Under the 2017 Business Rates Revaluation, Lambeth businesses have seen the fourth highest rateable value increase in the country.

Many local businesses in Lambeth will face a rise in excess of 30%. In the Spring Budget, Central Government made available a further Discretionary Fund for Local Authorities to assist businesses affected by the 2017 Revaluation. The additional funds will facilitate a discretionary scheme to help businesses struggling to meet their new increased business rates charge. 

The 16th annual Streatham Festival took place this year on July 1st 2017 – July 9th 2017. The festival was jam packed with live music, world-class art and lots of fun for little ones. As the theme of the year was Celebrating Streatham, it was only right to revel in all of the fantastic things that Streatham has to offer.

19 Bar has been voted as the favourite venue of the Streatham Food Festival 2017.

The eighth annual Streatham Food Festival returned this year on Thursday 22nd June through to Sunday 25th June. Over 30 of Streatham’s wonderful eateries took part with Each restaurant or cafe  offering a selection of three dishes - all costing less than £5, allowing guests to taste their way around Streatham.

inStreatham are pleased to announce that Wandsworth Borough Council are offering local businesses the chance to upskill their existing staff, under the apprenticeship scheme.

Apprenticeships are in-work training programmes offered by employers under which the apprentice engages in on- and off-the-job learning and development activities that will lead to a work-based qualification. Most employers will work with a third-party training provider to deliver the external element of the training.

The 2017 Love Streatham Fun Day attracted a large audience this July.

The event, which was free was put together by Love Streatham and hosted a fantastic day of fun and games with the aim to share God’s love for the people of Streatham. 

Love Streatham are a group of people from a range of local churches that exist for the benefit of the Streatham community. The event is held every year during summer.

New seating and planting has been installed at key locations in Streatham.

Leigham Court Road and Streatham station are the first to have their layout enhanced with the new seating, the aim is to encourage passersby to relax and watch Streatham in action during the summer months.Feedback from the local community has been great with lots of positive comments on inStreatham's Twitter feed, which now reaches nearly 3,000 people. 

As we draw closer to the end of summer, we are also rounding up on Streathams' Summer Season Festival Time. This summer, we've had an array of events from Streatham Food Festival to Love Streatham Family Fun Days and to finish it all up, we have the Streatham free film festival coming up next month from the 16th - 23rd September 2017.

The free film festival sees some great films being shown this year including La La Land 

Dear BID Members,

Please follow this link for the latest National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) alert regarding the Ransomware incident.

​Please find links below provided by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC):

Main National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Statement 

If you couldn't make to our event about the Business Rates don't worry! All the helpful links and presentation are below:

General information: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/valuation-office-agency

Discover your ratable value: https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/view-my-valuation/search

Visit the website below and enter your postcode to check your current liability and the increases scheduled for April 2017:

 
https://www.gov.uk/correct-your-business-rates
 
We are organizing an event to help business owners to find out about:

*What are the increases
 
*How Business Rates are calculated and what they cover.
 
*How to appeal your increase if you think its incorrect
 
*What transitional and small business reliefs are available