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 [...]
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What customers think about Finchley’s shops
Just a quick additional post on the report that was circulated at the recent Business Forum event (next one is on Thursday). This table particularly stood out. For me, it highlights one of the many reasons that large chain stores are beating local high-street shops: I’ve only copied the very top of the table – [...]
Community Safety & Cleanliness in Finchley
I’ve now had the minutes from the North Finchley Business Forum meeting the other week. You can download the whole thing here if you like (PDF file). A few aspects of it stood out and I’m planning to pull individual issues out as stand-alone posts if anyone wants to comment on them either here, or [...]
Social Media Surgeries – 1st one on the 8th November at 5.30pm
Thanks to Helen at Cafe Buzz, we can announce the first of our Social Media Surgeries on the 8th November (5.30pm – 7.30pm). Book your place now – before they all go. If you want to, you can register either as someone wanting help, or if you’re a bit of a social media expert yourself, [...]
Open Gaming Day – Saturday 29th October
I’ve had an email from Mike Berry of Leisure Games on Ballards Lane about an Open Gaming Day at the shop on Saturday 29th October. On the day, a couple of members of the Finchley Games Club spending the day at the shop playing games and encouraging customers to join in. There are several objectives: [...]
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 [...]
