Industry insights and news including Bb Chief Executive Professor Chris Turner's observations, thoughts, updates and announcements can be found below.
By Christopher Stille, Gala Lights Managing Director This year sees Gala Lights mark a significant milestone - 25 years in the Christmas lighting industry. The company was founded in 1994 as Christmas lights were moving away from traditional sockets and bulbs product, to LED garlands, and embracing the significant energy-savings this...
VIEWWe are now entering a busy time for all of us. Ballots are starting with a vengeance and we congratulate This is Clapham for their success last week. Upcoming ballots include Reading and Reading Abbey Quarter, Visit Inverness Loch Ness, Salisbury, Royston, Gloucester Roadand Brackmills. We wish them well. The British BIDs Professional Development Day will take place in Watford...
VIEWMany of the UK’s high streets have been through a difficult few years. The perfect storm of people having less disposable income, increasing business rates, and the rise of online shopping, have created a landscape where even high-street heavyweights are closing stores and evaluating their options for continued existence...
VIEWA Happy New Year to you all and I hope your year has started with zest and enthusiasm. We are in a complex world, with the European Union outcome yet to resolve itself and thus much government business on hold and a very difficult Christmas period for some of our...
VIEWThis last month has been extremely busy with ballots. Clearly with over ballots 50 a year, and the tendency to peak in the spring and the autumn, there will be a large number in these last few months. We thus welcome three new BIDs in Clapham Junction and Battersea, Rhyl, and...
VIEWWe would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our members for their ongoing support in 2018. This year has seen us grow to our largest membership ever.We had a very successful National BIDs Conference in November with over 180 delegates attending. Our Professional Development Day back in April was also fully booked...
VIEWAfter the activity of last month, ballot life hasn’t slowed down! We have recorded fourteen ballots in the last four weeks and all were successful. Of these, eight were renewals; Blackburn, Otley, Eastleigh, Brixton, Shrewsbury, Soho Road, Alloa Town Centre, and Newcastle NE1. Six were new BIDs: Bradford, Brighouse, Rochdale, Harrogate...
VIEWBudget 2018: 'Era of austerity coming to an end' Today, Philip Hammond delivered the Autumn Budget as Chancellor. It was the first Monday Budget since 1962.In this email we bring you a summary of the Budget. Before we get into the core of the Budget, whilst it's an important day, the Spending...
VIEWIt’s been a terrific few weeks for BIDs, with BID ballot successes in Giffnock Village, Broadmead Bristol, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and Bradford. Coming up later this month are Alloa, Newcastle NE1, Shrewsbury, Soho Road Birmingham, Andover, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Brixton. We can, as ever, keep you updated through Ballot Watch, our weekly ballot...
VIEWLast week British BIDs and the MHCLG signed a further two year contract for British BIDs to manage the BID Loan Fund. Clearly British BIDs is excited to be able to continue our support to those towns and cities that see a BID as the answer to their futures, and want to join the over...
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