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Winchester business chiefs back Silver Hill scheme

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:24:00 +0100

Winchester business chiefs have back proposals to redevelop Silver Hill.

The city council has agreed a scheme with developers Henderson Global Investors UK to build new homes, offices, a bus station and doctor’s surgery in the Friarsgate and Broadway areas.

Now Chris Turner, executive director of Winchester Business Improvement District, said the plan would make the city more attractive place for business. At the BID AGM, he said: “Silver Hill is going to be big for many of us with its retail offices as well as housing. “It’s a very exciting and vibrant development in an important part of the city.”

He added: “We want to work with the city council and developers to make sure they are making the right decisions.”

The council and developers have agreed a plan for the compulsory purchase of land between Friarsgate and the Broadway but it has received 29 objections from residents and pressure groups.

A public inquiry will decide the fate of the scheme in the summer.

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Winchester businesses approve single contract for waste collection

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:21:46 +0100

THE future looks greener for Winchester businesses after a new waste management scheme was approved.

Winchester Business Improvement District has agreed a deal to provide a single waste removal service for its near 700 members.
Contractors Southern Waste Management has signed on to collect and separate waste from city retailers after months of negotiations.

It is part of a plan to reduce the 19 different contractors currently collecting waste from Winchester shops and businesses, causing an unsightly mix of skips and bins. The BID has been working on the scheme for the past year with partners Meerkat Associates and went through a lengthy tender process with seven offers made.

Executive director Chris Turner said SWM was chosen because of their high-tech recycling facilities which turn waste into fuel pallets.

Speaking at the BID AGM, Prof Turner said: “Our objective is to get all of our members on to this scheme. The bins will be BID branded and will get rid of the multiplicity of bins across the city and the 19 different companies servicing them at the moment. “We wanted a trade waste system that was green…

Olympic Torch Route Revealed

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:09:00 +0000

The route in which the Olympic Torch will take through the city on the afternoon of Wednesday 11th July has now been released.

The torch will be entering the city via Worthy Lane at 13:19, continuing down Hyde Street, North Walls and via the one-way system into The Broadway at 13:44. It will then turn off at Market Lane to visit the Cathedral before visiting the High Street via The Square at 13.57. It will then continue via Upper High Street into Station Road, Gladstone Street and Sussex Street and finishing in Andover Road.

Winchester City Council has put together an Information for Businesses page, which gives details of how the event might affect your business on the day.

For general information about the olympics please visit www.winchester2012.co.uk

Survey results for High Street Markets

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:47:34 +0000

AROUND 95 per cent of shoppers reckon that having a market in Winchester’s High Street is a good thing.

The results came from a Tourism South East (TSE) survey, which spoke to more than 200 locals and visitors. Civic chiefs also heard this week that there was now a waiting list of traders who wanted stalls.

Council and business chiefs met at Winchester Guildhall on Tuesday to discuss the survey. The findings were presented by Parves Khan of Eastleigh-based TSE Research Services. She said they asked if the market made visiting Winchester more enjoyable and 94 per cent of residents and 95 per cent of visitors agreed. “Clearly people enjoy the market while they’re here,” she said.

It comes after some existing High Street shops raised concerns last summer about moving the market. It had been based in Middle Brook Street and there were complaints of overcrowding in the new location. Market manager Paul Lewis told Tuesday’s meeting that stalls were now spread further along the High Street. As a result there was more space between pitches, and deliveries to nearby shops were no longer disrupted, he said. He added that traders were queuing to come to Winchester,…

Jamie Oliver to open new Winchester restaurant

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:37:47 +0000

CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver is opening a new restaurant in Hampshire.

The Jamie Oliver Group has taken a 25-year lease on a building that was a former Pizza Hut, and will open a Union Jacks restaurant later this year.

The branch in Winchester is thought to be the first Union Jacks outside London, where several branches have opened in the past six months.

The restaurant offers something new – a British pizza. The pizzas have more traditional UK toppings such as Cheddar, red onion and pork, Stilton, crackling and watercress.

A spokesman for Green and Partners, the letting agents, said Union Jacks was due to move in to start fitting out in the next two to three weeks.

The restaurant is expected to create about 35 jobs and is due to open in mid-summer, said a spokeswoman for Mr Oliver.

She added: “Winchester is a beautiful city and we feel we’ve found a fantastic site for the restaurant. We have had some great feedback from the first Union Jacks in London and so hopefully we can bring something really special to…