Free Use of Electric Van Offered To Fulham Businesses
Beckys Blooms in Jerdan Place one of the first to take advantage of scheme
Rebecca Cutts (pictured left) and husband Vlad, owners of Becky Blooms in Fulham
A new initiative is providing businesses in Fulham a chance to do their bit to tackle climate change and save a bit of cash
A free electric van service is being made available for small firms in the area including market traders on North End Road Market after the council teamed up with Zipcar and Fulham Broadway BID.
Becky Blooms in Jerdan Place, Fulham, is one of the local businesses to benefit from the new scheme.
Owners Rebecca Cutts and husband Vlad opened the florist-coffee venue last October after previously trading on North End Road Market for nine years.
“This is a great initiative from Hammersmith & Fulham Council,” said Rebecca.
“It is helping local small businesses like mine not only to save money but help reduce pollution levels at the same time. What more could you ask for?”
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Becky Blooms is a family run business with Vlad’s mum Katie helping out with flower deliveries as the couple juggle running their own business with the school runs.
“Vlad’s parents are always here and give us a hand when we need it. We could not do it without them,” explained Rebecca.
“We have created a real community hub here. Our regular customers have built true friendships here. It’s great to see.”
H&F Council will be introducing additional free-to-use electric vans for businesses in other parts of the borough later this year.
“It’s great to see local businesses taking advantage of this new free service and join our fight to tackle the climate emergency in H&F,” said Cllr Wesley Harcourt, H&F Cabinet Member for the Environment.
“We need the support of the whole community to drive down the harmful emissions in the air and make H&F carbon net zero target by 2030 as we aim to become the greenest borough in Britain.”
The council is also offering local businesses and organisations the chance to use our zero-emissions courier delivery service for free.
Businesses, charities, organisations and market stallholders can now apply for the H&F voucher scheme which gives them £250 to spend on deliveries with the Parcels Not Pollution service, which has made more than 2,000 deliveries so far.
Click here to apply for the vouchers.
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August 9, 2021