Download - City Speak newsletter - Spring 2012
Welcome to the new look City Speak newsletter This newsletter is for retailers, traders and organisations in Lichfield City centre. It aims to
bring you all the news and views that will help you to be better informed about what’s
going on in the city.
Many of you have told us that in the past you have receive lots of different publications and
newsletters, which makes knowing which one to rely on a difficult task! So, to make your life
easier, agencies in the city (including the Chamber of Trade & Commerce, the TownSafe
Partnership and the district and city councils) have come together to bring you the new look
City Speak. We’ll also be offering organisations such as the Three Spires Shopping Centre, the
cathedral and others, the chance to contribute on a regular basis.
2012 is set to be a busy year in the city. Read on to find out updates on city centre
developments, including Friarsgate and the Friary Outer redevelopment. The Titanic
commemorations, the Jubilee celebrations and the Olympic Torch Relay are also covered in
this issue.
If you have any news you would like to share through City Speak, please email
[email protected]. We’d also love your views on whether you find this
newsletter useful and how we can improve it in the future.
Richard Lewis
President, Lichfield Chamber of Trade & Commerce on behalf of city centre partners.
In this edition
2 Friary Outer update
2 ‘Free parking’ scheme
2 TownSafe update
3 Olympic Torch Relay & events
3 Lichfield in the national news!
4 Who’s promoting your city?
4 Portas pilot and vacancy rates
4 A who’s who of partnerships
5 Friarsgate consultation
6 Dash parking
6 Stripe the city
6 Jubilee celebrations
6 City centre funding up for grabs
7 Shop lifting survey
7 Coach parking update
7 Special offers card update
8 Key dates
8 Order your hanging baskets
8 Editorial team details
Friary Outer
redevelopment Update from Lichfield District Council
Work to build 60 homes, a hotel, a restaurant, replacement toilets and 170 extra parking spaces on
the current Friary Outer car park (opposite the university), is set to get underway in early 2012. The
£14 million development will feature 54 supported housing association homes for older residents, as
well as six shared ownership homes, to give first time buyers a chance to get on the housing ladder.
Turn over to see more artist impressions of the new development.
While the work is underway, the car park will be out of action, and drivers will be encouraged to visit
other city centre long-stay car parks. Although we recognise some shoppers and visitors will be
disrupted by the closure, we know from our car park figures, which are calculated weekly, that there
are ample long-stay car parking spaces in the city for displaced drivers. The public toilets will also be
closed and we’ll be directing people to the Swan Road toilets (corner of Beacon Park opposite Ego).
We’ve created a new website to keep you up to date on the development at www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/
friaryouter If you have any questions about the development, please contact Helen Cook, Property &
Projects Manager at Lichfield District Council, on 01543 308252 or email
Who is involved in the project? Lichfield District Council are the landowners and will manage the
new car park. Bromford Support will own and manage the supported accommodation. Bromford
Homes will be the managing agent for the sale of the 6 affordable shared ownership homes. Visit
www.bromfordhomes.co.uk to find out more. The Homes & Communities Agency invested £2.4
million in the scheme. The developers of the scheme is S Harrison who are also developing the
Friarsgate shopping and leisure complex.
Titanic 100
years on Update from the Lichfield
Titanic Commemoration
Group and partners
Lichfield is proud to be the
home of a statue of
Commander Edward John
Smith, Captain of the
Titanic. The statue stands
in Beacon Park’s Museum
Gardens and was recently
restored as part of the
restoration of the parks.
To commemorate the
centenary of the sinking of
the Titanic, a range of
events will be taking place
across the city and further
afield. Visit
www.visitlichfield.co.uk/
titanic to find out more or
call the tourist
information team on
01543 412112.
Issue 1 March 2012
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All change at TownSafe Update from the Townsafe Business
Partnership As part of its role, the TownSafe Business
Partnership works to identify and prevent
serial shoplifters from entering local shops
and businesses through the Business
Exclusion Scheme.
To date, the partnership has worked
closely with the police to gather intelligence.
Recently it adapted its set-up, so it isn’t
totally reliant on police intelligence and has
become a true civil scheme.
To this end, the partnership has recently
appointed a Business Crime Reduction
Manager to administer the new scheme. This
will see member stores gathering their own
intelligence on offenders, which will be
entered onto a secure database in the police
station and managed by the Business Crime
Reduction Manager.
If a habitual offender is consistently causing
trouble in the city centre and within member
stores, the TownSafe board will have the
power to ban that person. Anyone caught
shoplifting and dealt with by the courts will
still be banned for a two year period.
Find out more If you want to join the TownSafe Business
Partnership or find out more about the
Business Exclusion Scheme, contact Richard
Lewis on 01543 250016.
Artist impressions of the Friary Outer redevelopment To see the full plans and keep up to date on the development, visit www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/friaryouter
View from Swan Road
View from Festival Gardens
Encourage more shoppers into your business with
a new ‘free parking’ initiative from
www.saveourtowns.co.uk
Local shopkeepers are getting behind a new scheme from
www.saveourtowns.co.uk
When traders sign up to the scheme they offer their customers a ‘refund’ on their
parking charge. Simon Brailsford from Save Our Towns explains: “The amount give
back to customers is up to you. You can include a minimum spend level and also
decide on the amount you want to pay out. When you sign up, we’ll give you
posters to promote the offer and you’ll get listed on www.4lichfield.co.uk.” So far
shops that have signed up include City Jewellers, Cure, La Boutique and more.
To find out more about the scheme, email
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Celebrate the
Olympic Torch Relay Update from Lichfield District Council On 30 June 2012 the Olympic Torch will pass through
Lichfield City and district. It will start its journey at the
National Memorial Arboretum, then pass through
Streethay, on through the streets of Lichfield City, and out
towards Tamworth passing through the village of Hopwas.
People will be celebrating the relay in style, with a range of
cultural and sporting events taking place throughout the
day. So far plans in the city include:
Town Crier Competition - 30 June
Where: Speakers’ Corner, Dam Street
When: 11am first round shouts / 2pm final round shouts. Town criers will compete in Lichfield's first regional Town
Crier Competition. Contestants ringing bells will process
from the Guildhall to Speakers’ Corner. Individual cries for
local businesses will also take place throughout the city.
www.lichfield.gov.uk
Cars in the Park - 30 June & 1 July
Where: Beacon Park When: 9am - 5pm (weekend event)
A fantastic display of classic and original cars from across
the ages. With stalls for motor enthusiasts and keen shoppers, there’s
something for everyone to enjoy! www.carsinthepark.com
The Cathedral Dash - 30 June
Where: The Close, Lichfield When: 10am - 12noon
The much loved Lichfield Cathedral Dash has been brought forward to help
celebrate the Olympic Torch passing through the district. www.kpevents.net
Timings and street route of the torch The Olympic
Organising Committee, LOCOG, hasn’t announced the exact timing of when
the torch will pass through the city yet, or the exact street route. As soon as
they do (in March) we’ll publish it to www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/olympictorch
Things for city traders to consider: Visitor numbers We are expecting thousands of people to flock to the city
to experience the torch relay and the events taking place during the day.
This may impact on parking for your staff and on the staffing numbers you
will require for the day. You may also want to consider offering special
menus, such as ‘Torch Breakfasts’ or special ‘Flaming Hot Offers’ to
encourage visitors into your shops and businesses.
Getting staff and deliveries into your business When the torch passes there
will be a rolling roadblock in place. In addition, many of the city streets will
be closed to traffic during the whole of Saturday 30 June to allow festivities
to take place. We’ll publish detailed information about road closures on
www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/olympictorch and in future editions of City Speak.
Street and window dressing We’ll be decorating the streets with bunting
and we hope that city centre trades will join in the spirit by displaying red,
white and blue hanging baskets (order form page 4). There are strict
guidelines about what you can and can’t do when decorating your windows,
including restrictions on the use of the Olympic logo and branding. To help
you keep within the rules, we’ll issue guidance in a future City Speak.
To keep up to date visit www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/olympictorch or email
Lichfield City in the
Times’ travel section Update from Visit Lichfield (turn to page 4 to see
more about Visit Lichfield and what they do).
Late last year Lichfield hosted a visit from a Times
journalist to Lichfield City. The resulting article was
published on Christmas Eve in the Times Weekend
section, and included quotes like:
A cathedral city by name, Lichfield is
full of small-town charm, offering
something of interest at every turn.
The whole city offers something of
interest … but then, as Dr Johnson
almost said: “Sir, when a man is tired
of Lichfield, he is tired of life.”
Visit Lichfield worked closely with the journalist
and we are very grateful to the members of our
tourism association (LDTA - see more on page 4)
who provided complimentary food,
accommodation and entertainment, including St
John's House, Ego, Lichfield Cathedral, The
Johnson Birthplace Museum, Lichfield Heritage
Centre and more.
Discover Britain magazine
visit to Lichfield City Update from Visit Lichfield
On 6 & 7 February (when snow lay on the ground!)
Lichfield City hosted a visit from a Discover Britain
journalist, who is preparing a five page feature for
the next Discover Britain Magazine.
Discover Britain (formerly Heritage magazine) is
the leading British history and travel magazine.
‘Thanks to the growing domestic travel market
Discover Britain’s UK newstrade sales have
increased by 100% in the last year alone, making it
the UK’s leading historic travel magazine.’ (ABC
audited). We’ll update you on the coverage in
Discover Britain in a future issue of City Speak.
Find out more If you want to find out more about the work of
Visit Lichfield, or put your name forward to
provide complimentary products or services to
journalists who may visit the city in future, contact
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Bucking shop vacancy trends &
the Portas pilots Update from the Lichfield City Centre Co-ordination Group A study of shop vacancy rates published earlier this month
shows that Lichfield is bucking the trend with 9% of shop
units empty (by shop number). Across Staffordshire the rate
is 12% and in Walsall it is 26%.
Last year the government asked TV presenter Mary Portas
to come up with plan to save the ‘high street’. Her report
made 28 recommendations, including 'town teams' to lead
regeneration projects and the relaxation of planning laws to
allow empty units to be turned into gyms, crèches etc.
The first step to implementing her ideas followed when
Grant Shapps, the local government minister, launched a
competition for a dozen towns to become 'Portas pilots'
with the chance to share in a £1m pot to revitalise their
'unloved and unused' high streets.
The Lichfield City Centre Coordination Group is now
looking into whether Lichfield could apply to become a
Portas pilot, and has been invited to attend workshops
hosted by the Association of Town Centre Managers, ACTM.
We'll let you know the outcome of these meetings in future
issues of City Speak. If you would like to get involved, call
Richard Lewis, President of the Chamber of Trade, on 01543
256001 or email [email protected]
Who’s who? An introduction to business
partnerships, groups and committees in the city There is a
wealth of groups in the city and district, working towards a
common aim of improving the city centre and boosting the levels
of trade. Here’s a ‘who’s who’ guide:
Lichfield District Tourism Association (LDTA). A membership
organisation for all tourism related businesses (£25 a year). Run by
Visit Lichfield it offers marketing initiatives, reduced price training,
networking meetings and more. Call Jonathan Oates, Visit Lichfield,
on 01543 308210.
Tamworth & Lichfield Business Enterprise Partnership (BEP)
All businesses in Tamworth and Lichfield District are automatically
members of the BEP. It is led by local business people for local
businesses, and works alongside Lichfield District and Tamworth
Borough councils and other public sector organisations to shape
local policies through things like the Economic Development
Strategy. It produces a quarterly newsletter and hosts regular
networking events. Email [email protected]
Lichfield City Centre Co-ordination Group A city working group that
brings together representatives from the district and city councils,
local businesses, including Friary Shoes, Tempest Ford, Tudor Row
and others. The group meets monthly to discuss ways to improve
the city centre, through small projects and other ideas. Email
Lichfield City Forum This neighbourhood forum brings together
residents and businesses, through a network of local residents'
associations and other neighbourhood organisations such as North
Lichfield Initiative. Lichfield City Council provides the secretariat and
members include the police, fire & rescue service, as well as schools
and businesses. Email [email protected]
Lichfield Chamber of Trade & Commerce A membership
organisation for local businesses (£40 a year to join). Members
benefit from representation in consultations with local authorities,
such as the council and police. Monthly member meetings are
hosted so members can share views on local issues. The Chamber
also provides the hanging baskets in the city and organises the
Christmas Fayre. Call Richard Lewis on 01543 250016
TownSafe Partnership A membership organisation for city retailers,
primarily concerned with crime and safety issues. Provides the
Storenet Radio Scheme and the Business Exclusion Scheme.
Membership is £100 and members benefit from a book of ‘known
city shoplifters’ and updates. Members can also join the Storenet
scheme for a further cost. Call Richard Lewis on 01543 250016
Local Enterprise Partnerships In the 2010 Local Enterprise
Partnerships were established following the closure of Regional
Development Agencies. The two LEPs that cover Lichfield are:
Stoke on Trent Staffordshire LEP www.stokestaffslep.org.uk
Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP www.birmingham.gov.uk/lep
LEPs are locally owned partnerships between local authorities and
businesses. They play a central role in determining local economic
priorities and undertaking activities to drive economic growth and
the creation of local jobs.
Who’s promoting your city? Update from Visit Lichfield
To help boost visitor numbers to the city and district, and to
support local businesses, the council has a dedicated
tourism team - Visit Lichfield.
The team delivers a wide range of activities
including:
� Promotion of the city and district through
www.visitlichfield.co.uk, the annual Visitor Guide,
two issues of a What's On events guide, a guide that
encourages groups into the city, special event
promotions, and associated marketing.
� Developing special offers, including a monthly
e-newsletter to over 3,000 potential customers.
� Provision of the tourist information centre and clear
signage and up to date tourist information points
across the district.
� Offering support to tourism businesses.
� Providing Green Badge Guided Tours.
� Delivering the right infrastructure for visitors – from
hotels and restaurants, to coach parking and toilets.
To find out more about the work of the team, or to get
involved in any of the team’s promotions, please contact
[email protected] / 01543 308215,
[email protected] / 01543 308210.
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View of the cinema from Frog Lane
Friarsgate consultation Update from S Harrison, developer of the scheme
S Harrison, the developers of the planned £100 million Friarsgate scheme, were delighted with the public response to their latest
consultation event on the amended plans for the Friarsgate development. The changes include taking the hotel out of the
development, moving the cinema ,and changing the layout of a number of shops and the car park.
More than 500 people, including many local traders, visited the exhibition at Lichfield
Heritage Centre in late January to see proposed changes to the approved scheme, which
will feature shops, restaurants, a cinema and new homes.
Feedback from local traders was generally that this type of development is needed for
the city, and more shops and restaurants will increase the footfall throughout the city.
Some stressed that the city needs to ensure that it makes the most of the new
development, and work to ensure that footfall into the Friarsgate/upper end of the city,
feeds into the cultural/cathedral end of the city.
David Clancy, Director of S Harrison Developments Ltd said: “We are still analysing the
many written comments we received, but the response was overwhelmingly positive.
People see the benefits that a thriving Friarsgate will bring to the city as a whole, and
are eager to see the revised scheme delivered.”
Where next? The revised plans are set to go
before Lichfield District Council’s
Planning Committee for consideration
later this year.
To keep up to date on the
plans visit
www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/
friarsgate or email
The recent exhibition in Lichfield Heritage Centre
View of Friarsgate from Garrick Square
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Introducing Dash Park - a cash free way to
pay for parking Update by Lichfield District Council Your customers no longer need to search for loose change when they
park in any of our short-stay car parks in Lichfield City centre. That's
because we've introduced a new system called Dash Park across all
our council owned short-stay car parks. Cash free payment systems,
like Dash Park, are common in larger cities and, we had lots of great
feedback about a trial we ran in Lombard Street car park, so we
introduced it in October.
How does it work?
� Customers register online at www.dashpark.co.uk or by
calling 08456 800 104.
� They pay for their parking using their mobile phone.
� When our parking officers see a car without a ticket, they
enter the registration number into their computer, and it will
tell them whether the driver has paid using Dash Park.
So, if your customers are running late back to their car, or worried
their parking is going to run out, they can extend their payment at the
touch of a button (provided they haven't exceeded the maximum stay
in a car park).
Transaction charges When your customers use the service, they will
be charged an additional 30p per booking (20p from 1 April 2012).
Is it secure? It’s compliant with payment card industry standard PCI
DSS v1.2.1.
If you want a set of leaflets to promote Dash Park to your customers,
email [email protected]
City centre
funding up for grabs Update by Lichfield District
Council
Thousands of pounds of
funding will soon be
available for projects in the
Lichfield City area. If you need funding for a city
centre project, why not find out how to apply today?
Key facts:
� Projects need to benefit the local area - from
tourism infrastructure, to public art, to community
facilities.
� Money is only available to fund capital projects (for
example for a building or benches)
� Money is not available for revenue projects (for
example the running costs of an event or a venue).
The deadline for applications has not yet been set, but to
find out more visit www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/section106
Where is the funding from?
When a major new development (such as a new housing
estate) is given planning permission, often the developers
provide financial support to build new social, recreation,
education, community and health facilities and/or public
open spaces. These are known as Section 106 planning
obligations. These funds help to make sure the new
development enhances the local community and helps to
reduce the impact of the development on local areas.
From improving roads and building new community
facilities, to creating open spaces and improving local
schools, Section 106 planning obligations help to create
better quality environments in and around new
developments, and sometimes further a field.
If you have any questions please email
[email protected] or call 01543 308149.
Stripe the city!
Update from The Lichfield Festival
For two weeks this summer, the Lichfield Festival
is attempting to paint Lichfield City Centre red, blue,
orange, yellow, green, and more!
We are calling for local businesses, schools and groups to help us
decorate the city with artwork inspired by our famous striped logo.
Whether you are an experienced artist or a complete beginner, if you
have an idea or an exhibition space, we would love to hear from you.
Stripe the city aims to get colourful artwork, crafts and displays sited
across the whole of the city during July. We are asking any local
residents and workers to either create something to add to the
project or help us to exhibit work from a different group.
Can you knit a striped leg warmer big enough to fit a tree trunk?
Can you bake a rainbow cake?
Do you have an idea to brighten up a shop frontage or window?
Do you have a window in the city centre that could house a piece of
art for ten days?
Interested?
Email [email protected] or call 01543 306275 or
visit the festival website to download an application form.
Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee Update from Visit Lichfield
This year attractions and venues across the city and
district will be celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee in style.
Keep up to date at www.visitlichfield.co.uk/jubilee
Key dates include:
3 June - Big Lunch at Lichfield Cathedral
4 June - the Lichfield Diamond Jubilee Bower
7 June - Jubilee Japes at The Johnson Birthplace Museum
16 June - A Jubilee Proms Concert, Lichfield Cathedral
If you would like to hold a Jubilee street party in Lichfield
District, you will need to apply (for a temporary road
closure) to Lichfield District Council by 4 May 2012. Please
apply in writing, making sure you list the date and time of
when you want the road to be closed. There is no charge
for road closures. Email [email protected]
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Coach parking update Update from Lichfield District Council Lichfield City is a ‘Coach Friendly City’ and welcomes well in excess of
1,000 coaches every year (approximately three coaches per day).
Coaches tend to bring between 30 and 50 passengers per coach. We
know that the average day coach visitor spend in historic cities such as
Lichfield is between £27 and £34 per person.
On this basis, we can estimate that currently coach visitors directly
contribute between £1.08 million and £1.35 million into the local
economy every year. We know that this is vital to heritage attractions,
restaurants, cafes, pubs, shops and small businesses.
The majority of coaches visiting Lichfield City currently don’t stay
overnight. Lichfield District Council’s ambition is to convert a large
percentage of our current coach visitors into overnight visitors, which is
why we are working to bring more hotels to the city centre.
This would see the average spend of coach visitors increase to £80
per person, with people spending on hotel nights, evening meals,
entertainment and more. This could result in coach visitors directly
contributing £3.28 million into Lichfield City and the wider district’s local
economy every year.
With the new Friary Outer redevelopment and the forthcoming
Friarsgate Development, we are looking for new locations for coach
parking spaces. We are carrying out an options appraisal on sites across
the city. We’ll update you on the outcome of the appraisal in
future editions of City Speak. In the meantime, if you would like any
further information, email Tourism & Communications Manager,
[email protected] or call her on 01543 308781.
Survey reports a reduction in shop theft but a
rise in the cost to retailers Update from the TownSafe Business Partnership
The British Retail Consortium's (BRC) Retail Crime Survey 2011,
published in early February, shows that that while crime is down, each
incident has been more costly, and total losses to businesses have
increased sharply, when compared with the last year.
Money spent on crime prevention by retailers taking part in the survey
rose by 1.4%, to £214 million, with a median spend of £700,000 per
company. This has substantially reduced opportunistic crime, but
combating the rise in violent crime, that retailers and their staff are
exposed to, requires the support of law makers and enforcers.
Despite a reduction in numbers of offences, the cost of retail crime has
risen significantly with the overall cost increasing by 31% to £1.4 billion.
This is equivalent to 130,000 retail jobs nationwide.
A worrying recent trend is the increase in threats and verbal abuse to
retail staff, which has increased by 83%, when compared to last year.
Robberies have also increased by 20 % with retailers reporting an
increase in the use of weapons and violence.
Whilst there is no evidence that these trends are affecting Lichfield City
centre, if you have any concerns about safety, or want to report any
incidents, please contact the TownSafe Business Crime
Reduction Manager on 01543 250016.
Promote your business with our
special offers card Update from Visit Lichfield
The special offers card was introduced in 2009 by Visit
Lichfield. It aims to offer card holders unrivalled access
to discounts at local restaurants, shops, attractions and
more across the district. It also aims to support local
businesses by offering the opportunity to promote
their business to a wide audience, on a cost free basis,
through special offers.
� Nearly 2,000 active card holders
� Each month around 15 businesses supply
offers – ranging from restaurants, to local
retailers, to local attractions
The special offers card is managed by the Visit Lichfield
team. Every month the team:
� Contacts over 120 local businesses to
request special offers
� Creates and distributes an e-newsletter to
over 3,000 local people, detailing ‘this
month’s special offers’
� Provides posters to local information
points, special offers providers, and the
tourist information centre, advertising the
special offers
The special offers card is also widely promoted in all
Visit Lichfield and Lichfield District Council publications,
such as What’s On (50,000 distribution twice yearly),
and intouch (40,000 distribution twice yearly).
Does it really work?
Feedback on the scheme has been very positive, both
from traders who have noticed and uplift in sales, and
from holders of the card.
How much does it cost to provide a special offer?
It’s entirely free to provide a special offer. Just email
the details of your offer to Emily Robinson, Visit
Lichfield, 01543 308215 or email
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March events
18th Mothering Sunday
20th Chamber of Trade & Commerce meeting
8pm, George Hotel Interested in joining? Come along!
30th Schools break up for Easter holidays
April events
6th Good Friday
9th Easter Monday
11th Edward Wightman commemorations and
opening of the Guildhall Cells
15th Remembrance Service of the 100th Anniversary
of the sinking of the Titanic, 2pm Museum
Gardens, Beacon Park
17th Chamber of Trade & Commerce meeting
8pm, George Hotel Interested in joining? Come along!
23rd St George’s Day Court, 12 noon, the Guildhall
May events
7th May Day Bank Holiday
15th Chamber of Trade & Commerce meeting
8pm, George Hotel Interested in joining? Come along!
June events
3rd Big Lunch picnic at Lichfield Cathedral
4th Lichfield Bower Procession
2nd - 5th The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Bank Holidays
4th - 8th Half Term
19th Chamber of Trade & Commerce meeting
8pm, George Hotel Interested in joining? Come along!
30th Olympic Torch Relay passes through Lichfield - A
day of fun & events around the city
July events
17th Chamber of Trade & Commerce meeting
8pm, George Hotel Interested in joining? Come along!
20th Schools break up for summer holidays
20th Thinking about employing an apprentice, or want
to find out more? Come to the Apprenticeship
Event at Drayton Manor hotel (5.30pm start)
Order your Jubilee
hanging baskets
now! Could you improve your
premises with a little extra
colour? Why not help to make
the city centre a more attractive place for shoppers and visitors
by supporting the Chamber of Trade’s efforts to brighten up the
city this summer?
Every year, the Chamber teams up with Woodhouse Green
Nurseries to provide a spectacular display of colour, with over
120 baskets brightening up the fronts of shops and premises
around the city centre.
This year the displays will reflect the Queen’s Jubilee theme
with blooms in red, white and blue and additional ribbon
decorations.
Early bird discount: Pay for your basket by 31 May 2012 and you
get a discounted price of £46 per basket. This includes hanging,
weekly watering and disposal in the autumn. Baskets ordered or
paid for after 31 May will cost £49.50 each. Any non Chamber of
Trade members who orders a hanging basket will also get free
membership for 2012, worth £40!
You’ll receive an order form in early March, but if you want to
order now, or if you don’t get a form, just call Rob Young on
01543 473183.
Last year, we were worried that orders would be down as a
result of the recession, but we were delighted that city
businesses took up the offer and we had more hanging baskets
on display that the previous year! We’re hoping to top the
number of baskets in this special year, so please help us by
placing your order today.
The editorial team Partners and organisations
across the city provide articles for City Speak. These are brought
together and published by the communications team at Lichfield
District Council. If you would like to add anything into future
issues of City Speak, email [email protected]
Distribution City Speak is distributed free to businesses
across Lichfield City. If you are not on the mailing list and would
like to be added, email [email protected]
When is it distributed We hope to issue six editions
of City Speak a year, and if it’s well received, we may issue more.
In between these times we’ll update www.cityspeak.info
Feedback We hope that you’ve enjoyed reading City Speak
and that it’s been useful to you. If you have any feedback on City
Speak, or want us to include particular topics in future editions,
please email the editorial team at
Keep up to date with events,
or promote yours for free in
What’s On What’s On is the events
guide for Lichfield City and district. It is
produced by Visit Lichfield and you can
list up to five events for free. It is
distributed to most local homes twice a
year. [email protected]
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Partnership, Lichfield City Council and other city partners.