle infrastructure Londoners need.

This includes commitments by businesses and retailers to transform EV charging provision in London over the coming years.

London’s plan follows the Mayor’s establishment of the world’s first Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce, bringing together representatives from business, energy, infrastructure, government and the London boroughs. The past year has seen more than 140 organisations contribute to the work of the Taskforce.

London is at the forefront of the zeroemission revolution with more than 20,000 electric vehicles, 1,700 electric taxis and Europe’s largest electric bus fleet. The latest stage of the plan builds on TfL’s successful rollout of more than 175 rapid charge points across the city (delivering a full charge in 20 - 30 minutes) and a growing network of more than 1,100 lamppost charging points delivered by boroughs in residential areas. This has been complemented by the roll out of the world’s first ever Ultra Low Emission Zone, enforcing tough new emission standards in central London which is helping drive companies to electrify their fleets.

The Taskforce and other industry partners will support the Mayor in driving forward a number of initiatives in the plan including: • Installing the next generation of ultra-rapid charging points at London petrol stations later this year.

• Delivering five flagship charging hubs, with the ability for multiple cars to quickly be charged in one place.

The first of these hubs will be operational in the heart of the Square Mile by the end of the year.

• A new ‘one-stop-shop’ for Londoners to request new charging infrastructure from their local authority in areas of high demand led by London Councils, making it easier for drivers to switch to electric vehicles.

• Expanding electric car clubs and bringing more vehicles to market, offering greater choice to Londoners and businesses.

• New online smart tools to ensure London’s energy grid continues to keep pace with demand and to help unlock private sector investment.

Sadiq Khan said: “London’s air is so dirty and polluted that it amounts to nothing less than a serious public health crisis.

It breaches legal limits and blights the

lives of Londoners, resulting in thousands of premature deaths every year.

“We are also facing a climate emergency that threatens the long-term security and wellbeing of every Londoner.

“We need to reject the fossil fuels of the past and embrace an electric revolution in London’s transport. To truly transform the quality of our air and to tackle the climate crisis London must move away from petrol and diesel cars, with their catastrophic impact on the environment, and towards zero- emission vehicles.

“I want London to lead the world in this ambition, with all new cars and vans on London roads to meeting these standards by 2030, not 2040 as the government is proposing.

“To make this vision a reality we must make sure all Londoners have access to the essential infrastructure required to run and maintain an electric vehicle.

This is a massive operation and can only be achieved if the public and private sector come together to deliver London’s electric future.”

The plan outlines how London is on track to deliver the necessary infrastructure for a radical growth in electric vehicles, which estimates show could increase from around 20,000 today to over 330,000 by 2025. This will be driven by a combination of new lowemission regulations, supportive policy at all levels of government and a decrease in the cost of electric vehicles.

London currently hosts 25 per cent of the UK’s electric vehicle charge points - more than any other UK region, with 2,400 public chargers spread over 1,200 locations. The Mayor has made the installation of rapid charge points (delivering a full charge in 20-30 minutes) a priority, to encourage high-mileage drivers to switch to electric vehicles.

Christina Calderato, Head of Transport Strategy & Planning for TfL, said: “London’s toxic air reduces the length and quality of lives across the city. Improved electric vehicle infrastructure can support more essential trips being made using zero-emission transport, which will help clean up the air.

“We have already delivered 183 rapid charging points with 300 on the way by the end of next year.“ London Boroughs have already installed more than 1,100 overnight residential charge points as part of the ‘Go Ultra Low City’ partnership between the GLA, TfL and London Councils.

Councillor Julian Bell, Chair of London Councils’ Transport and Environment Committee, said: “Electric vehicles play an important role in our ambition for zero emission transport in London.”

Up Front

Southwark Council’s stages first Climate Change Summit Southwark’s first Climate Change Summit brought together national organisations, local people and experts, to talk about how Southwark can work towards carbon neutrality, in support of the council’s new Climate Change Emergency commitment.

Southwark’s sustainability summit marked the start of the Mayor of London’s first London Climate Action Week and took place at the council offices on Tooley Street. It will help to form a basis for the council’s carbon neutrality planning.

The summit brought together a broad range of individuals and organisations, from local residents, businesses and activists, to national organisations like Greenpeace, the IPPR and a representative from central government.

Cllr Richard Livingstone, Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and the Climate Emergency, outlined the council’s action to date and opened discussions about potential, impactful actions, moving forward.

He sought commitments from everyone gathered, to work towards achieving carbon neutrality in Southwark.

Patrick Allcorn, the Head of Local Energy, at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, explained that, although the responsibility for managing the climate emergency falls to the Government, many local authorities are already making bold and innovative changes. He talked about the challenges of Britain’s aging housing stock, the financial

pressures on local councils and the need for everyone to understand the problem and adjust their behaviour, in order to achieve carbon neutrality.

Luke Murphy, from the IPPR, talked about the race against time to tackle global warming, and the cost of not taking action.

He explained that the poorest and most vulnerable people are often the worst affected by climate change, yet the least culpable.

Luke closed by outlining the need for leadership, vision and resources; he said that, although we don’t need all answers now, we do need to start with the policy.

Councillor Livingstone said: “We are overwhelmed and heartened by the phenomenal interest in our summit, so many local people came forward and wanted to be involved.

“No organisation or individual can achieve carbon neutrality alone, so we very much need the support and engagement of local residents, businesses, activists and central government, in order to achieve our goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

“It was really helpful to hear from so many different voices and we have a number of new ideas to take away and develop. But, this is very much the beginning of our journey, and I hope to continue

working with everyone involved with the summit. I would also like to invite others to come forward and see how we can learn from one another, spread the message and instigate necessary change.”

Creative thinking was encouraged during the workshop sessions.

Some of the suggestions put forward included: • using experts to move carbon reduction forward faster • being clear about what the council can’t do, and getting those who can to up their game • ban all cars from Southwark excluding disabled and electric • install more green walls at schools and introduce plants to business environments • put pressure on big supermarkets to stop using low grade plastics • use street design to prioritises pedestrians and cycling • hold regular car free days, to help people explore other ways to move about the borough The council will host a public meeting to look at its draft Carbon Reduction Strategy, which will be informed by the summit, in the autumn. More details are to be announced.

How to Save the Planet The growing evidence of climate change brings with it a desire to take action, but it can seem difficult or overwhelming knowing where to start.

This can lead some to a sense of anxiety associated with the future of our planet. But, with a little inspiration, everyone can unleash their power to act and make an impact.

Rosemead Lates have a talk in Dulwich on 19th September that’s well worth attending for anyone interested in doing their bit for the environment. Called ‘How to Save the Planet, more or less’ this is a short talk by local business woman Gayle Cajee, and her teenage daughter Zaqiya.

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Legal Advice

How can a Director buy back the shares of another Director in a Private Limited Company?

Overview When one director/shareholder in a small company wants to leave, it is usually preferable for their shares to be sold to the company or the remaining shareholder/s who will continue to run the business.

The shareholders will usually ask the company’s accountant to advise on the value of the shares. Once a price has been agreed, it should be considered whether the company will buy back or purchase the shares, or should the remaining shareholder/s buy them?

In practical terms, private company share sales to the remaining shareholder/s are simpler to administer than a company share buyback, but there may be tax benefits in structuring the deal as a company buyback.

Share sale or share buyback?

With a share sale, the selling shareholder will simply sell to the purchasing shareholder for the agreed price. This could be a lump sum payable on completion or structured as a payment over a period of time, or could be linked to future profits of the company, as an earn out. Funding will come from the purchaser and if the purchaser is an existing

shareholder, their individual shareholding will increase.

A share buyback is where the company purchases the shares at an agreed price. In order to do this, Company Law rules must be followed otherwise the directors can be found liable for breach of their duties and HMRC can deny favourable tax concessions for the shareholder.

Funding for the transaction must come from the company which must have sufficient distributable reserves to fund the share buyback. If the funds are not paid from distributable reserves, liabilities can arise.

Funds can come from retained profits or capital or borrowings.

Tax issues

If a shareholder sells his (or her) shares to the company, then the shareholder may be charged income tax.

The profit on the sale is treated like a dividend. However, in certain circumstances, the

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shareholder may be charged capital gains tax.

The requirements for HMRC to treat the share buyback as capital are that the seller must: • Have owned the shares for over 5 years; • Be selling all his (or her) shareholding; or • Be substantially reducing the shareholding by over 25%; and • Hold under 30% of the issued share capital.

Another condition is that the buyback must be for the benefit of the company’s trade (or to pay inheritance tax from a death). In order to check whether these conditions will be satisfied, it is usually advisable to apply to HMRC for advance clearance that the buyback will qualify for capital gains tax treatment.

The seller can choose between income tax and capital gains tax

treatment on the buyback. If capital gain tax applies, then the seller could use the annual exemption and Entrepreneurs’ Relief, in which case the seller would pay 10% capital gains tax.

Company procedures The main company law requirements to be dealt with for a buyback of shares include: • A contract for the share buyback between the Seller and the Company.

• Board minutes to approve the share buyback and payment for the shares.

• Directors statement where payment is made out of capital.

• A resolution of the shareholders.

• Stock transfer form transferring the shares.

Alan Zeffertt

Our expert commercial solicitors will be pleased to advise.

Please contact Alan Zeffertt on aze@anthonygold.co.uk or Elaine O’Connor on eoc@ anthonygold.co.uk

How to Protect Your Company Data SMBs are under attack!

With continuously emerging cyber threats and stronger data protection legislation, data security is a hot topic.

Many major attacks are targeted at large organisations but 58% of malware attack victims are SMBs. This is because smaller businesses are more likely to have vulnerabilities in their IT systems through improper or non-existent IT systems management.

Many outsourced IT support providers fail to take a proactive approach with their SMB clients, resulting in antiquated or obsolete systems which are not protected against the latest threats.

Labyrinth have put together ten key steps that every business should be taking to ensure their data remains secure.

1. Information Asset Register

4. Access Control

7. Documentation

Put together an information asset register, detailing all data that your organisation processes. This is essential for the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and will also help you asses the security of your data.

This document should include:

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This is an area that far too many IT teams/ companies do not take seriously enough.

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Where your information is stored Where your information came from Your legal grounds for processing it Your processing activities Who has access to your data How long your data will be retained for

2. IT Security Audit Carry out annual IT security audits, to assess controls that you have in place and document controls that the business ought to have in place. Use red/amber/green coding to represent the level of risk currently faced by the business in each area. Consider the ‘C.I.A’ triangle when carrying out your assessment. Controls should preserve information Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. Your assessment should cover the following as a minimum: • • • • • •

Server security Device security (including computers and mobile devices) Email security Data security (including cloud systems) Network security System redundancy (Ensures system uptime)

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Ensure staff have only the minimum required level of access to data Implement an access control policy Keep an audit trail of access changes Use documentation such as new employee / leavers checklists to ensure access is correctly implemented and revoked when employees commence or end employment

5. System Maintenance It is crucial to keep your systems up to date to ensure you are protected against the latest vulnerabilities.

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Windows updates should be rolled out on a weekly basis Software updates Firmware updates on network devices

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8. Monitoring • • •

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Implement controls to protect your data. Some of the key controls you should have in place:

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3. Backup

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Ensure your data is encrypted and regularly backed up securely off-site.

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A dedicated hardware firewall with active security subscriptions Business grade anti-virus Complex passwords which expire routinely Email security to scan inbound emails for malware and phishing attacks Encryption of all company data Isolated guest Wifi (if Wifi is provided to guests) Multi factor authentication for cloud services where possible (e.g. Office 365, Dropbox, Xero) Mobile device management

Monitor your systems to detect faults, outages and changes Review security logs on firewalls and servers Monitor anti-virus endpoints to review viruses or endpoint update issues?

9. Governance and Compliance

6. Implement Controls •

Ensure your IT systems are fully documented Document system administration procedures Implement secure configuration standards/checklists for computers, servers and network devices

Implement policies and procedures to govern your employees on data security Provide evidence that your employees are reading and understanding your policies Ensure your data processing activities are compliant with local data protection law, such as the GDPR. Failure to comply with the GDPR can result in fines of up to 4% of your global revenue or 20 million euros (whichever is higher)

10. Training and Employee Awareness • •

Train your employees on the most appropriate way to use your IT systems Ensure your employees are aware of common threats, such as email phishing scams

Labyrinth takes care of these actions for our clients. We will act as your outsourced IT department ensuring excellence in all areas of your IT operations, security and scalability.

For more information or to get advice on all aspects of your business IT and data security, contact us today!

Enquiries@LabyrinthIT.com | Tel: 020 3790 7500

Administration tasks ‘are costing UK freelancers’ Basic administrative tasks are draining money from the British economy, with UK freelancers losing out on £28.1bn every year through routine jobs, according to new research from Setapp, the platform for Mac app subscription services.

According to the researchers, Britain is home to 4.93 million freelancers who are each spending an average of eight and a half days a year on administration, with the most time-consuming tasks being filing taxes (44%), cleaning emails (30%) and fixing IT problems (28%).

The survey of 1,002 British freelancers found that only one in ten (10%) had seen a decrease in the amount of admin they’ve had to do since joining the gig economy, with more than two-fifths (44%) seeing an increase.

Almost half (48%) of the freelancers surveyed said that having to undertake often time-consuming admin tasks held back their productivity, with 16-24-year olds finding it the most frustrating (63%).

The UK is already facing a productivity crisis as levels are lower now than they

were at any time in the 20th Century and Setapp says that freelancers are feeling the effect of time-consuming admin processes, further deepening the crisis.

As freelancers are usually paid for the outputs for their client, it’s vital for the economy that freelancers are able to maximise their productivity, said Oleksandr Kosovan, CEO and Founder of Setapp.

time away from tasks that could increase the revenue they’re able to generate for themselves and the UK economy.”

Just under a quarter (23%) of freelancers surveyed use productivity apps or software on a daily basis, showing that there is a lack of awareness of the apps available to them.

Oleksandr said: “Freelancers are missing out on a substantial amount of money through the inefficiency of how they’re taking on admin tasks.

The survey also found that cost is the biggest factor freelancers consider when selecting the apps that they use, with 70% saying it was their top priority, ahead of user experience (46%) or the reputation of the company (40%).

“Time is money in the freelancing world, and the existing approach is diverting

Oleksandr said: “While some freelancers feel that they have the right tools available

“Just under a quarter (23%) of freelancers surveyed use productivity apps or software on a daily basis, showing that there is a lack of awareness of the apps available to them.”

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to them, there is clearly room for improvement in how they’re choosing and using the apps and software to get their admin done.

“Freelancers are flexible because of the nature of their work, so the tools that they use need to reflect that.

“They might be working on a project for just one month that requires a specific piece of software, so they don’t want to be locked into longterm contracts to access the software they need or have to put up a large sum in upfront for something that maybe only be used or once or twice. Freelancers need to be searching for services that fit their needs, not the other way around.”

• Freelancers are defined as those who are self-employed, freelancers and those that own their own business.

News

Chamber of Commerce

95th Anniversary

To mark the occasion, the Chamber is hosting a black-tie celebration in the new business school at London Southbank University on Monday 16th December.

The party will have a Dickensian theme, looking at Business Past, Business Present and Business Future, with the Future stand focusing on women in business, young business owners and intercultural business ownership and diversity in commerce in our borough.

From the carts from Kent bringing hops to the brewers in Southwark and other parts of London. From the factories turning raw goods imported from all over the British Empire in to manufactured products, to now the high-rise Iconic buildings such as the Shard, pop-ups and a street full of gourmet

cafes and restaurants along Bermondsey Street. From the back to back terraced housing of the some of the poorest families in London to the luxury housing being that is replacing it today.

From technical Colleges to universities, from stage coaches and inns to buses, trains and aeroplanes. From telegraph to telephones lines to mobile wireless technology.

What will the future beyond this hold?

What about Elephant & Castle? What about Artificial Intelligence? What about the environment? What will people want and need in the future?

Join us on 16th December for this celebration.

For more information, please contact admin@southwarkcommerce.com

Chamber sets out to improve inclusivity Architect Shade Abdul has joined the Chamber’s Executive Committee to develop the organisation’s approach to Diversity and Inclusion.

Shade, who runs Studio Shade Abdul in Sandgate Street, has taken on the portfolio covering the subject and believes that the key to success is organisations working together.

She said that the aim for the Chamber was to recruit more Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) business people as members, whereas co-operation with the Chamber could provide useful information to other organisations.

Shade, who started her business in 2010 and specialises in residential work, said: “I decided that

I wanted to help the Chamber and a key way in which I can do that is by improving the way the Chamber reaches out to BAME business people.

“The Chamber had staged a couple of events in the past but had not really reached out to the BAME business community and the way we can do that is by different organisations in the area working together.

“It does not make sense to operate separately because each organisation may have access to information that the others do not. By collaborating, we can share what we know.

I am excited about what we can achieve.”

News company makes charitable donations

Southwark-based News Corp UK has donated £100,000 to seven good causes via the News Corp Giving programme.

This year, News Corp UK is directing efforts towards providing opportunities for young people to build skills and confidence, with a focus on delivering results in the area of literacy, employability and social mobility.

Donations of £25,000 have been given to the Young Women’s Trust, which is helping young women on low or no pay get into work, and OnSide, which is building a network of youth zones to provide young people with quality, safe, affordable spaces and activities.

The money will mean the Young Women’s Trust can boost the chances of 100 deprived young women through employment and confidence coaching sessions and advice on their CV to get them into work.

OnSide will invest the contribution in its national network of Youth Zones, giving young people aged 8–19 years old somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to in their leisure time in deprived areas.

Meanwhile Scottish based children’s charity Jeely Piece Club, disability charity Team Domenica, children’s charity Farms for City Children, East London-based Eastside Young Leaders Academy and Northern writing charity New Writing North will each receive £10,000.

Each charity has been allocated two News Corp UK reps to give them access to resources and expertise along the way.

News UK Director of Corporate Affairs, Daisy Dunlop, said: “As a business, we regularly champion great causes, inspire our readers to donate to charity and campaign for meaningful change.”

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Skills of inspiring young girls into STEM” (BBC Radio 5 Live).

SeeWomen revolves around a curriculum-linked stage show delivered by leading science presenter Fran Scott.

The bespoke show is highly energetic and delivers a mixture of live experiments and careers information as well giving girls the opportunity to question real women in real engineering jobs.

Additional resources enable schools to hold their own events.

SeeWomen: turning the tide The tide is turning when it comes to girls and science.

After decades of focus, special projects and attempts to counter generations of gendered stereotyping, the number of girls taking exams in A-level sciences overtook boys for the first time ever this year.

female students in the UK in 2016/17 were those allied to medicine. However, it’s a different story for engineering, maths and computer sciences which continue to be among the least popular degree choices for women.

The new challenge is to translate young women’s school science into careers. The most popular undergraduate degrees among

In girls’ schools, the numbers of girls studying sciences at A level has always been ahead of the curve, a fact that is helping to

power an innovative partnership between the Girls’ Schools Association (‘GSA’) and the multi-national engineering company, Siemens.

The SeeWomen project aims to inspire more girls to consider working in a STEM field – and engineering in particular.

Nusrat Ghani MP, Department for Transport, called it “one of the best examples in the industry

Through the GSA, Siemens reaches out to girls in both state and independent schools, strengthening existing stateindependent school partnerships and enabling new ones.

To date, the SeeWomen show has visited 10 UK regions, inspiring more events further afield including the Channel Isles.

It has impacted over 3,200 girls at over 61 schools and delivered training to 90 teachers and STEM ambassadors.

The relationships formed between schools and Siemens STEM ambassadors is creating a continuing legacy of cooperation with industry as well as ongoing stateindependent school partnerships that are enabling girls from all backgrounds to aim high.

Dedicated to helping businesses nurture their talent At London South Bank University (LSBU) we’re delighted to offer a broad range of higher and degree-level apprenticeships, developed in conjunction with our employers.

As one of the leading apprenticeship training providers, we offer 21 apprenticeship standards in engineering, building, architecture, health and business – and more to come.

Within business, we offer degree-level apprenticeships in management and marketing. In our Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, students develop knowledge and skills across several business areas, focusing on the study of organisations,

management and the changing environment in which they operate. Upon completion, students qualify with a BA (Hons) Business Management with Business Practice.

Our Digital Marketer Degree Apprenticeship provides core marketing skills including research, consumer behaviour, branding, creative strategy, media channel management, innovation and new product development.

Students qualify with a BA (Hons) Digital Marketing on completion.

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We’re continuously adding apprenticeships to our portfolio.

Our most recent addition is the Chartered Town Planner Apprenticeships Standard; we are currently the only provider offering the 5 year option and one of fewer who offer the 2 year option.

Our apprentices typically spend one day a week at LSBU, and four days per week with their employer, with the company agreeing that the student spends 20% of their time completing

off-the-job learning (typically the one day a week with us as the training provider).

At LSBU, our apprenticeship team is dedicated to helping businesses nurture their talent. We currently work with over 350 businesses and train nearly 1,000 students and are one of only 2 London HE providers to work with non-levy employers (small SMEs).

To find out more about our apprenticeships, please visit lsbu.ac.uk/apprenticeships.

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Optimism abounds as event officially launches college Governors, staff and local partners came together recently for a very special event: the official launch of Southwark College.

The launch was celebrated with an evening drinks reception attended by Councillor Peter John OBE, Leader of Southwark Council , who unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion.

Speaking at the event, Cllr John said that he wanted Southwark College to become “the best college in the best borough in the best city in the world”, and was delighted that the College is working so hard to ensure that it meets the needs of its local community.

The evening also included speeches by Southwark College Principal Annette Cast, Peter Lauener (Chair of NCG, one of the UK’s largest and most successful college groups, which

(L to r) John Litchfield (Chair of Governors/Board), Cllr Peter John, OBE, Leader of Southwark Council, Annette Cast (Principal), Chris Payne, Acting CEO, NCG and Peter Lauener, Chair, NCG

merged with the College in 2017) and Chris Payne (Acting Chief Executive of NCG).

Annette Cast emphasised the key role Southwark College has always played in its local community and the great strides it has made to become ranked number three among London colleges today*.

“We have great plans for the future,” she said.

“Our partnership with the local authority is of paramount importance to us because we are committed to providing a college that supports its residents to be ready for the ever-changing job market and the amazing opportunities that London offers.”

She added: “I have many priorities, but a key one is external partnerships – only by consulting with employers, stakeholders, Higher Education Institutions and peers can we innovate, improve, grow and be financially successful.”

During the evening, talented Level 2 Music students Rashidah Binns and William King entertained guests with some excellent cover versions and an original piece written by Rashidah. *Department of Education National Achievement Rate Tables 2019.

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Skills National Apprenticeship Week is an annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships across England designed to recognise and applaud apprenticeship success stories across the country.

It’s a chance to celebrate apprentices and the brilliant work being done by schools, the FE sector and employers across the country to promote the huge benefits of apprenticeships.

Apprenticeship employers use the opportunity to promote the success of their apprentices and highlight the huge benefits to other employers, of all sizes, who are thinking of taking on an apprentice.

“Apprenticeships offer people of all ages and backgrounds a high-quality route to skilled employment with the option to train at every level in a range of exciting professions like aerospace engineering, data science, teaching, law, nursing, and fashion.

Apprentices across the country will also be celebrated throughout the week, with engagement and events in schools and colleges.

Many current and former apprentices will go back to school to tell their story, attracting the next generation of apprentices, so they too can fire up their future career.

Business urged to support National Apprenticeship Week The 13th annual National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) date has been announced and the event will take place from 3 to 7 February 2020.

Throughout its 13 years, National Apprenticeship Week has brought together apprenticeship supporters from across the country, with MPs, ambassadors, apprentices, training providers and top employers involved in recognising the value and importance of apprenticeships.

Organisers want to recruit even more supporters for 2020, to build on last year’s success, which included: • More than 1,250 events taking place across England • NAW2019, National Apprenticeship Week and #BlazeATrail all trending UK wide on Twitter over the course of the week • More than 30,000 visits to the NAW resource pages on GOV.UK • A successful Ask an Apprentice day with employers, including TUI, Bentley Careers, Siemens UK, AXA Insurance and Cisco all involved.

Anne Milton, who launched the event when she was Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, before standing down in July, said: “I am thrilled that National Apprenticeship Week 2020 will take place during early February 2020.

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“I would encourage employers, training providers, schools, apprentices and our ambassador networks to start considering how they will get involved in National Apprenticeship Week 2020.

We want next year to be even bigger and better reaching even more people and employers so they understand the advantages apprenticeships bring”.

Keith Smith, apprenticeships director, Education and Skills Funding Agency/ Department for Education, said: “A week-long celebration of all things apprenticeships gives opportunity to recognise the importance of apprenticeships and their impact. National Apprenticeship Week also enables employers, providers, partners and apprentices themselves to creatively celebrate what apprentices achieve and the impact they have locally, regionally and nationally.”

The theme of National Apprenticeship Week 2020 will be announced in the Autumn.

More information will be announced on GOV. UK and on social media channels. You can follow @Apprenticeships on Twitter and National Apprenticeship Service on LinkedIn to keep up to date.

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Southwark Works has been successfully working with businesses large and small for over 15 years. Whatever your company size and recruitment needs, we can tailor our services to support you and there is no cost involved in the recruitment process. From sourcing candidates or apprentices to helping with job descriptions, screening and applications, we can provide an end to end service that suits your business needs.

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This resulted in 200+ people being screened by us for interviews. 4 members of the Sainsbury’s team spent 3 days with us, interviewing 50+ people. 31 people were offered jobs. Following another round of screenings and interviews, another 30 local people were taken on - Sainsburys’ managers were impressed with the screening and recruitment process we offered.

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Gigabit game-changer supporting business growth in Southwark There is a digital transformation taking place in the borough of Southwark.

Three years ago Which? highlighted Southwark as one of the 20 worst places in the UK for broadband speeds, with average speeds a pitiful 10.4Mbps. Now the borough has access to the fastest broadband speeds available in the UK – 1,000Mbps – a staggering 9500% increase.

The shift is thanks to Southwark Council entering into an agreement with Hyperoptic to rollout our full fibre network.

This is the gold standard of connectivity. Just 8% of the UK has access to full fibre. For businesses it is a game-changer.

With full fibre comes limitless potential.

Hyperoptic was established to ‘shake up’ the UK broadband industry, which has historically been starved of innovation and operating with restrictive contracts over ageing infrastructure.

Because we install our fibre broadband all the way into a building it means that businesses have a consistent hyperfast service – no matter what time of day it is, what you are doing online and how many staff are online.

The Government recognises that the rollout of full fibre broadband is a national priority. Its target is for 15 million premises to have access to full fibre broadband by 2025, as outlined in its Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review.

Hyperoptic alone is committed to deliver one third of this target, at no cost to the taxpayer.

Ultimately, we understand that reliable digital infrastructure is fundamental for business growth. New and evolving businesses are succeeding through new models, which rely on real-time communications with suppliers and customers and data-driven cloud-based business processes. Downtime costs money. When businesses

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experience gigabit broadband, they find that all processes and interactions become instantaneous, giving them an immediate and significant productivity boost, measurable in net profits.

As well as connecting businesses across Southwark, we are also connecting residents, which is fantastic news for home workers based in the borough.

Urgent issues don’t go away while employees face network congestion and a flaky Internet service. Put simply, they can only work as fast as their broadband allows – so the better and faster the connection, the more responsive staff can be.

We are also pleased to be supporting the local community offering free digital inclusion training. In June we launched our first Digital Skills Academy for local people in Southwark.

The initiative will enable 50 volunteer champions to be given free training and support to

help develop the digital skills of other residents in the borough.

We already provide free full fibre broadband connections to six libraries in Southwark where some of the training will take place (Canada Water, Peckham, Dulwich, Camberwell, Grove Vale, Kingswood, New Walworth). We plan to work with these libraries to identify ten residents who use Southwark Council’s free home library service, to provide six hours of in home training from We are Digital. The in-home training will be for residents with disabilities, older people, carers or those who cannot visit a library.

Switching couldn’t be easier.

Hyperoptic has a range of market-leading business propositions, which are very competitively priced. In fact, we have just boosted the speed of our entry-level product to provide 5x the upload speeds without introducing any price rises.

When we say best business broadband, we mean it Named 2019’s Best Business Broadband and Best Customer Service, we’re rated ‘Excellent’ on Trustpilot with over 2,400 5-star reviews. When it comes to gold-standard service, we mean business.

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As you enter the hotel the original tall white pillars support a porch, jutting out from red brickwork. They face onto the street and the large gold letters “The Dixon” dangle before your eyes.

As you mount the steps you enter a magnificent entrance hall with sumptuous white marble floors, blue carpets, original wooden panelling and an opulent chandelier.

Named after John Dixon Butler, the Grade II-listed building’s original Edwardian architect, The Dixon is steeped in history but inspired by the contemporary character and culture of its vibrant neighbourhood.

Its 193 rooms and suites, lounges and restaurant enjoy an edgy, eclectic design aesthetic and a boutique vibe.

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Many rooms have original Edwardian features such as high ceilings, original decorative covings, and fireplaces.

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Our newly built rooms are contemporary spaces with grey timber furniture, bright fabrics and blackened steel and oak accents. Not every stay will be the same, with rooms offering varied views of London’s skyline.

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Big Interview

Shout it from the rooftops – a technological revolution is happening in Southwark

A communications revolution is under way in Southwark and a new agreement signed by Southwark Council with technology company Optimity is due to play a major part.

The deal is designed to transform life for thousands of businesses because it will allow Optimity to give them access to the high-capacity, superfast broadband that they need to be competitive.

The agreement, signed this summer, is the latest stage in the development of the Londonbased business, which was founded in 2002 and started out by repairing computers and installing telephone lines for SMEs in London.

Gradually, it found its place in the vanguard of the broadband revolution happening in the Capital as the BT monopoly was broken, allowing new companies to move into the market place.

Optimity achieves its success by using wibre™, which only requires an antenna on the roof; no digging the streets and no lengthy delays.

Guiding the growth of the business is its CEO, the telecoms industry veteran Leeland Pavey. Before working at Optimity, he was Chief Operations Officer at Zayo Group where he was responsible for all in-house and outsourced functions including programme and service management, field engineering, IP, optical and fibre installation, sub-sea cables, construction, repair, maintenance, data centres and network operations centre functions.

He took over at the helm of Optimity in April 2018, bringing with him a reputation as an international expert in the field of telecoms infrastructure planning, construction and operations management.

Since arriving, Leeland has overseen the rapid growth of the company, including the lease agreement with Southwark Council, which has allowed Optimity to install its equipment on the rooftops of two local residential blocks, Draper House and Brydale House.

From them, the company is able to offer local businesses the dramatic improvements for which they have been crying out.

Leeland said: “It has taken us the best part of two years to come to the agreement with Southwark Council because the legislation is very cumbersome but now we have been able to install our antenna on the first two rooftops.

“We have already developed our networks in locations including Camden, Islington and Hackney and the more we have developed our business, the more we have realised that London has a whole series of ‘not-spots’ where businesses cannot access high-speed broadband. It is quite incredible that businesses in a major city like London can struggle to access broadband.

“Once we started researching the situation in Southwark, we found a number of not-spots where the broadband access was very poor. One of the places we identified is Rotherhithe and Brydale House allows us to bring high-speed broadband to that part of the area.”

“From those rooftops, we can see about eight and a half thousand businesses which could benefit from the high speed, high-capacity broadband that we can bring.

The determination to eradicate not-spots is what has driven Optimity, which is based in the heart of London and, since it opened its doors in 2002, has become a firmly entrenched industry player.

“We tend to concentrate on businesses or people who work from home because the speed and huge capacity of what we offer is more than any residential property would require.

Its team, which has grown to sixty, supports a multi-million pound turnover and two office locations. Optimity’s approach to telecoms, high speed connectivity, mobile, security

“Once we started researching the situation in Southwark, we found a number of not-spots where the broadband access was very poor. One of the places we identified is Rotherhithe and Brydale House allows us to bring high-speed broadband to that part of the area.”

and IT is bespoke, ensuring that customers receive technology that is tailor-made to their business requirements.

This is then supported, maintained and developed to provide a standard of service that continually strives to go beyond expectations.

An example of what can be achieved was seen with one of the first companies that Optimity helped by installing a connection for a radio station that had poor internet. The weak connection kept on disrupting broadcasts, uploading content was a slow process and streaming programmes was unreliable.

They needed fibre broadband, and fast. Days later, using wibre™, Optimity connected them to its high-speed network and there were no more disruptions. The move cut downtime, slashed slow speeds and reigned in their costs.

All because of an antenna on the roof.

It’s that kind of service that Optimity can bring to Southwark.

Leeland said: “The move onto the two rooftops is just the start in Southwark and what happens next depends on demand – we have already pre-sold contracts to a number of businesses in the area.

“We aim to move onto more rooftops and go into other areas.

We are determined to grow the company.

“The catalyst for the growth is the end of the BT monopoly, which is broken. BT was not offering businesses the high connectivity that they needed.

We can do that.”

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And the winner is…

The Southwark Business Excellence Awards have become an eagerly-awaited event in the area’s business calendar since their launch two years ago.

Organised by Southwark Chamber of Commerce, with the support of organisations including Southwark Council, the awards celebrate the successes and achievements of the borough’s large and vibrant business community.

Businesses of all types and sizes are encouraged to enter a range of categories and many have been shortlisted and gone on to secure the top prizes.

Why winning awards is GOOD FOR BUSINESS If you are proud of what your business does, it makes sense to tell the world and entering competitions can be a good way of getting the word out there.

Yes, putting together an entry can be time-consuming but it can lead to huge benefits if you win or are shortlisted.

They include:

Greater Recognition Winning an award builds recognition for the work you and your team have been doing; it shows off the expertise that you have developed.

Some smaller businesses may struggle to have their voice heard in a competitive sector dominated by bigger rivals with big marketing budgets and an award win offers SMEs the chance to be talked about in the same breath.

Success also testifies to credibility and credibility can lead to more contract opportunities.

In short, businesses are constantly up against stiff competition and award success allows you to stand out from the crowd.

Public relations opportunities The public relations (PR) opportunities that come with making an awards shortlist, or going on to win, are a great way to market your business as it puts you in the spotlight.

The PR for awards tends to run for weeks before, during, and for a considerable length of time after, the event; it’s the gift that keeps on giving.

And being able to put ‘awardwinning’ in the opening line of your press releases delivers a powerful message.

The feel-good factor for employees Your employees work day in, day out to support your business and they can find their morale boosted by an awards win. Awards are a great way to recognise teams and members of staff for their hard work.

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But why would you go to the trouble of putting together an entry? Is it worth the time you will spend pulling together all the information that you need to support your attempt to secure a prize?

In this feature, we examine the benefits that flow from success at awards ceremonies and look at some of the key things you should be considering when it comes to promoting your business, everything from branding to Social Media.

Plus, if your employees can tell their peers they work for an award-winning business, they will feel proud of the company – it makes it easier to hold on to them and to recruit the best people when you do have vacancies.

A sign of progress Award wins add value to the work being done in your business and, even though that may not have a monetary value, they’re a great way of telling people that the business is going in the right direction. They show clear evidence that yours is a business on the up and up.

A learning opportunity Even if you don’t win first time around, there is value in the process of preparing an entry because it allows you to step back and take a long, hard look at the business.

The thought process involved can lead you to view your business in a different way and identify things that require improvement.

Not winning should not be regarded as a failure, rather part of the process and you are bound to come back better and stronger next time.

HANDY AWARD HINTS So what makes a good award entry?

We say: Make sure your entry is free of typos and that you have provided the required information. It all gives an impression that you know what you are doing Limit the jargon. Not everyone understands the terms that you use in your sector so do everything you can not to baffle the judges!

Be honest. Don’t attempt to cover up any weaknesses by edging around the truth.

Judges have seen it all before If you’re a claiming to be a top business within your sector, support the claim with evidence, including facts and figures and customer testimonials if you have them.

Getting the BRANDING RIGHT Branding is crucial for businesses of any size because a product or company whose name is ingrained in the public consciousness has dramatically increased chances of success.

messages. This is about a uniform approach to placing an image of the product in the consumer’s mind.

Vary it and the consumer becomes confused.

Yet despite its importance, branding can sometimes be overlooked by businesses that are confident about the quality of their product but do not invest the necessary time, effort and money in developing it in the public eye.

Despite all the evidence to the contrary, there may still be those who wonder why all this preparation matters.

They may see it as an expensive luxury or they may simply not see the point because they assume that their product will speak for itself.

They may well be right about the quality of their product but good branding does not happen by accident.

So what are the key issues in establishing a good brand? Well, for a start there is the name of the product. Is it one that can be instantly remembered or is it too wordy, too obscure?

If you examine some of the great brands, they are usually short and snappy. One word usually, two at most. This is underlined every year when the Consumer Superbrands league tables are published.

The tables are based on the opinions of marketing experts, business professionals and thousands of British consumers and the vast majority of those singled out have short and snappy names, ranging from British Airways, Apple and Rolex to Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Nike.

Apart from an easily-remembered name, another of the key messages from those that advise on branding is that everyone associated with the company in question should understand the thinking behind it so that they can convey the right image to the public.

Nothing destroys all that work more effectively than promotional materials going out with mixed

Take the humble baked bean as an example. Heinz leads the market and, yes, there are other similar products, yes they may be just as good, but where does the shopper’s hand go first? The one with the strongly defined branding, that’s where. The one with the positive connections, the instantly recognisable colour scheme that has not changed on its labels in years and the name everyone remembers because it’s short.

KEEPING ON TOP OF THE MESSAGE in a changing world Marketing and communication is changing and changing rapidly and the reason is social media.

The sector is no stranger to change.

When it comes to distributing press releases, for instance, the traditional way for decades was by post until the advent of fax, which was itself soon supplanted by email. Suddenly, a press release could reach a myriad of media outlets in seconds.

But even that process, speedy and efficient as it is, has been overtaken by Social Media and the way it allows people to comment immediately on a company‘s pronouncement. Today, the industry is contending with changes wrought by the likes of Twitter, Facebook and their ilk, all of which are rewriting the rules like never before.

PR professionals, while concerned that it is more difficult to control the message on Social Media, can nevertheless see great opportunities in the new ways of contacting customers directly.

That kind of thinking can translate into income for a company. It is estimated that good brand name recognition can increase profits by between 10 to 20 per cent.

For them, one of the main challenge remains that Social Media allows a message to be questioned within seconds. Keeping track of comment has become a major part of the PR professional’s working day.

HANDY BRANDING HINTS

Some of the gloomier pundits have predicted that this is end of traditional PR because now that everyone can practice it, everyone can get a message out.

Make sure your branding is simple, something the potential customer can easily remember Ensure that your branding, colour themes, logos and the like, are consistent across your marketing – if your company colour is purple, stick to it!

Make sure that everyone in your business understands the branding message – you don’t want employees doing something different that clashes with the strategy

However, PR professionals will tell you that the web’s dramatic expansion does not mean that more traditional outlets are being ignored. Newspapers, radio and television remain important, it is just that for many PR specialists hits on the web is where their successes are increasingly being recorded.

Certainly being recorded first.

The cannier practitioners can see the advantages offered by the new platforms. PR is not dying, it’s just evolving.

Marketing companies, too, are showing increasing levels of imagination as they respond to

the new world. They are experimenting with the likes of podcasts, audio files, flash banner advertising and video, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by viral online marketing.

They can, for example, see that a short film showing someone enthusing about a product can be a very effective marketing tool.

Marketing companies are also taking advantage of the exciting revolution in hand-held technology and the opportunities it offers for downloads.

The Age of the App is upon us.

However, another media which is still popular is the most traditional one of all. For many companies, producing their own print publications remains the key to success and those who succeed are the ones who value creativity above everything else, who dedicate time and effort to getting the look and the text right so that they make for attractive and informative reads.

For all marketing experts, though, one thing has not changed. Success is about making the client stand out. Whether it be attractive adverts in magazines and newspapers or inventive use of downloads and websites, creativity holds the key to success. And that won’t change.

HANDY PR HINTS Keep your press releases simple – understand the story that you wish to tell and do it clearly, logically and concisely Don’t assume that the journalist knows about your business. Give them some context, ie how old the business is, what it does and where it is based Avoid jargon – journalists are busy people and anything that puts them off your press release pushes it to the bottom of the pile Include compelling quotes from someone within the business but don’t get too flowery – when quoting someone use ‘said’.

A Hanging Garden and Aladdin’s Cave

by Susan Isaacs Arts and Culture correspondent A garden of lush hanging plants dangles overhead as we sip lattes and tuck into a breakfast of fried eggs and pastries.

Just yards away a cheerful bull, painted with red parrots and green leaves, guards the entrance to the hotel.

The sun streams through the windows as we look out onto tables draped with foliage, on the pavement outside. We are having breakfast at the delightful Lampery Restaurant in the Apex City of London Hotel.

The evening before I thoroughly

enjoyed the chef’s take on Samuel Pepys’s favourite Lampery Pie. The restaurant’s English cheeses were delicious and I remember every tasty sliver of the Beenleigh blue, the Somerset Camembert, and Lincolnshire poacher.

The hotel is just a few minutes walk from historic sites like the Tower of London and the Monument to the Great Fire of London. The narrow streets with entrancing names like Seething Lane, Crutched Friars, and Pepys St take us back to the seventeenth century. But we are enjoying all the comforts that the twenty first century can offer. And on a day when the temperature has reached 35 degrees, the warm welcome, with cool air conditioning, is highly appreciated.

The Apex chain of hotels was started in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket by an enterprising accountant called Norman Springford in 1996. Since then he has grown the company to a portfolio of ten, spanning five cities – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Bath and London. Apex City London Hotel has recently been refurbished.

Many modern luxury hotels like to boast a spa where you can be cosseted and coddled to your hearts

A Vegetarian Boat-ride

Tibits Vegetarian Restaurant in Southwark Street

by Susan Isaacs Arts and Culture correspondent

Large black lamps like inverted eggcups glow down on the vast buffet of vegetarian Tibits dishes.

This buffet is known as a boat and the plates positively flow like waves with a colourful range of vegetarian food.

Tibits has a range of over forty different dishes.

Try lentil salad with chives, dry bean salad with walnuts, spring rolls, Moroccan fennel ,sweetcorn with broccoli, or Kisir, a bulga wheat tomato and pomegranate salad. The oranges, yellows, greens and reds of the vegetables tone beautifully with the restaurant’s colourful wallpaper. There are hexagonal designs on one wall and another has massive roses against a white background.

Food is sold by the weight so

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content and the Apex City of London is no exception with its PURE Spa and Beauty.

My companion is no gardener but by the time she emerged from the manicurist she was certainly green-fingered.

A beautician under a dangling black lamp decorated her nails with all the reverence of a medieval monk working on an illuminated manuscript. Her hands were smothered with a deliciously tingling minty hand mask and then painted with her chosen incandescent green nail varnish. The result could save electricity bills for years to come.

It was my turn next for some pampering, namely a massage.

The darkened room had glowing lights on low tables, black leather couches draped with purple towels, soft music, and the waft of incense throughout. The therapist approached like Aladdin about to cry Open Sesame at the entrance to the cave.

I sunk my head into the preheated bed, and gradually relaxed as the hot flannels seeped through the soles of my feet,and the scented oils reached my inner Karma.

you can load up your tray to your heart’s delight and go to the counter to pay.

The chain was the brainchild of three Swiss brothers, Daniel, Christian, and Reto, the brothers Frei who set up the first restaurant in Switzerland in the year 2000. They teamed up with vegetarian expert Rolf Hiltl, who had founded the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the world,Haus Hiltl in Zurich.

They gave it the name Tibits, based on the old English word titbits. They wanted to leave behind the image of vegetarian restaurants as grungy, and a bit hippyish, and establish something smarter. So the fabrics and designs are deliberately bold, in rich vibrant colours.

Any Tibits restaurant will follow this concept, with the resplendent food “boat” in the centre of the restaurant.

There are nine restaurants in the world now. One of them is Tibits Bankside at the back of the Tate modern in Southwark Street and the other is Tibits Mayfair in London’s Heddon

There were more delights when I leapt into the enormous bath in the luxury bedroom upstairs.

It felt like a small swimming pool because the taps and plug are so cleverly designed that you are hardly aware they exist. They even provide you with a little yellow duck called Edwin to take away and accompany you on your travels.

The hotel is a delightful oasis in the City, I recommend it highly. And when you visit, don’t forget to say hello for me to the delightful flowery bull at the entrance.

Street. I had a chat with the Uk manager, Edmund Farrow who told us what it’s like running a restaurant in the current economic climate.

“It’s a tough market out there.

There were eight restaurants in Heddon St where our other UK branch is, and out of those eight, two of them have closed down. People have jobs and money, but people have lost confidence in spending it.”

I asked what it was like finding staff.

“Its also harder to find staff.

In the past you would get two or three people coming into the restaurant every day, to hand in their cvs. But that has changed a lot. And vegetarian food is very labour intensive to prepare. We cut and chop all our food on the premises, which is very time consuming.

And vegetables can be very expensive. A kilo of Jerusalem artichokes can cost as most as kilo of pork.

How are they finding the current trend for vegan food.

“Of course we think that’s just great. ....People are eating

less meat because of the effect on the environment, and also because it is considered healthier to eat less meat...In fact the vast majority of our customers are not vegetarian, they are just people wanting to have less meat in their diet. And we are getting more and more younger people coming in now... Although there is a great range in the ages of people who come in” My friend and I munch our way through fresh crunchy salads and onto the joys of dessert, Mango panna coco, and delicious vegan cream.

With puddings like this, Tibits is here to stay.

The Printer’s Kiss “Make Your Own,”

London’s only Art Gym, near Borough Tube

by Susan Isaacs Arts and Culture correspondent A startlingly tall man in a green apron potters around the studio, arranging pots of paint. His voice has a gorgeous distinctive Irish lilt to it.

It is Sam Lehane, who, together with beautiful, energetic, Diana Muendo has created Make Your Own an art gym for flexing your creative muscles. It has been going since 2017. They are both former accountants who loved doing colouring books and getting messy with paint. They wanted to bring that joy to a wider audience, and the rest is history.

In a colourful art studio, just minutes from Borough tube, you can learn how to throw pots, craft words in calligraphy, lino print, and embroider. And the offer is continually growing. The classes are very reasonably priced for the lavish materials and equipment included, at an average of £30-£40 for a two and a half hour session.

They also specialise in providing in- house workshops to companies and the response has been terrific.

Clients include AXA, Lloyds, Premier Inn and Sainsbury’s, and the companies keep coming back for more.

Huge glass pots crammed with buttons and baubles line the walls.

There are reels of cotton in reds, blues, oranges, and purple. White pots in every shape from high heeled shoes to small squat ducks wait to be painted.

A gorgeous array of multi coloured paper waits to be used, and even the aprons come in a rainbow of colours “You are going to spend most of your time gouging, which is a deeply satisfying thing to do,” said the teacher Charley, a multitalented theatre director and writer, as we settled down to some serious lino cut making.

She was quite right. My companion and I carved out large chunks of lino to create birds and trees.

We learned how to apply a “printer’s kiss” by coating the lino lavishly with paint and rolling it onto cotton shoulder bags. My friend created a whole forest of dreamy silver trees, from one lino cut, and I produced a flurry of chickens, somewhat unevenly flying around my cream bag.

The workshop could have been an anger management one, as Charley recommended “Get the rage out as you press on the paint rollers,” and “have a go at stabbing to create those dots” and “apply some hatred to the cling film.”

It was fantastically therapeutic.

Sam so rightly summed up the spirit of it all. “people who haven’t been creative since they were five, feel reluctant, then two hours later they have produced something they are really proud and happy with.”

Try it yourself and see.

For further information visit www.MYO.Place

“Huge glass pots crammed with buttons and baubles line the walls. There are reels of cotton in reds, blues, oranges, and purple.

White pots in every shape from high heeled shoes to small squat ducks wait to be painted.”

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Coastal Retreat

The Sunshine Coast is a breath of fresh air

By Susan Isaacs Arts and Culture correspondent stunning views where iconic white cliffs meet the rolling green baize of the South Downs Country Park.

For our recent visit we stayed at the Pier Hotel. It is ideally situated for all amenities, and directly opposite the pier and beach.

It was lovely to have all those happy holiday makers on our doorstep.

From our hotel apartment we gazed through the hotel windows at vast gold domes on the pier glowing against a blue and grey sky. Seagulls squawk and perch cosily on lampposts and the whiff of salty air, and sugary candy-floss hits your nostrils.

Welcome to the Pier Hotel.

For those looking to escape the hustle and bustle of London, a short trip South by car or train will take you to the refreshing delights of Eastbourne.

The beautiful coastal town is a favourite seaside destination for many and boasts an enchanting traditional ambience. Situated just 19 miles east of Brighton, Eastbourne is a quieter, slower pace than its larger cosmopolitan city along the south coast.

As well as the clear air and sparkling water, Eastbourne is nationally recognised as the town with the most daylight hours of sunshine. Signs proclaiming ‘The Sunshine Coast’ welcome visitors with pride.

This lovely town also offers an ideal base to explore the south coast. On the outskirts of Eastbourne is the world renowned Beachy Head. Recently tipped by Lonely Planet as one of the top 500 UK experiences, no visitor to Eastbourne should miss the

This white fronted Victorian Hotel was built in the mid 1800’s and was originally called Belle Vue Hotel. Beautiful wrought iron balconies front onto the sea, and bright gold letters leave you in no doubt as to where you are.

The reception area has comfortable armchairs, so comfortable you might never get out of them, and brightly stained art deco lamps light up the scene.

It is a vast rambling building, and you could easily lose yourself in the carpeted corridors and intriguing staircases. The walls are lined with paintings and prints of Eastbourne, showing the tall blue lighthouse, and the gold and blue bandstand that faces the sea.

We excitedly entered the family flat that could house not just a two parent, two children unit, but with all those extra beds, as many as six people. The kitchen was a special delight, with its sparkling black and white tiles, and microwave toaster and kettle in a really gorgeous red.

You could sip your soda on a terrace that overlooked the pier and beach, or drift down to the bar at midnight, as my family did, and sink into the vast red-leather armchairs, or spin round on the black stools that face the wellstocked bar. The hotel has thirty one rooms that consist of Single, Double, Twin, and Family rooms as well as a family flat. Over half the rooms have a view onto the sea.

The Pier was great fun. The kids spent hours flipping two pence coins to the bottom of flashing pinball machines, and you would be amazed to see how long the change from a one pound coin could keep them busy. There were the gift shops with jiggling mini models of Elvis (the King), and Elizabeth (the Queen), and the Victorian tearooms with vast glittering chandeliers. My favourite place was the glassblowing shop where the artists shaped and moulded swans and angels, butterflies, and beetles in minutes.

I couldn’t believe the prices, £1.99 for a glass ladybird, made

“On the outskirts of Eastbourne is the world renowned Beachy Head. Recently tipped by Lonely Planet as one of the top 500 UK experiences, no visitor to Eastbourne should miss the stunning views where iconic white cliffs meet the rolling green baize of the South Downs Country Park.”

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before your very eyes, and bought several to stick in pots and keep the plants company at home.

The owner Lucas took on the hotel just a short while ago, and is renovating it and introducing new ideas. He is a restaurateur with over twenty years experience, and is converting the charming coffee shop, restaurant and bar.

The coffee shop opens out onto the street and if you gaze up at the ceiling you see a long wooden boat suspended, while in a corner, a little chest of drawers and low table, boast an array of cuddly toys, and children’s books.

But the real beauty of this hotel is its location. Within Eastbourne there are lots of theatres, restaurants, and little craft shops just a few minutes’ walk away.

We all giggled our way through a deliciously silly version of the John Buchan thriller, The 39 Steps, at the red and gold curtained Devonshire Park Theatre. The hero escaped from gunshots, pursuing policeman, wicked professors, and foreign spies, without turning a hair. And of course he got the girl in the end. It was as good as anything we’ve seen in London’s West End without the hassle of tubes and buses to get to.

We enjoyed our R&R break and where better to sample Eastbourne’s delights, than the Pier Hotel. Try it yourself and see.

Get Ready for Brexit

Voice from Westminster

I’ve been approached by many businesses in Southwark about Brexit. The Government’s own research shows that 42% of small and medium sized businesses are not sure how to prepare when Johnson’s plans are unclear at best and beyond risky at worst.

Instead of outlining a clear strategy and new proposals for an alternative agreement, the Government is wasting another £100 million on a ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ PR campaign littered with new deceits.

From lies on the side of a bus, we now have a national fraud campaign trying to hide the fact that or country faces food, fuel, medicine and energy shortages as a direct result of Government plans.

Johnson once famously said “f*ck business” and is sadly proving true to his word in Government and continues to treat businesses with contempt.

This extraordinary situation is outrageous and I will continue to work to oppose Brexit full stop and especially Johnson’s grubby efforts to scrape No Deal through Westminster by hook or by crook.

Some of the Government’s guidance for businesses preparing for Brexit goes against its own policies.

The Government’s website states that there will be a transition period for freedom of movement lasting until 2021, yet the new Home Secretary has been pushing plans to end freedom of movement overnight on October 31st.

This now looks likely to be abandoned in the face of legal challenges.

The proposed £30,000 salary threshold for immigration if Freedom of Movement ends is also extremely concerning.

Recent research from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry shows that 57% of businesses in the capital feel this would worsen the skill shortage and 68% say that this would particularly damage the supply of workers which many

Southwark firms rely on. I am very supportive of the Mayor of London and the LCCI’s calls for this damaging threshold to be reduced or scrapped and will be pushing for this in Parliament.

Thankfully, Sadiq Khan has also funded Brexit preparation workshops for businesses by Southwark-based BrexitHelp.

These have been helpful sessions for the local employers who have attended and may be useful to other businesses.

Most of the sessions took place earlier in the summer, but get in touch with them at www.BrexitHelp.net for their resources on preparing for Brexit.

Finally, a note about the ‘Late Night Levy’ being implemented from this month

“Recent research from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry shows that 57% of businesses in the capital feel this would worsen the skill shortage and 68% say that this would particularly damage the supply of workers which many Southwark firms rely on.”

in Southwark. I have generally been very supportive of the council’s efforts to support businesses and help achieve full employment in our borough.

But the levy comes at a very difficult time for businesses.

Employers have already been hit by the Government’s increase in business rates, uncertainty over Brexit and rent increases.

Many local businesses are unaware that they will now have to pay a new levy for services they already thought they contributed towards.

The council have not communicated well enough with the businesses affected or with the Southwark Chambers of Commerce or the Business Improvement Districts.

I hope the council monitors the impact very closely and will rescind the levy if it costs too much to run or fails to deliver any additional security.

Please get in touch at neil.coyle.mp@parliament.uk if the levy is having an impact on your business or I can help with any other matter.

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Remembering When ...

Remembering when ...

Gt.Surrey Street was created to join Blackfriars Bridge to Newington and beyond.

By Ken Hayes Honorary Secretary

In the middle 18th Century the City of London Corporation wished to connect the south side of the river Thames to the City of London to ease the movement of the growing traffic of goods and people between the City and Southwark.

In 1751 a new road was built to connect the Kent Road to Newington and to link up to the new Westminster Bridge Road built in 1750. Act of Parliament for a new Bridge at Blackfriars to join the west end of the City to Bankside and beyond was passed in 1756, which included the creation of approach roads.

The Bridge took 9 years to build and opened as a toll bridge.

A further Act of Parliament was needed in 1768 to create Gt. Surrey Street, to connect the bridge to Newington, which we now know as the Elephant and Castle, (named after the Inn that was located there).

The Toll on the Bridge was removed in 1785 which led to the development of the road both commercially and residentially.

And was renamed Blackfriars Road in 1829. The area was known for Hat making and Tea and Coffee merchants warehouses.

John Rennie built a larger factory to build his machinery in nearby Holland Street on part of the old mill site. He later went on to design Waterloo Bridge, which opened in 1817, Southwark Bridge 1819 and the rebuilt London Bridge, completed by his son in 1831.

John Sainsbury opened his first shop in Drury Lane in 1869 and as the business expanded all over London a shop was opened in Blackfriars Road. In 1890 they built a new Head office, Stores and a Sausage and Pie Factory at the junction of Stamford Street and Blackfriars Road.

Most of the housing that was developed along Gt. Surrey Street was built between 1765 and 1790 on land owned by the Barons, (the Lords of the manors in the area), who let the land on building leases.

Only a few of these houses remain between the Cut and Ufford Street.

He drew large congregations to hear his sermons and when he died in 1833, at his house, 45 Charlotte Street, (now Union Street), he was buried in a vault under the pulpit of the Chapel.

In 1876 the congregation moved themselves to Christ Church, Westminster Bridge Road. The octagonal chapel finally closed as a place of worship in 1881.

After a period as a factory it became a venue for licenced boxing, known as ‘The Ring’.

It was badly damaged during the Blitz in the 1940’s and was rebuilt after the war as the East India branch of the British Library.

On the S. E. corner of Union Street and Blackfriars Road was the premises of Ironmongers whose sign outside was of a dog licking a brass pot which was their trademark used on their coal hole plates and other ironmongery.

Opposite Southwark Tube station is the Palestra Building, the head office of Transport for London. This was the site of the Surrey Chapel, built by the Rev. Rowland Hill, a Church of England priest and his brother Sir Richard Hill, who were protestant dissenters.

The young Charles Dickens used to pass here on the way to his job at the Blacking factory and commented on passing the shop with the sign of a dog licking a golden pot. An historic recreation of the Dog and Pot sign has been installed on this corner.

Hill never completely severed his link with the Church of England.

Nelson Square was laid out in 1807 on previously demesne land of the

Between 1783-86 the Albion Flour Mills were built by Matthew Boulton next to the southside of Blackfriars Bridge. A Scottish engineer, John Rennie, designed and installed the flour grinding and dressing machinery, the first steam powered mills in London.

The Mills were the ‘Industrial wonder’ of the time, producing 6,000 bushels of flour a week.

In 1791 the Albion Mills burned down and was a suspected arson by local mill owners and mill workers who feared for their livelihood. The mill remained derelict until it was pulled down in 1809.

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Paris Garden manor owned by Sir Francis Lindley Wood, an ancestor of Lord Halifax. It was not fully tenanted until 1814.

The square was almost completely destroyed during an Air raid in the early 1940’s, with only three of the houses remaining intact.

The London Plane trees also survived and are prominent in the square’s Gardens today.

The poet Shelly lodged at no 25 Nelson Sq. in 1814. After the war the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark built a council estate in the square.

Further along Blackfriars Road there is the Sons of Temperance Friendly Society building, a reminder of the drunkenness of the poor in this part of London where gin was distilled without excise and sold cheaply.

On the west side of the road on the corner of Webber Street is Peabody buildings, one of many affordable housing blocks built in London by the Peabody Trust on the site of the old Magdalene Hospital.

Just before the junction with St. Georges Circus, Charles Hughes, a “Strong Man” and equestrian performer opened an exhibition and riding school in opposition to Astley’s Circus in Westminster Bridge Road in 1771. Twelve years later he went into partnership with Charles Dibdin, a song writer and they built a Theatre at a cost of £15.000.

An early handicap to the success of the project was the opposition of the Surrey Magistrates to theatrical entertainment who closed it as an unlicensed building.

The devotees of the theatre offered such resistance to this that the Riot Act was read and the Military called out. The house then obtained a licence and reopened a few months later as the Royal Circus.

In 1803 it burned down and was rebuilt. It burned down again in 1865 and was again rebuilt and enlarged and it became the Royal Surrey Theatre. It survived until 1924 and was demolished in 1934.

Indoor Cycling is Easier than Riding a Bike!

If you’ve ever looked at a cycling studio and questioned the dark room, the loud music and the people in lycra sweating like crazy, you may have thought it’s only for hard-core cyclists.

Let’s dispel the myths right now. You don’t have to be training for the Tour de France to enjoy indoor cycling. You don’t even have to be able to ride a two-wheeler. In fact, it doesn’t matter if it’s your first time on a bike.

Indoor cycling instructors are trained to guide you all the way. They will help with everything from setting you up on the bike to explaining basic technique and motivating you through the workout.

Technical stuff

So what do you need to know?

What to bring Water, a towel, comfortable trainers. Specialist cycling gear is definitely not required.

Equipment The most essential tool for studio cycling has been taken care of – the bike.

Booking and bike setup The instructor will show you how to adjust your seat height, so you get full extension through the legs; how to secure your feet on the pedals; how to position the seat to protect your knees and to make sure you’re able to reach the handlebars without straining.

The first time you attend, you’ll be listening for the basic cues. As you keep coming back, you’ll pick up on tips for sprinting faster and climbing higher.

Start your new fitness journey, sign up at Dulwich College Sports Club today! www.lesmills.com/knowledge/newsfeed/easier-thanriding-a-bike

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All the skills you need are taught in class. It’s very simple, just listen to the instructor’s motivational and physical cues. Indoor cycling workouts are designed for consistency and results. You get to focus all your energy on the workout instead of trying to figure out how much resistance to add or if you should be standing or sitting.

THE SPORTS CLUB

get fit, have fun, meet people

What are you looking for in a Sports Club?

Are you an experienced cyclist or looking for a new way to get fit, have fun and meet people?

Now’s the time to get off the road and immerse yourself in the new state of the art Cycling Studio at Dulwich College Sports Club.

Featuring Keiser bikes and Les Mills RPMTM, Les Mills SprintTM and Les Mills The TripTM, these classes and more will combine a range of cycling styles to sculpt your muscles and get your heart racing.

With the newly launched Activity Access Card, registered adults can book 4 days ahead for payas-you-go Cycling Classes, Tennis Courts and Squash Courts. See dcsportsclub.co.uk for T&Cs.

The Dulwich College Cycling Studio is an awesome addition to The Sports Club which already has a vast array of indoor and outdoor sports facilities for Members, Hirers and Activity Access cardholders to enjoy.

Cycling Classes are FREE TO MEMBERS, with 10 days advanced booking and with a special launch offer of NO JOINING FEE in September and October 2019 now is a great time to become a member!

Have you been looking for a friendly, affordable place to get yourself fitter and healthier, or to take up a new sport?

NO JOINING FEE IN SEPT & OCT 2019 (normally £100)

Please see our website where you can also take a virtual tour, book a club visit or arrange for a taster swim with our compliments.

We look forward to welcoming you soon.

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Health & Wellbeing

3 ways osteopathy

can help to keep your workforce healthy!

Today the way people work within many companies has and is changing, therefore helping your employees and workers maintain their health is key to maintaining a healthy workforce for your company.

In 2017 alone 30.8 million working days were lost to musculoskeletal injuries (ONS statistics) so here are 3 ways osteopathy can help to keep your workforce healthy.

• Osteopaths are proficient in treating and improving injuries sustained at work and sporting injuries sustained at the weekend Whether you sit at a desk all day, drive for a living or work a manual job, stresses and strains of your job can have a detrimental effect on your body.

We all do our best to look after ourselves and your workplace will do all it can to provide health & safety training and occupational health advice such as ergonomic desk assessments.

However injuries do happen which can be effectively treated by osteopaths who will give you additional advice to help restore your health. Different sports can produce different injuries and again osteopaths are well equipped to address these (such as muscle strains and joint sprains).

Getting you back to your sport as quickly as possible will allow you to continue a healthy and mobile lifestyle.

• Osteopaths can provide ergonomic assessments and postural advice Regardless of what you do for a living, looking after your posture is key to good spinal health.

These days flexible working and working from home has dramatically changed where and how we sit which often means working from a sofa, a coffee shop or sitting hunched over a laptop.

As mentioned above a good start is an ergonomic desk assessment provided by your workplace or your local physical therapist.

Osteopathic treatment along with exercise prescription can help further improve and maintain your spinal health, working specifically on improving joint mobility and muscle flexibility.

• Osteopaths not only work on reducing and eliminating pain they also work on improving movement Osteopaths use many modalities such as joint mobilisation, soft tissue massage, exercise rehabilitation, taping and medical acupuncture to help restore function to joints and muscles which are causing pain and immobility.

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Reduced or eliminated pain can help you maintain everyday activities and your osteopath can also help to prevent pain from returning by improving, mobility, strength, balance and confidence.

Physical therapy, such as osteopathy, can help if you are having issues with standing, moving and walking. Individual plans of care are tailored to a persons needs, and may include direct hands on treatment such as soft tissue massage, joint mobilisation, stretching, strengthening and rehabilitation exercises.

The overall results will help you gain back lost mobility from injury or even improve mobility by an extra 10-30% enabling you to achieve daily activities that would have been a problem before.

Where to find your local osteopath?

All osteopaths are government registered via the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC).

The team of osteopaths at Bodytonic Clinic are on hand to answer any questions that you may have regarding the plan of care that you require.

Each plan of care is tailored to individual needs focusing on the goals and outcomes that each individual is looking for.

Whether its being able to get back to work, getting back into the sport you love or even improving the quality of life that a low back problem is reducing then your local osteopath is on hand and able to help.

10-11 Dock Offices Surrey Quays Road, London SE16 2XU 0203 6060 490 bodytonicclinic.co.uk Canada Water, Stratford and Wapping

Health & Wellbeing

Getting back into a fitness routine after the summer with Everyone Active September is like Autumn’s version of the New Year’s Resolution. It’s the second time during the year where our minds need a pep talk in order to get back into a routine. To work normal hours.

To get the kids back in the rhythm of school again. And to get back into a routine at the gym.

But now that it’s back-to-school time and the days are steadily beginning to get colder and shorter, here are some helpful tips from Everyone Active on how you can successfully get back into the after-summer workout groove!

1. Start with something easy If the thought of taking that first step back into the gym for a super long workout is a little too daunting, it can be useful to just start with something easy.

range of activities so everyone can find something for them – from Paddle Boarding at Surrey Docks and swimming at Dulwich Leisure Centre to gymnastics at Camberwell and Wheelchair basketball at The Castle Centre.

Equally, if you are a gym lover, but are not always sure where to start, our Personal Training team would be happy to lend a helping hand. Once you fall in love with being active and it doesn’t feel like a chore, you’re much more likely to keep it up.

Get outside and go for a brisk walk or a light jog, to get moving.

Or commit to a short 15 minute workout in the comfort of your own home to get the heart rate up – there are plenty of online workouts you can use for inspiration. As soon as you start with something small and feel good from that, you’ll more likely want to continue on and get back into your healthy habits.

3. Grab a buddy It’s always more fun to work out with friends! Having a social aspect to your workouts can definitely boost your commitment to hitting the gym, as well as giving you accountability to keep attending. That’s also why group exercise classes are so effective, as they give everyone a shared sense of purpose, achievement and motivation.

2. Find an activity you love It’s all too easy to think that the only option for getting back into exercise is going into the gym. But if it’s not what you enjoy, it’s going to be harder to stay on track. There are so many different ways to move our bodies, and to have fun doing so. Our centres have a

We offer a huge range of group exercise classes throughout our centres, including weight based conditioning classes like LES MILLS BODYPUMP, cardio based spinning sessions, intense HIIT workouts and more holistic exercises like Pilates and Yoga.

Our instructors will always make you feel welcome in their class,

putting you at ease as you get stuck into the workout.

Equally, our Leisure Centres offer the perfect family outing opportunity so you can all make it part of your routine and encourage each other. Our Active Kids programmes give the chance for children to exercise whilst having fun and making new friends, with activities at various centres on offer including gym and swim sessions, soft play, tennis, gymnastics etc. Whilst the little ones are happily running around, you can either choose to watch them or to take some time to yourself for your own fitness routine. Make it a family affair!

4. Schedule it in your diary If you are looking for an excuse to bail on your workout, then you will find an opportunity for a distraction to deter you.

That’s why it’s important to clear your schedule and make time specifically for your exercise.

Make sure it’s scheduled for a time that you won’t get easily distracted. If you know that you get caught up at work in the evenings, then schedule your workout in the mornings.

If mornings are too busy, then schedule your workout in the evenings. It’s all about planning ahead.

5. Focus on the feeling Sometimes we focus too much on the effort of it, rather than the outcome. The thing with a workout is while it can be hard in the moment, you will feel amazing afterwards.

So, if you need something to help you refocus and motivate you, just remember that postworkout high. Aside from some sore muscles, you will never regret a workout. You could even treat yourself to a delicious post workout protein shake or some new funky gym kit to keep you inspired.

Overall, when getting back into fitness, it’s important to be realistic with your expectations of yourself. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re not still where you hoped you’d be or you miss a day. Just keep going and celebrate your wins. It’s a marathon not a sprint, so don’t take an all or nothing approach – a little bit is always better than nothing.

Get in touch with the Everyone Active teams across Southwark to hear more about the leisure activities available to you.

Visit www.everyoneactive.com for more information.

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Events

Southwark Chamber of Commerce welcomes its latest member companies

UPCOMING EVENTS Join our informative and engaging range of events.

A perfect opportunity to make new business contacts.

Our events are designed to help you broaden your network, learn something new or get involved with key topical issues for businesses in Southwark.

Our networking events are great for regular members to make and maintain useful contacts, and we always welcome first-timers.

Event: Promoting Your Business Through PR Date: Thursday 26 September 12:30pm – 2:00pm Venue: Global House, 96-108 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BE Event: Southwark Commercial Property Update Date: Thursday 10 October 6:00pm Venue: Dixon Hotel, 211 Tooley Street, SE1 2JX Event: Networking Across Borders with South East London Chamber Date: 7 November Venue: New Clipper to Greenwich and meet with other Chamber members Event: 95th Year Changing Nature of Southwark Date: 16 December Venue: LSBU Centre Event: 2020 Southwark Business Award Launch Date: 21 January 2020 Event: Talk on Cyber Crime and Social Media by Barclays Bank and Reload Digital Date: 29 January 2020 Venue: Barclays Bank

A J Morrisroe & Sons Ltd Ligia Ionescu 07590 984613 ligia@morrisroe.co.uk

Fuse Architects James Burgess 02073 788789 jamesb@fusearchitects.co.uk

Pranav Chopra, NEMI Teas Pranav Chopra 07577 490981 pranav@nemiteas.com

Anthony Gold Solicitors Elaine O’Connor 02079 404000 eoc@anthonygold.co.uk

Get Living Victoria Cook 07711 914584 victoria.cook@getliving.com

Pulse Outdoor Media Marion Cronin 02073 055859 marion.cronin@pulseoutdoor.com

Archimedes Inspiration Al Escape Kou Tseng 07477 007818 archimedes.inspiration @gmail.com

Hilton London Bankside Kate Hannah 02075 933949 kate.hannah@hiltonbanks.co.uk

Really Maria Maria Sammur 07590 391772 maria@sammur.com

Hiver Beers Dean Lavender 02031 989972 dean@hiverbeers.com

Sarah Penn, Outstanding Branding Emma Reynolds 02031 426700 emmar@outstandingbranding.co.uk

Inspired Search & Selection Suzy Astbury 02036 686731 s.astbury@inspiredselection.com

Simone Vincenzi, Growing Together Exponentially Simone Vincenzi 07845 063595 simone@gtex.org.uk

Ballers Football Academy Jamie Mehmet 07400 543210 info@ballersfootballacademy.co.uk Bermondsey Square Hotel Sue Pile 07766 6111365 sue@bvslondon.co.uk Bodytonic Clinic James Gill 02036 060490 james@bodytonicclinic.co.uk Cervantes Theatre Paula Paz 07923 612826 paulapaz@cervantestheatre.com Cloudscape IT Steve Lawton 07980 966195 slawton@cloudscape.it Complete I.T. Jack Fryer 01628 552850 jack.fryer@complete-it.co.uk

Katherine Elizabeth Millinary Katharine Elizabeth 0203 172986 katherine@ katherineelizabethhats.com Kristen O’Connell, Superlative Recruitment Kristen O’Connell 07713 581675 kristen@superrecruit.co.uk London Bridge Hotel Alexandra Pinhorn 07515283040 alexandra@mallegan-pr.com Lyte Clint Austin 07841 214132 clint@lyte.uk

Suzy Astbury, Inspired Search & Selection Suzy Astbury 02036 686731 s.astbury@inspiredselection.com The Bermondsey Artists’ Group Managing CGP London David Allen 02072 371230 strategicdevelopment@ cgplondon.org The Ghost Bus Tours Max Halbritter 07847 887188 max@theghostbustours.com The London Cat Clinic James Hartley 07411 937308 james@thelondoncatclinic.co.uk

Disability Sports Coach Claire Ackred 02079 284267 claire@disabilitysportscoach.co.uk

Event: Business Networking in Peckham/Camberwell Date: 11 February Venue: Peckham Theatre

Magnus Rodwell London Artist Magnus Rodwell 07717 216405 magnus.rodwell@hotmail.co.uk

EngageTech Nashwan Fayyad 02036 422599 nashwan.fayyad@engagetech.co.uk

Origin Coffee Roasters Amy Perry 02079 283057 amy@origincoffee.co.uk

Event: Twinning Event Touring Southwark’s breweries on Bermondsey Beer Mile Date: March 2020

Everyone Active James Tierney 07740 535604 jamestierney@everyoneactive.com

Outstanding Branding Emma Reynolds 02031426700 emmar@outstandingbranding.co.uk

Event: Re-enactment of Pilgrim tour Date: 16 July 2020 Venue: Aboard Golden Sunrise vessel

Time & Talents Sarah Gibb 0794 6514067 sarahgibb@timeandtalents.org.uk

Fitness Space Charlie Cozens 0203 9720350 surreyquays@fitnessspace.com

Paladar Charles Tyler 02071 865555 charles@paladarlondon.com

VHR Aimee Treasure 0207 5007980 aimee.treasure@v-hr.com

Forge Architects Laura Lamont 02073 787782 llamont@forgearchitects.co.uk

Peak Xavier Louis 07917 891609 xavier@peak.net

Waterman Group Nick Harrison 0773 9090552 nick.harrison@watermangroup.com

Please check the website www.southwarkcommerce.com for updated information.

Times and locations to be confirmed.

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Theatre Peckham Suzy Smith 0207 7085401 suzy@theatrepeckham.co.uk Tibits Saskla Hadley 0207 2028370 info@tibits.co.uk

The Last Word

The Last Word

French, Spanish, Italian and German classes start soon

Gary Sharpe Dulwich College Sports Club

www.languages2000.co.uk

Sports Club Manager

Please contact Susan on susanelizabethisaacs@icloud.com To join the mailing list please link to http://eepurl.com/bev4c9 A series of language courses will be running from September 24th 2019 for ten weeks.

The cost is £195 for new students and £165 for returning students. The Thursday classes will be held at More London near London Bridge and the Tuesday classes will be held by the Barbican.

Courses are open to beginners, intermediate and advanced speakers of French, Spanish and Italian as well as beginner and intermediate students of German.

Class Times and Locations French classes www.languages2000.co.uk/French • Thursday 12.00pm (45 mins) Beginners plus French at More London (start date Thursday September 26th) • Thursday 7.15pm (45 mins) Intermediate French at More London (start date Thursday September 26th) • Thursday 1.30pm (45 mins) Advanced French at More London (start date Thursday September 26th) • Tuesday 8.00 am (45 mins) Higher intermediate/advanced French near the Barbican (start date Tuesday September 24th)

Spanish classes www.languages2000.co.uk/Spanish • Thursday 8.00 pm (45 mins) Beginners Spanish at More London (start date Thursday September 26th) • Thursday 6.30pm (45 mins) Higher intermediate Spanish at More London (start date Thursday September 26th)

Italian classes www.languages2000.co.uk/Italian • Thursday 12.45pm (45 mins) Intermediate Italian at More London (start date Thursday September 26th) • Thursday 5.00pm (45 mins) Intermediate/advanced Italian at More London (start date Thursday September 26th) • Tuesday 8.45am (45 mins) Beginners plus Italian near the Barbican (start date Tuesday September 24th)

German classes www.languages2000.co.uk/German • Thursday 5.45pm (45 mins) Intermediate German at More London (start date Thursday September 26th) • Thursday 8.45pm (45 mins) Beginners German at More London (start date Thursday September 26th)

Beginners Classes In the beginners classes we will be looking at subjects like your family, work, where you live, leisure activities, learning to make basic conversation, listening to recordings and covering basic grammar.

We will look at the present tense, maculine, feminine, and neuter, and also singular and plural, and possibly the past and future tenses.

Beginners plus French This is aimed at people who have done a year or more of French, or completed a term or so in one of my classes. We will be covering subjects like your family, work, where you live, and leisure activities learning to make basic conversation, listening to CD and covering basic grammar.

Intermediate French Higher This is for people who have done a few years French at school, maybe many years ago up to O-level or GCSE, or perhaps A-level.

We read newspaper articles together.

As far as the grammar is concerned we’ll revise the present tense, and masculine and feminine, singular and plural, and then look at the past and possibly future tenses in detail.

Intermediate Spanish This is for people who have done some before, perhaps up to GCSE level and or lived in a Spanish speaking country. Often people have studied for a year or more in my classes.

We’ll aim to cover the following subjects: we’ll learn how to say who you are, where you live, what your job is, and talk about your family.

We’ll look at how to buy clothes in a shop, book into a hotel, get out of an airport, and how to order food in a restaurant.

As far as the grammar is concerned we’ll look at singular and plural, masculine, feminine and neuter, and the present tense, and some past tenses, and possibly the future and conditional.

Intermediate Italian This class is a roughly GCSE level. Students who speak other Latin languages or have studied them to A-level or degree level could join too.

We will be chatting about subjects like shopping, spare time interests, and holidays in some depth.

As far as the grammar is concerned we’ll revise the present tense, and masculine and feminine, singular and plural, and then look at the past and possibly future tenses in detail.

Intermediate German This is aimed at people who have studied perhaps at GCSE or A-level or spent some time in a German speaking country. This group has been with me for a while and made excellent progress. Do not feel you have to be able to do this by yourself.

As far as the grammar is concerned we’ll look at singular and plural, masculine, feminine and neuter, and the present tense, and some past tenses, the future and the conditional and the different cases.

After spending my entire childhood playing sports and gaining a degree in Sports Studies there was only one career path for me – Leisure. It sounded like a nice way to earn a living and it has been.

I have managed private, local authority & overseas clubs, I settled at Dulwich College Sports Club in 2005 with the goal of turning it into a quality members club.

After 14 years of hard work I think we got there and I’m especially excited about our new state-of-the-art Cycling Studio.

Q1. What was your first job and what was the pay packet?

Paper Boy. I earned a few coppers cycling up and down large hills and around caravan sites, and was forced to settle the many arrears of my customers out of my wages! I always had enough left for a bar of chocolate though.

Q2. If you were prime minister, what would be your first decision?

I would outlaw mobile phones, tablets and computers and bring back healthy outdoor play, conversation, typed memos (maximum 2 per day) and live music gigs where people actually enjoy it together, here and now instead of recording it for later.

Q3. What is the biggest challenge in your business?

Helping people to achieve their lifestyle, fitness and sporting aims. It sounds easy but a lot of work goes on behind the scenes to run a successful club. Thankfully, I have an amazing team and we help our members to “Get fit, have fun, meet people”, our club motto.

Consequently, our cancellation rate is half the national average.

Q4. If you could do another job, what would it be?

Paper Boy. Or better still - the owner of the shop. No, I would go for Landscape Gardener.

And I will become one in 6 years’ time when I retire.

Q5. What’s your favourite London building?

Aside from the fabulous Dulwich College itself of course, probably the Comedy Store in Leicester Square. (It’s about the memories rather than architecture!)

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