Paid for by Hinckley BID and free of charge to BID Member Businesses, these proved very popular to BID Members when we previously organised them. The Emergency First-Aid at work training course satisfies the current legal requirements and is a two half-day course held on 14th & 15th March from 9:30am until 12:30pm at the BID office, with up to 12 candidates.

The course will be run by professionals TUTORCARE and each participant will receive a certificate which ticks the legal boxes for your business. If you have any staff who would benefit from these please email toni@hinckleybid.co.uk to book your places on the course. Participants must attend both sessions to receive the certificate.

Taking just one hour, this is a great opportunity for businesses and individuals of all ages to have a bit of fun during their lunch break and it’s completely free! All you have to bring is a frying pan. Great prizes for the winners as well as lots of local publicity – to enter please register online via www.hinckleybid.co.uk or email toni@hinckleybid.co.uk and she will send you the full details.

This is your opportunity to raise any matter of concern in confidence with the Police Commissioner who will be available at the BID office all day – but please call Steve on 0770 939 4841 anytime after you receive this to make a timed appointment. If you would prefer him to visit you so that you can show him a situation, this can also be arranged by making the same call. Rupert Matthews is very experienced, proactive and a great listener.

Those businesses already taking part in the Hinckley BID recycling scheme are advised that we have renewed our contract with HBBC again this year. This is worth £234 to every BID member taking advantage of this offer (that is the charge the Council would make if you contacted them direct). Anyone who hasn’t already and who wishes to join this scheme please email martina@hinckleybid.co.uk.

Our growing list of Loyalty card members and other local shoppers who wish to receive our monthly e-newsletters has reached its highest level ever, with an increasing number of people who live in Nuneaton now coming to Hinckley and calling at the BID office for town centre information.

If you have a new product range, a special offer, a sale – or anything else of a special nature – please tell us and we will shout it out loud for you at no cost.

The number of people applying for and receiving a FREE Hinckley BID Loyalty card every week has now reached an all time high. More than 60 businesses are making an offer and benefitting from that. If you haven’t tried this route to extra sales, just ask us to tell you more about it – it does not have to be for every product that you sell, and can be for as short or long a period as you wish. This service is included in your Hinckley BID annual fee.

Checks on legal compliance are increasing. The fire extinguisher regulations in the UK prescribe that two Class A fire extinguishers are available on every floor of a building.

Fire extinguishers in this range include 3 and 6-litre foam extinguishers and 9-litre water extinguishers. Your company would require a combination of any two of these for each floor of your business premises.

Exceptions to the above include small premises, such as kiosks and food trucks, where the presence of two fire extinguishers hamper emergency exit routes.

If you would like Hinckley BID to help you locate a competitive supplier, please contact steve@hinckleybid.co.uk

To recognise the types of extinguisher, please see the image above.

Please remember that if we can help, we always will or find somebody who may be able to assist.

Many thanks, stay safe and well.

Steve Wegerif
Published by Hinckley BID – 26/01/2023
Steve Wegerif 0770 939 4841 – steve@hinckleybid.co.uk
www.hinckleybid.co.uk