Posts under ‘Local environment’

Increase in crime concerns local traders

Crime was second only to the contentious issue of parking as a major concern for local traders at the North Finchley Business Forum held at Trinity Church on 1 December. This was the second NFBF meeting and was again chaired by Gary Ince of North London Business. The meeting was attended by two local Crime [...]

North Finchley Business Forum – a few points that came up

Last night, I was at the North Finchley Business Forum meeting, hosted jointly by Barnet Council and a company called North London Business. It was interesting, and (up to a point) very positive. It is the first in a series of meetings – the next one is pencilled in for late November (details to follow [...]

Cutting the cost of cutting carbon emissions in Finchley

Just a quick note to plug the Energise Barnet project. It’s a collaborative buying scheme that helps with the purchase of domestic solar panels and provides help with insulation. They’re currently bidding for some funding from the Pitch Pledge Party – one click from you on the website will help support their case – vote [...]

Meeting with the North Finchley Business Forum

On the Finchlinks local business forum LinkedIn page, there’s been a discussion about getting a meeting with the local town centre manager running for a while now. Richard Pell has been following this up and he has now received the invitation which is open to local businesses. Here it is: North Finchley Business Forum Monday, [...]

The Green Man, Strawberry Vale

I’ve been meaning to post something up about The Green Man centre in Strawberry Vale here for a while. Technically, it’s not in the area we’re currently covering (we’re sticking north of the North Circular Road and the Green Man is *just* on the other side of the road) but it’s a really good example [...]

Local parking row: Is Finchley subsidising the Council Tax for the rest of Barnet?

Anyone who lives in a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) will be aware of the recent proposed hike in charges. Dino has a very well-executed bit of campaign material against this here and a well-developed campaign has emerged, hoping to take it’s case to Judicial Review if it can raise the funds to do so. A [...]

West Finchley Conservation Area?

The current issue of The Finchley Arrow (PDF) carries a report of a proposed West Finchley Conservation Area. According to the Barnet Council website, there are currently 18 conservation areas within the borough already. Proposing, Kieran Kettleton says: “If we get conservation area status it wouldn’t stop extensions or loft conversions, but it should protect [...]

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