Business rates to be abolished by an @Conservatives government. Huge news. Tories understand business and know that the business rates tax is unfair. Businesses need to thrive: taxed on success, not taxed for taxation's sake. #retail #hospitality #shoplocal and support #IndieChiswick

Residents and businesses in #Chiswick need its post office to re-open. So do customers who come from other areas because its services are so extensive. Banking hub, travel money, Drop & Go, emergency passports, car tax, more. Please sign the petition: change.org/p/reopen-chi...?

Super article about the Chiswick Repair Cafe. I've been several times and am a very happy customer. Delicious cakes to eat, and a chance to meet locals, while waiting your turn. So lucky to have such a brilliant initiative in #Chiswick. archive.ph/7DEYb www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/...

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This is so life affirming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Sign up to become a campaigner if you’d like to find out any future ways you can get involved with our benefits campaigning work 👉 www.mind.org.uk/news-campaig... 11/11

On Tuesday the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions confirmed major cuts and changes to disability benefits. Let’s look at what this might mean for specific benefits ⬇ 1/11

Thanks @fionamathews.bsky.social for her fab talk on the conservation of mammals last night. The audience was fully engaged in what she had to say. Time to respect nature as part of our community.

It's not just cost 'it's the hassle that parking causes too: 62% of drivers say the lack of parking availability and parking restrictions are putting them off" and "82% ... believe councils should help to save the high street by offering free parking." www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/a...

Setting off to meet residents of Syon & Brentford Lock ward, supporting Mike Dennis our @conservatives.bsky.social candidate in the by-election on 6 March. Residents hugely critical of the damage the Labour government is doing to this country and of the incompetence of @hounslowcouncil.bsky.social.

LTN and parking fines to go up by £30: It's another attack on small businesses in town centres, too. Shops, cafes, restaurants and service businesses all need parking to be affordable and plentiful otherwise their customers will drive away: www.telegraph.co.uk/money/sadiq-...

"The hospitality sector is the third-largest employer in the UK and 40% of this workforce is aged under 25." "Working in a bar or pub was once a rite of passage, yet here we are taking crucial jobs away from young students." Closures will increase loneliness, too: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2014...

Not only retailers. Hospitality businesses have been raided, too, and tell me they have had their worst January trade for years, not including tough times during Covid. Please, if you can, eat, drink and shop locally. #shoplocal and support #IndieChiswick www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Struggling with your mental health? Actor Steve McFadden is phenomenal as @bbceastenders Phil Mitchell as he sinks into depression and experiences psychotic symptoms. Do read the sensitive summaries from @samaritans.bsky.social @mindcharity.bsky.social Rethink and CALM www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Public loos: I've been banging on about this for years. We need more public loos. I know residents of #ChiswickGunnersbury ward who limit the time they spend shopping, and who dehydrate before going out, for fear of needing a loo. Councils have much more to do: fitzrovianews.com/2025/01/20/n...

Setting off for a (rather muddy) walk in Brentford finding out what is needed to manage flooding - this year's brief for the @LBofHounslow scrutiny panel on housing and environment. Fascinating insights from local residents including boat dwellers. @LandscapeThames #Brentford

A third parking story today: The AA warns: “The cost of parking, as well as ease of payment, has an impact on consumers and they will ‘vote with their wheels’ if they deem the price too expensive, or a hassle if they can only pay via an app or by phone'.”: archive.ph/dI359

1/2: Two parking stories in one day. First, the revelation that Rudolph received a fine when parking the sleigh during the #Christmas lights switch-on in #Chiswick - the parking app failed - and Scrooge's rules prevail. www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?...

For children aged five to 11: Do join in with the #Chiswick #Christmas scavenger hunt looking for unexpected things in shop windows to win prizes incl dinner for two at Sam's Kitchen, vouchers in many shops, and ice creams. Children are loving the fun and parents are chattering about the prizes.

All dressed up and ready for your #Christmas shopping spree in #Chiswick. Two sparkly trees: one at the top of Turnham Green Terrace lit with 4,500 lights provided by Wheelers; one on Chiswick High Road lit with white lights and baubles provided by Hounslow council. #shoplocal support #indiechiswick

Fabulously classily Christmassy as usual from La Trompette on Devonshire Road. I can't walk along without stopping to read the menu, a moment of pleasure in a busy day. #Christmas #Chiswick #hospitality #shoplocal

Orders in the Very British Problems shop come with a free Christmas card for a limited time only, use code BRITISHXMAS at checkout 🎁 verybritishproblemstshirts.com

Fab #Christmas lights switch-on in #Chiswick with an exuberant, fun singalong led by Chiswick School choir. Father Christmas officiated with the help of a reindeer. Thanks to Chiswick Lighting, M&S, Sainsbury, Tesco for mince pies, choc teacakes, chocs and to Wheeler's for a sparkly tree on TGT.

Christmas is coming to #Chiswick with a fun scavenger hunt for five to 11 year olds. Look for unexpected things in shops to try to win one of over 50 prizes for the family. Happy hunting! 🎄🎁🎅 More info: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?...

The Ask for Angela scheme is a crucial safety net for anyone who feels vulnerable on a night out. It is shocking to know that in some pubs the posters are meaningless, raising expectations and giving false comfort. Tory cllrs in Hounslow want it to be strengthened: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?...