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Brentwood Connected April 2025 Newsletter

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Welcome note from Sarah Walmsley, Brentwood Connected BID Manager to the April 2025 newsletter.
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NATIONWIDE COMMITS TO BRENTWOOD with a green handshake icon.
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Image showing staff at the Brentwood branch of Nationwide with Sarah Walmsley, Brentwood Connected BID Manager.

Nationwide officially reopened its doors in Brentwood High Street with a bigger, better branch this April.

We’re happy to see the world’s largest building society committing to Brentwood High Street with an expansion into the empty unit next door and a promise to stay open until at least 2028.

Read the news in full here.

The Brentwood Art Trail has a new bright and bold identity thanks to local artist, designer and illustrator James Fraser, the winner of our logo redesign commission.

From 31 May to 29 June, you'll see this logo alongside exhibits from more than 80 artists in 60+ venues - a record number of locations and artists!

Click here to visit the Brentwood Art Trail website.

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Brentwood Art Trail logo with Brentwood Connected logo and event dates:  31 May - 29 June.
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Image showing the Brentwood Connected Themes - Improving Places, Promoting Places, Welcoming Places, Connecting Places, with icons for each.
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EXCLUSIVE ONLINE LEARNING WITH SEEDL with a green location icon showing three locations.

We’re excited to have partnered with award-winning learning company SEEDL to offer Brentwood Connected members exclusive access to an education library of certification and resources for sales, customer service, project management, health & safety, compliance, mental wellness and more.

It’s a live and on-demand system, meaning our business owners and their employees can learn whenever and wherever it’s

convenient. We’ll be in touch to help you sign up once we go live with SEEDL in May.

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Image of Brentwood High Street promoting the Brentwood Borough Economic Growth Strategy 2025-2028.
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'CELEBRATING BRENTWOOD CONNECTED MEMBERS' SUCCESSES' with green applause illustration

We recently encouraged our independent businesses to submit their stories to Essex Life magazine.

We were pleased to see Creatures Great & Small, foureighty, Guided Learning and Roses Bakery all featured as ‘Local Legends’!

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An image showing a page of Essex Life magazine.
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Town rangers in uniform smiling outdoors at dusk.
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Image listing upcoming Brentwood Connected events, with the Brentwood Art Trail at the top.
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White text on navy blue background - YOUR VOICE MATTERS - with a green speech bubble illustration and contact details.