Leading the BID industry for 10 years
Leading the BID industry for 10 years
Industry insights and news including Bb Chief Executive Professor Chris Turner's observations, thoughts, updates and announcements can be found below.
Sidcup Partners have been awarded the British BIDs Accreditation. Accreditation is the industry recognised standard, externally assessed by independent auditors. Find out more about the process here. About Sidcup BID Established in April 2017, Sidcup Partners is a town centre BID in its first term with an annual levy income of under £200K. Their...
VIEWWe are seeking your help with a survey that government has asked to be returned by Wednesday April 22. British BIDs is working alongside other membership organisations to provide feedback to government. MHCLG are in need of specific data relating to occupiers and landlords, in order to make important decisions...
VIEW“I knew it, we are in here for another 3 weeks” was the cry from most living rooms on Thursday at 5pm as the First Secretary of State, Dominic Raab, took to the podium to tell a watching nation that the lockdown measures were working but that it was too...
VIEWThe month continues to be focussed on COVID-19, business survival and BID survival, whilst we are surrounded by personal stories of great tragedy, huge courage and enormous gratitude to those people who are keeping us healthy, alive and fed. Some BIDs have come through ballots successfully, and we congratulate West...
VIEWThe government has announced an update on the furlough process, which we know is increasingly vital to most BIDs at the moment. The full details are below but the key headlines are that the online claim service will be launched on GOV.UK on 20 April 2020 and the only way to make a claim...
VIEWWeekly COVID-19 Communications RoundupW/C 6th April 2020Easter weekend, together with its Spring sunshine, hailed the end of the third week of lockdown. Just as we might have thought we were nearing the end, the weekend’s papers warned of 3 weeks or more still to come. It was a week that reminded us...
VIEWWeekly COVID-19 Communications RoundupW/C 30th March 2020This is the second in our series of TWTBbWTW, covering week commencing 30th March 2020. It included April 1st, much less recognised this year by BIDs for jokes and pranks, and more as being the end of one financial year and the start of a...
VIEWBritish BIDs' Ballot Buddy helps secure a 'yes' vote for West Bromwich BIDBritish BIDs has successfully supported West Bromwich BID through its recent renewal ballot. 84% of businesses voted in favour for the BID, with 85% voting in favour by rateable value, achieving an overall turnout of 47%. Ballot Buddy has...
VIEWThe Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 25th March, having been fast-tracked through parliament. The Act contains ‘emergency powers’ to enable public bodies to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Act has a section dedicated to Business Improvement Districts. This can be found in Chapter 7, Section 79 and is titled Extension...
VIEWWeekly COVID-19 Communications RoundupW/C 23rd March 2020 From now on, through until the end of the COVID-19 crisis, British BIDs (Bb) will be bringing you a simplified review of the week’s BID news available in one, digestible, broadcast. So, this first edition reviews the week commencing 23rd March 2020, a...
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