London Borough of Hillingdon

SME #suppliers based in the London Borough of Hillingdon: WIN MORE CONTRACTS with public and private sector organisations! Hillingdon Council have commissioned Branduin Business Support to deliver a UKSPF Supplier Ready programme to help SMEs based in the Borough to actively engage in the local supply chain and submit bids to council services, construction and infrastructure projects, and large private sector buyers. The Fit To Bid® programme includes #bidding #skills #workshops, 1-2-1 #tender #advice sessions, and #MeetTheBuyer events. ✅ Hillingdon Meet The Buyer event will give local businesses unprecedented access to buyers and decision makers from Hillingdon Council Procurement, BBVS JV – HS2 Old Oak Common Station and other Local Anchor Institutions. More large buyers will be confirmed shortly. 📅Date: Thu 28 Nov 2024 ⏲️Time: 3:30pm arrival for 4:00pm - 6:30pm 🏨Location: Committee Room 6, Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1UW SME suppliers - please register for the event by clicking on the link: https://lnkd.in/eFsSdPRk We encourage and invite early-stage SMEs and established businesses based in the London Borough of Hillingdon to register and be part of a wider conversation, network with large buyers, and apply for future contract opportunities in the coming months. There will be plenty of time for networking, so bring lots of business cards. We look forward to seeing you at 3.30pm on Thu 28th Nov 2024 to check-in before the event commences at 4:00pm! Mathieu Rogers, Jaspreet Ruprah, Ravinder Kaur Dhanjal., Matthew Kelly, Allison Mayo, JULIANA GASPARETTE, Charlie McClelland, Tracey James, Sharon Pink, Tony Mulvahil, Roderick Cameron MBA, Elsa Caleb - Business Strategist, Alan Brown, Hitesh Kanadia, Nauzar Manekshaw 

Our trading standards team has been working hard to crack down on the supply of illicit tobacco to keep residents safe. During a raid on a self storage unit in Hayes, the team seized more than £126,000 worth of illegal and counterfeit tobacco products. The offenders, two brothers, received community orders and were ordered to repay the funds made from their illegal activities. Read more about the case👇

National Safeguarding Adults Week takes place next week and the Hillingdon Safeguarding Partnership is running a programme of free online events.   🔵Suzi Gladish, our Head of Safeguarding Arrangements, and Manpreet Panesar, our Senior Community Safety and Domestic Abuse Advisor, will be speaking about Adult Exploitation and Cuckooing: Introducing the Exploitation Checklist on Thursday 21 November at 10am.   🔵Vivienne Croucher, Head of Safeguarding Families at Hillingdon Hospital, and Ruth Shill, Advanced Practitioner Social Worker, will speak about Safeguarding Adults from Pressure Ulcers on Friday 22 November at 11am.   🔵The Ann Craft Trust, a charity that exists to minimise the risk of abuse of adults, is running a series of online learning events throughout the week. Visit to find out more and sign up 👇 https://lnkd.in/eQanzTvw

To address the rising demand for housing support, we've refreshed our Social Housing Allocation Policy, making it clearer, with greater priority given to our most vulnerable residents and those who have lived in the borough for 10 years or more.🏡 Cllr Steve Tuckwell, Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Growth, outlines why it's vital for residents with housing concerns to work with the council and its partners to find an affordable home to prevent anyone from becoming homeless. Find out more👉 https://lnkd.in/exWzdnQw

UK Authority recently interviewed our chief operating officer Matthew Wallbridge who explains how innovative process design is driving efficiency and effectiveness within the council's operations. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eaRwRV52 #ProcessDesign #PublicSector #Innovation #HillingdonCouncil #UKAuthority #Efficiency #ServiceDelivery #ContinuousImprovement

We’re encouraging residents to put forward people or organisations which go the extra mile to help others for a Hillingdon Community Award.❤️   Our popular scheme celebrates the unsung heroes that support our communities and is now in its fourth year.🌟     The deadline for nominations is midnight on Monday 17 February, with the winners announced in March.   Find out more and make a nomination👇

We’ve published further details of our support for older residents this winter after we stepped in to help protect them from the government’s winter fuel allowance cuts.❄🏘   This will impact thousands of pensioners in the borough and, in response, the Leader of the Council, Cllr Ian Edwards, first unveiled the support plans in September.   The council is using some of the £2 million Household Support Fund it has been allocated, under the latest extension of the scheme, to work with Age UK to assist pensioners in the borough who may be entitled to Pension Credit to submit a claim.   A Pensioners' Support Fund has also been established to help those who are not eligible for the winter fuel allowance, born before 23 September 1958, and experiencing financial hardship, where they can apply for utility bill support to help heat their homes this winter. Read more ⬇️

Our Legal Services team has successfully passed its annual assessment to maintain its accredited LEXCEL status 📣🎉   LEXCEL is an internationally recognised legal practice quality mark, administered by The Law Society for client care, compliance, and practice management, which the team has held since 2001.   The independent assessment took place in early October, and included a process of in-person interviews with members of staff, as well as in-depth reviews of how legal cases and digital and printed information are managed by the service.   The assessment report commended the team in three areas of good practice, including how it manages the council’s subject access requests, Data Privacy Impact Assessments and Freedom of Information requests.

In July we completed the purchase of 113 new homes at Hyde Park Hayes 3 to help tackle the demand for affordable housing locally🏡 Since then, residents have started moving into their new homes 🔑 To find out more we spoke to Cllr Jonathan Bianco, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Corporate Services and Property and Jas, one of the building’s new residents. #NewandImprovedHomes

Exciting news! We have completed the sale of the vacant Barra Hall building in Hayes to HRUC (Harrow, Richmond & Uxbridge Colleges). It will see more than 70 education places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) created and ensure the historic building remains at the heart of the local community. Find out more 👇