BACKGROUND

• This may be the first time your building/venue is going to have to change the way that you operate and interact with your customers.
• Many venues will have to adjust to the social/ physical distancing requirements that means implementing a number of measures from Perspex and plastic screens to restricting customers to move and stand to specific areas.
• It is important that you focus on the risks to your premises and regularly review your security.
• Work in partnership online to reduce the risk (by sharing information with your local business community, crime reduction partnership and local police).
• As a part of our ongoing efforts to make Stratford a safer place in January 2020 along with the local Police Team and the Stratford Shopping Centre, we partnered with the Halo! App, which works like ‘WhatsApp’ and allows to raise local issues and safety concerns. As of March 2020, 61 BID members were using Halo app to stay connected.