THINKING BEYOND BIDS: SOUTH BANK EMPLOYERS’ GROUP Ted Inman Chief Executive SBEG
South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) • Established 1991 - Incorporated 1994 • An association of the major organisations in the South Bank, Waterloo and Blackfriars • Non-profit company committed to improving the experience of the area for employees, visitors and residents • 22 staff £1.8m turnover
Our Members • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Braeburn Estates (Canary Wharf/Qatari Diar) British Film Institute Coin Street Community Builders EDF Energy London Eye Elizabeth House Partners (LRP/Chelsfield) Ernst & Young Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust ITV King’s College London London & Continental Railways London Duck Tours London South Bank University National Theatre Network Rail Park Plaza Hotels Shell Southbank Centre
Our Neighbourhood •
Over 50,000 employees
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12,000 residents
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25 million visits annually and growing
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130 million journeys through Waterloo Station annually and growing
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London’s Cultural Quarter
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Opportunity Area in London Plan –set for major regeneration and growth
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Extent of privately owned Public Realm
What we do •
Promoting capital projects
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Neighbourhood services delivery
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Destination marketing
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CO2 reduction
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Employer engagement and jobs
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South Bank Partnership: the political dimension
Improving the Neighbourhood • Waterloo Public Realm Plan • Regeneration Capital Projects – The new Jubilee Gardens – IMAX roundabout/Waterloo Road • Neighbourhood management – Cleansing, graffiti, patrolling, coordination • CO2 Reduction - South Bank Decentralised Energy Network • Funding
Promoting the Area South Bank Marketing Group - privately led tourism consortium - 22 active members - posters, publications, - visitor information services - southbanklondon.com website – 60,000 unique visitors per month South Bank Venues Group - business tourism consortium - 16 active members - marketing South Bank’s meeting and function locations
Creating New Opportunities •Spreading the benefits of the South Bank’s success to the rest of Lambeth and Southwark •Opportunities for local residents •Employer engagement •Pre-employment training •Work experience •Apprenticeships •People into jobs •Employability project
Voluntary Association vs Formal BID Benefits of Voluntary Association • Reflects land ownership and nature of neighbourhood • Freeholders – Occupiers • Long term strategic view • Flexible and quick decision making Formal BID • Medium-term funding sustainability • Involves more businesses • Benefits of more formal status – Boundaries, Exemptions, Mandate
SBEG considering promoting a South Bank BID Aim is to capitalise on best of both models