Covent Garden Business Group

The Covent Garden Business Group (CGBG) is the sister association to the CGCA and provides businesses in Covent Garden with a powerful voice in respect of the local environment. Covent Garden is known globally, with people travelling from all over the world to visit and shop here. We therefore aim to protect and preserve the attractiveness and beauty of Covent Garden. The Business Group continuously supports and works on behalf of its members.

Membership of the group is growing steadily and last year we handled an increasing number of issues involving our members. The Group welcomes member inquiries and is active in helping and lobbying on behalf of members. Over the past year, the Group has regularly made representations to organisations such as the Police, Camden and Westminster Councils.

Covent Garden is a successful, busy and popular place in London for businesses to be located. Unfortunately, the area is a magnet for undesirables. It still attracts record numbers of shoplifters, professional pickpockets and aggressive beggars. This year we have been inundated in respect of the rise in street crime in Covent Garden and the prevalence of beggars who harass employees and customers. Tourists and visitors are regularly shocked at the extent of begging in the area. This attaches a negative image and directly affects the trade of many businesses in Covent Garden.

Finally, the drugs scene is still a very active one in the area, despite several successful police operations. However, it is still common to see drug paraphernalia on the streets, pavements and back alleys. We have also been informed that members have even witnessed people openly dealing and injecting themselves with drugs. The temporary closure of Holborn Police Station has not helped and we are currently lobbying the Police to thoroughly clean up the area.

As a charity, the Business Group may have limited resources, but it has a wealth of contacts at both local Councils. It brings local residents and businesses closer together, to solve some of the inevitable difficulties that arise in a busy, mixed use area. If you have a business in Covent Garden and are interested in playing an active part in our Business Group, please call. We would like to work with you for a better, cleaner and more enjoyable Covent Garden.

Sital S Maan, Chairman CGBG

Covent Garden Community Association Annual Report 2000-2001

 

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