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MAKING WINCHESTER GREENER:

Winchester BID will continue to make Winchester Greener through the following projects:

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Much of the commercial waste collected in Winchester is disposed of through landfill. Recycling more commercial waste, particularly cardboard, paper and plastic makes good sense. This will be managed through the BID, decreasing the burden on landfill (up to 80% of commercial waste could be diverted) with benefits to the environment and reducing landfill tax. The BID will partner with Meercat Associates to provide the business community wishing to adopt waste management initiatives with a coherent new service.

The BID intends to introduce a common waste collection and recycling scheme. This should save Winchester businesses money whilst reducing the city's carbon footprint, reducing the disruption caused by waste collection and improving the general environment by reducing unsightly piles of rubbish left out for collection

“Much of the commercial waste collected in Winchester is disposed of through landfill. Recycling more commercial waste, particularly cardboard, paper and plastic makes good sense. This can be managed through the BID, decreasing the burden on landfill (up to 80% of commercial waste could be diverted) with benefits to the environment and reducing landfill tax ”
- an extract from the Winchester BID Business Plan.

Winchester BID is working in partnership with Meercat associates to provide the following services to BID members:

Waste: Zero-2-Landfill – Carbon and Cost savings for every levy payer
Meercat are coming in to the City Centre and put in place a Zero-2-Landfill waste scheme, which will include a BID wide recycling scheme, which as a minimum, will recycle paper and cardboard. They look to put in place a free recycling scheme, but until they do their initial work they cannot confirm this. One thing they can confirm is that the general waste and the recycling will be at a greatly reduced price from what is being paid currently. A single provider across the entire community will mean better costs, better control, better service levels, and reduced traffic flows through the community, also let’s not forget that there will be NO waste going to landfill anymore.

Procurement - Lower energy usage and better rates for all – Carbon and cost savings for every levy payer
By bringing together the buying power of the community Meercat are able to reduce costs and improve service levels for every business, also all the work will be done for them. Utilities is a favourite and by reviewing businesses current contracts and renegotiating for them, we save every business on average many times their bid levy. We also review how they are using their energy and provide them with a report on how they can further save by becoming energy efficient, again all this is provided to them for free.

For more information please call 01444 416529, email winchester@meercatassociates.com or click here to visit their website.

IMPROVING ACCESS

No city centre strategy for Winchester can ignore access and parking, and Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council have been working for some years on the new Transport Access Plan for the city. The BID has been part of these deliberations and has produced a Strategy document on the various issues that it has presented to the Winchester City Council and the other stakeholders.
 

TOWN CENTRE ACCESS PLAN

Improving access is a difficult strategic task in an historic city such as Winchester. Winchester BID, through its membership lobbying and working with the Winchester City Council and WinAcc on transport policies has also helped provide the political drive to bring forward investment in access, car parks and additional park & ride – all key in promoting Winchester as a forward thinking, vibrant city destination.

We intend to push for better use of existing facilities through improved signage to car parks, including electronic boards highlighting the number of spaces available and by giving users at key access points a better experience in terms of the quality of welcome and information.

Winchester BID needs to be realistic about what it can achieve at a modest levy; it will be unable to engage directly in the provision of major infrastructure. However, Winchester BID can be effective in setting and managing specific footfall targets, whilst continuing to press for investment in infrastructure and lobbying for improvement through links with the Hampshire Chamber, Winchester City Council and Hampshire County Council.
 

TRANSPORT AND CAR-PARKING

Good transport is vital to the future success of Winchester Businesses. The retail, service and leisure sectors require good transport to bring in their customers, while all businesses require transport for their staff. At the same time, the need to develop a low carbon economy has to be respected.

The current proposal focuses on providing an effective strategy for car parking to encourage shoppers and other visitors to come to Winchester.
• designate the Park and Ride as primarily for those who work in Winchester and to encourage the location of businesses in Winchester by providing cost effective parking with rapid and frequent transit between car park and the city centre. Most importantly, this should extend to the evening hours to encourage Winchester workers to support the evening economy.
• designate city centre car parks as primarily for clients, customers, shoppers and visitors. The Winchester retail and leisure economy needs to encourage them and it is vital that affordable and attractive car parking is seen as part of the package of support of Winchester business.

The BID will continue to work with the City and local groups such as WinAcc to develop Transport Access Plans that meet the needs of the business community. The BID is looking to support ‘shared space’ proposals
 

GREENER PARTNERSHIP WORKING

The BID works in partnership with a number of bodies, such as Winchester City Council, Hampshire County Council, Meercat Associates and WinAcc to provide greener solution for the City.