Leading the BID industry
Leading the BID industry
Industry insights and news including Bb Chief Executive Professor Chris Turner's observations, thoughts, updates and announcements can be found below.
British BIDs (Bb), which this year celebrates a decade of leading the BID industry, has formed a new Advisory Board to help support its own development and that of the wider industry. The Board is made up of industry leaders, national BID voters, stakeholders, property developers and an observer position...
VIEWLetter signed by 11 business improvement districts calls for overhaul of under-fire tax to help ailing high street. Thousands of hairdressers, cafés, pubs, chemists and family offices that have been “hammered” by sky-high bills have called for an overhaul of the business rates system and other taxes. In a letter...
VIEWBallot activity is starting afresh and we congratulate Aldgate Connect, Moray Tourism and Cupar Now Digital on their successful results. BIDs that are in ballot this month are Plymouth City Centre, Victoria, Bee Midtown - Holborn, Bloomsbury, St Giles and Bee Midtown - Farringdon & Clerkenwell, all of which are...
VIEWBritish BIDs (Bb) is excited to announce a partnership with the Welsh Government to undertake its industry recognised Accreditation service for seven BIDs in Wales. These BIDs include Newport Now, Neath Inspired, Rhyl BID, FOR Cardiff, Your Pontypridd, Caernarfon BID and Merthyr Tydfil BID. British BIDs have been leading the...
VIEWBritish BIDs [Bb] is the trade body for Business Improvement Districts [BIDs] in the UK and represents 330 established BIDs. We are thus the voice for over 128,785 levy paying businesses across the country, with a combined rateable value of over £8.3billion. We are making this representation to the Chancellor...
VIEWBy Christopher Stille, Gala Lights Managing Director It’s hard to believe that Christmas was just a few weeks ago. The evenings are dark and we’re in the midst of winter, but now is a good time to be thinking about brightening-up this Christmas with a new lighting display. How were your...
VIEWIt is already clear that 2020 is going to be an important year for the BID community. A new Government with a commitment to the High Street is hopefully going to make a difference, both locally and nationally. Firstly, Business Rates. The Prime Minister committed his government to “cut the...
VIEWThis year we celebrate our 10th birthday by promising to continue to lead the BID industry. As the longest-established and largest membership organisation dedicated to BIDs, we are launching new training courses, events, products and lots more. Tens of thousands of businesses across the UK are now part of a BID, and they are...
VIEWIn 2005, British BIDs saw Plymouth City Centre BID launched as the 2nd Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the UK. 15 years later, Plymouth City Centre BID is now in preparation for its fourth term BID with a new, ambitious vision to ‘position Plymouth City Centre as the major retail...
VIEWThis is my final insight of what has been another busy year for British BIDs and the BID industry. We’ve had two Parliamentary select committees: one looking at business rates and the other on the future of the High Street; we’ve had the government setting up the Future High Streets Task...
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