S@vingsReduce your business costs

Lee Lyons - BID Manager, The Fitzrovia Partnership

HELPING MEMBERS TO ACHIEVE £200,000+ OF S@VINGS IN 2013–2014

In year 1 of our scheme, we created over £200,000 worth of savings for our BID members and won two awards for our innovative waste and recycling scheme.

Members who have used the service have found it offers friendly yet professional support. As a BID member, you have access to valuable market knowledge, and a dedicated team to save you time and money while also reducing your carbon footprint.

The Fitzrovia BID S@vings advantages:

National buying power provided by 10,000s of businesses across c.200 UK BIDs

Save money on your supplier costs and utility bills

Save time while a team of experts manage your supplier relationships for you

Reduce your environmental impact

Individual service – no call centres

Funded by your BID: the savings are yours to keep

Join today and see the immediate bottom line benefits of our S@vings service.

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SMALL CHANGES CAN MAKE A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE

Business Improvement Districts have gone from strength to strength over the last 10 years. Today, we are part of approximately 200 BIDs in the UK, with more forming each year. The success is down to the drive of the individual BID teams and the passion and willingness of the member businesses to work together to improve their district.

A few of the commercial benefits:

Reducing costs – Together we have the power to drive down rates

Improving service levels – Jointly we can demand consistently high levels of service

Improving air quality – By reducing the impact of our supply chains and equipment we are making a positive impact in reducing traffic flow

Consolidating orders – Together we can monitor and manage our supply chains better

Controlling waste – Working as a district, we can ensure that we achieve zero to landfill

S@vings

Local businesses working together to improve Fitzrovia

300

Trees saved in the last 6 months

500+

Award-winning free recycling

schemeGreen Apple Award 2014

Accreditation awarded for zero to landfill waste management scheme

Tonnes of CO2 saved in the last 6 months90Tonnes of waste recycled

in the last 6 months

Green Apple Award 2014

Accreditation awarded for zero to landfill waste management scheme

Savings identified for Fitzrovia members in the first year

ISO 14001£200,000

137Tonnes of CO2 saved in the last 6 months90

Tonnes of waste recycled in the last 6 months

3New commodities added

this year for members

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FitzCarsOur Business Travel service is high-quality, environmentally friendly and cost-effective.

With new European standard, fuel-efficient engines, you can sit back in your executive hybrid or MPV, and relax in the knowledge that you are saving up to 25% on standard fares, and helping to reduce emissions in Fitzrovia.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

The S@vings team helped a medical company in Fitzrovia to achieve an £8,640 yearly saving on their passenger transport, while improving the level of service.

By renegotiating an existing contract the S@vings team secured a £2,500 yearly saving for a film and TV promotion company on Stephen Street, without changing service level or supplier. The S@vings team are clearly experts in the

field of procurement.

Darren Gittins, Group Supplies and Logistics Manager, The Doctors Laboratory

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FitzCouriersWe have pre-negotiated rates for motorcycle, van and cycle courier services across London. FitzCouriers can take care of large, small, local, national or international deliveries.

A simple review by your BID S@vings team can give you an average saving of around 10% on your existing costs.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

A communications company on Percy Street obtained a 10% annual saving on their couriers by adopting the FitzCouriers provider.

The team secured an 11% reduction in courier costs for a media company on Tottenham Court Road.

I can always count on the S@vings team if I ever need any savings on my bills.

Anna Tait, Office Manager, Hunter Boot

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FitzWaste & RecyclingAs a BID Member, you are entitled to a free recycling service for your mixed waste, including paper, cardboard, toners and batteries. And for other waste streams, such as electrical equipment, confidential documents and general waste, we offer a solution at less than market cost.

Our award-winning, zero to landfill service is ISO14001 Environmental and Carbon accredited and offers you the opportunity to save money by thinking cleaner and greener.

With so many supplier tariffs on offer it’s good to have a team help us make sense of everything and do all the background work.

Penny McNeil, Office Manager, Imagination

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

A publisher on Fitzroy Street saved £800 a year on their existing costs by switching to our award-winning waste and recycling scheme.

£1,500 a year was saved by a construction company in Store Street by adopting our scheme.

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Electricity and gas procurement is complex, confusing and time-consuming.

That’s why we are here to do it for you.

Our energy experts are on hand to ensure you have the right energy strategy, monitoring and contract for your business.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

A Fitzrovia media company in Whitfield Street secured a fixed rate energy deal for 3 years and saved £11,151.

A well-known shoe and boot designer in Cleveland Street saved £3,528 across 2 sites this year.

FitzEnergy

I’m very happy. The BID S@vings team, came in, collected all my data, provided me with a report, did all the work in setting up my contract and I saved £4,850 on my electricity contract which is many times my BID levy.

Steve Black, Owner, Highly Sprung

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FitzFixFinding the people with the right skills for your maintenance tasks and handyman jobs, at a price you are happy to pay, can be a struggle.

FitzFix offers the perfect, one-stop solution. You can be sure of getting the work done professionally and reliably, by a team you can trust and at a price that is, on average, 15% less than you are used to paying.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

A construction company on Store Street used the handyman service on several occasions and made a 20% saving on their existing costs.

The S@vings team assisted on a retail project in Tottenham Court Road and achieved a 22% saving for the owner.

Savings have been obvious; we have found the FitzFix team to be excellent.

Kate Enters, Office Manager, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

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FitzStationeryYou could save an average of 18% on your stationery bills by using FitzStationery. The team will analyse your exact requirements and carry out a market test to ensure that they are met.

By working together to reduce the number of different stationery suppliers used across the BID, we could cut the number of deliveries and ease traffic congestion.

The BID also operates a closed loop environmental solution, recycling waste paper into items of new stationery that you can purchase.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

An architectural company on Foley Street reduced their costs by 14% when they used the FitzStationery service.

A designer on Cleveland Street made a saving of 31% on their office stationery by switching to the FitzStationery service.

The Fitzrovia S@vings team are great and personable. I’m sure they deal with many companies, but when you speak to them I feel as if they know who I am and that I, and my company, are not just a number and quota to fill.

Mary Myzer, Facilities Manager, Bray Leino

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FitzTestingProtect your business, comply with Health and Safety regulations and save money, by using our qualified testers and risk assessors. You can feel secure in the knowledge that you are getting the best team at preferential rates.

Portable appliance testing (PAT) is proving very popular across the BID and our rates are, on average, 50% cheaper than the market norm.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

A media company on Tottenham Court Road saved 51% on their portable appliance testing.

A publisher in Fitzroy Square achieved a saving of 50% by using the BID portable appliance testing. The part of the service that has impressed me most is that

the Fitzrovia S@vings team are not ‘pushy’. They also let us ‘pick and choose’ the services where there are cost savings to be made, whereas other companies are only interested if there is a minimum turnover to work.

Trevor Hamshere, Practice Manager, Goodman Jones LLP

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FitzTelecoms

The BID were able to help our business make considerable savings on our telecom costs. It was good to talk to them!

Jessica Moore, Practice Administrator, David Miller Architects

Business landlines, business mobiles, VoIP and broadband can result in many bills with countless line items – analysing all of this data to compare it against the best market rates is time-consuming. The S@vings team’s telecom experts are here to do all the work and present it to you in a simple concise report.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

As a result of providing the S@vings team with their existing data, a popular restaurant on Charlotte Street saved 48% on their landline bill.

The S@vings team helped a local office in Fitzrovia to save £5,393 on their annual telecoms bill.

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FitzPest ControlAll cities suffer from pest activity. Our pest controllers work discreetly behind the scenes to keep this annoyance under control and, with free emergency call outs, they are always there when you need them.

If all BID businesses work together, we can control the problem and the costs. So far, members have saved an average of 27% on their pest control services. And the more companies that join, the greater the potential savings.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

A clinical trials company on Tottenham Court Road made an annual saving of £500 by switching to the BID pest control provider.

The S@vings team assisted a design company on Fitzroy Square to save £1,680 a year on their pest control contract.

The process was extremely easy, with the Fitz team doing all the leg work, presenting us with a list of options highlighting what they considered best for our specific needs and then actioning once agreed. Apart from supplying some basic information and a few signatures, that was the total of my input. I would not hesitate to work with the S@vings team again and would seriously recommend their services to anyone looking to make financial savings.

David Webster, UK Operations Director, Samuel French Ltd

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FitzPrint

I think the Fitzrovia BID team have done a great job sourcing and forming good relationships with preferred suppliers.Ensuring that, as the customer, my needs are taken care of in terms of delivery, quality, and costs of services.

Maulyne Anatol, Office Manager, Maries Stopes

Every organisation requires some form of printing, even if it’s only business cards, letterheads and compliment slips. So, we have put together an exclusive service for you, offering the best service and the best rates.

However simple or complex your requirements, our print experts are here and ready to help.

MEMBER CASE STUDIES

A retailer on Tottenham Court Road used the FitzPrint service for marketing material and saved 23% on their print costs.

A global clothing designer based on Cleveland Street used the FitzPrint service for their professional stationery and reduced their existing costs by 18%.

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NEW SERVICES 2015–16

FitzInsureBy bringing together businesses within the same sector and consolidating their cover requirements, we are able to negotiate more favourable premiums on a range of policies, such as public liability, events, fleet vehicles and assets.

Just let us know what you need and we’ll do the hard work for you.

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NEW SERVICES 2015–16

FitzSecureTo ensure that you have all the protection you need – for all of your business assets, physical and digital – one of our security experts will work with you to provide a solution that is safe, professional and cost-effective.

Our Services include:

Man Guarding Access Control Risk Assessment Intruder Alarm Biometrics CCTV

FitzTrainingThe BID offers a range of FREE training sessions* for individual employees to brush up on their skills, via a selection of one-day courses such as First Aid, Fire Marshalling and Counterterrorism training.

We are also able to provide additional on-site training courses for a substantially lower cost than if you were to book training sessions for groups of employees and/or as a whole business, via the power of collective procurement and discounted rates. Through our S@vings service, we can provide specific and cost-effective training in the following areas:

Health & safety

Fire warden training

First Aid

Energy procurement and efficiency

Environmental waste management

Effective procurement

*These training sessions are typically limited to two employees per business that serve as introductory courses to key training needs identified by BID members, and take place at an offsite location. These sessions are promoted at www.fitzroviapartnership.com and via our monthly electronic member newsletter.

HOW WE CAN HELP YOU TO SAVE

Call us:

020 7755 3389Email us:

savings@fitzroviapartnership.com

We will set up a bespoke one-to-one meeting at no cost or obligation. Once we have visited you, our S@vings team will identify the areas in which they can save you money, time and energy.

This brochure is focused on our S@vings service but the benefits of the BID go much further, covering anything from street management to economic analysis. To find out more and ensure that you are getting the best from your BID, visit www.fitzroviapartnership.com.

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This S@vings study is published by The Fitzrovia Partnership, 13 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 4BQ. Telephone: 020 7755 3192. E-mail: info@fitzroviapartnership.com. The figures contained within this publication are correct as of October 2014. The Fitzrovia Partnership does not accept any liability for any information contained within this publication which may be incorrect. This publication cannot be reproduced, copied, or distributed in any format without the express permission in writing from The Fitzrovia Partnership. Copyright October 2014.

You can learn more about The Fitzrovia Partnership and all of our services and projects at www.fitzroviapartnership.com

13 Fitzroy Street, London, W1T 4BQ

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