Issue 5 - Sept/Oct2007 - South London Business
Issue 5 - Sept/Oct2007 - South London Business
Issue 5 - Sept/Oct2007 - South London Business
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<strong>Sept</strong>ember/October 2007 Area focus: Sutton 39<br />
Smarter Travel Sutton really is The Biz!<br />
The Smarter Travel Sutton Workplace<br />
Travel Plan Team and Sutton Chamber<br />
have been busy, working together,<br />
talking to businesses both large and<br />
small, to encourage them to adopt<br />
travel plans.<br />
TfL funding is available for businesses who<br />
introduce home working, walking or cycling<br />
to work, car sharing, or making greater use<br />
of public transport – all aimed at reducing<br />
car usage. <strong>Business</strong>es have been responding<br />
with a heartening commitment to the<br />
challenge of reducing congestion on the<br />
borough’s roads, as Workplace Travel Plan<br />
officer Sandria Lewindon explains.<br />
“We have been delighted with the<br />
really positive reactions of businesses<br />
to our message,” says Sandria.<br />
“Workplace Travel Plans can significantly<br />
reduce traffic congestion in and<br />
around businesses and of course, they<br />
offer an excellent PR opportunity, as<br />
they enhance the company’s image<br />
of environmental awareness.”<br />
Sutton Chamber and Smarter Travel Sutton<br />
are now working in partnership to promote<br />
the travel plan concept to businesses in<br />
Wallington and Worcester Park. Two events<br />
are planned for autumn. On <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
12 local businesses are invited to a buffet<br />
lunch at Wallington Library. The session<br />
runs from 12.30-2pm and includes a short<br />
presentation on Workplace Travel Plans.<br />
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Transport for <strong>London</strong>, Smarter Travel Sutton and Sutton Chamber<br />
launch Enterprise – Better travel choices for Sutton businesses: (L-R): Sandria<br />
Lewindon (Smarter Travel Sutton), David Barber (Barclays Bank), Susan Bourke<br />
(Woolworths), Paul Cawthorne (Sutton Chamber) and Tim Carter (TfL)<br />
On October 24 the focus of attention<br />
switches to Worcester Park, where two<br />
sessions are planned at the library: a buffet<br />
lunch from 12.30 to 2pm and a cheese and<br />
wine event from 6 to 7pm.<br />
“If you have a business in Wallington<br />
or Worcester Park and you would like<br />
to find out how to improve staff health,<br />
reduce traffic congestion and improve your<br />
corporate social responsibility, contact<br />
Smarter Travel Sutton or the chamber,” says<br />
Lewindon. “Invitations are on a ‘first come,<br />
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first serve basis, so don’t delay in getting<br />
back to us.”<br />
The benefits of adopting a workplace<br />
travel plan extend beyond staff health and<br />
morale and corporate social responsibility.<br />
Many councils and government organisations<br />
prefer to work with companies with good<br />
environmental credentials.<br />
Email travel@suttonbusiness.biz or<br />
travelplans@sutton.gov.uk for your<br />
personal invitation.<br />
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